Posted on 10/19/2009 4:45:07 PM PDT by Still Thinking
When Charlton Heston held up a replica Revolutionary War musket, and said "From my cold, dead hands," at the NRA Convention in 2000, he was not the first to use those words in that context, but his use is certainly the most famous. It was a powerful speech that Heston gave, delivered with both the solemnity and the fire one would expect from one of the few actors capable of pulling off the role of Moses.
Much has changed since that speech, including the now much more politically correct NRA. Can anyone imagine the top of the NRA hierarchy now promising to fight to the death against any attempt to disarm the citizenry? How could they? With a mantra of "enforce the laws on the books" what happens when a law calling for confiscation of some type of firearm goes "on the books"? No--today's NRA is much too concerned with appearing "reasonable" to say anything so confrontational (although they're not averse to making a buck from it).
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
AM, could you please remove “Examiner Bio” from the title. Cut and paste glitch. Thanks.
NRA = Not Really American. The NRA has said time and tiem again that they are for the “hunting purposes of firearms”.
I dont own a gun but listening to Heston and watching this Obamanation sweeping the country I have to get myself one.
Been thinking about a 20 gauge shotgun and a rifle of sometype. The 20 gauge so my wife can fire it easily.
I refuse to idly sit back and watch the destruction of the Constitution.
So am I.
“You can read the full article and the author gets paid by page views.”
Does he have a prominent link to FR on his BLOG??
Nope. But we’re better off since he takes the time to write what he does. Seeing he gets a little ad revenue (I have no idea what they get paid per hit) seems a small price to pay.
And he’s not using content we generated, we’re using his.
Nelson T. “Pete” Shields, president of Handgun Control, Inc.: The problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns sold in this country. The second problem is to get them all registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — totally illegal.
Everyone note how they plan to incrementally disarm the law-abiding.
Good article
“And he’s not using content we generated, we’re using his.”
We’re not “using” sh*%...
You’re holding out his tin cup for him while we try to raise enough money here to keep the lights on.
No, thanks.
The leftist media and politicians are scared to death of the NRA. Those lawsuits cost the NRA millions. There have been a half dozen lawsuits based on Heller with the Second Amendment Foundation.
Anyone remember Morton Grove? There is no longer a gun ban in that city because of the NRA.
Remember the Katrina victims? The NRA and the SAF sued.
goa = AWOL The goa still hasn’t lifted a finger for any progun legislation or lawsuits on their own.
So do it already. Time's a-wasting.
FR isn’t funded by clicks, it’s funded by US! If some Freeper has already contributed this quarter, what’s the big deal if they also click on over to this guy’s page so he can get something for what he did. It doesn’t actually cost them anything. You don’t want to read the whole article, don’t click. Sheesh.
Yes, the NRA has been doing better of late, probably because of criticism like this. There’s still a lot of their past decisions that are awfully hard to accept, but I do give credit where due.
Don’t pawn off BLOGS as News/Activism and then beg for hits.
Post the article in the proper forum and let it stand on its own.
Sheesh....
Please provide the direct quote, the source and the venue (magazine, paper, official statement), please. I’d be very interested to see proof of this statement made by the NRA time and time again.
Fair enough. And BTW I’m not “begging for hits”. It’s information I thought had value and deserved wider exposure, which is why I posted it here. Again, because I thought it had value, I thought it would be fair for people to read the article at the author’s site, so he can be compensated and so it will be worthwhile to him to continue to post commentary I find worthwhile.
Now you may have a point about it being opinion as opposed to news, especially WRT this particular article, so posting in Blogs might make sense. I’m just in the habit of posting in News/Activism, so I tend to hit that button first (and you’ll have to admit, “Activism” is relevant to the article).
Nice article - thanks for posting. Hard to believe this came from Seattle!
I made the mistake of thinking it was “the right thing to do” to join this organization about a year ago. What an education. I get tons of junk mail, each piece wanting my money, but far worse I get calls every few weeks at my unregistered number at home.
Each time, I listen to the guy start in on his rant about some new legislation and how Mr. LaPierre needs my help, i.e. $, to combat this latest threat to our freedoms. It’s a different legislative threat each time, a brand new hole in the dike that must be plugged with an expensive new finger each time. What a waste of time, money and effort. It’s not the proper strategy to employ against a determined oppressor. I usually just hang up now after increasingly shorter time spans.
I’ve been meaning to write a letter to this joker and ask, in exchange for any further support from me, if he would be so kind as to issue a line-in-the-sand statement on our behalf to the government, outlining the final-straw legislative attempt it would take for him to encourage his membership to exercise the original purpose of the Second Amendment.
I doubt he would.
Thanks. It’s actually St. Louis, although there’s a guy in Seattle that writes about gun rights issues for Examiner.com as well.
Still lots of 20-gauge. Lots of trouble and pretty expensive to find any caliber of rifle or handgun ammo I actually shoot.
Likewise, reloading supplies.
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