Posted on 02/05/2013 7:52:29 AM PST by fractionated
Despite the best efforts of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and like-minded groups to make sure this business remains unfinished, reducing gun violence remains stubbornly high on the nation’s agenda.
This is partly due to the ravings of Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president and spokesman, who almost single-handedly, or single-mouthedly, is making the pro-gun argument sound even crazier and more irresponsible than it is. And that’s saying something.
This weekend, LaPierre treated viewers of “Fox News Sunday” to some of his lunacy. Anchor Chris Wallace gave him the opportunity to disavow the NRA’s shameful ad accusing President Obama of hypocrisy for supporting gun control while his own family is protected by armed Secret Service agents. LaPierre stuck to his guns, such as they were....
In Senate hearings last week, LaPierre portrayed life in the United States as one long horror movie. “What people all over the country fear today is being abandoned by their government,” he said. “If a tornado hits, if a hurricane hits, if a riot occurs, that they’re going to be out there alone, and the only way they’re going to protect themselves, in the cold, in the dark, when they’re vulnerable, is with a firearm.”
He left out the zombies.
With so many members of Congress already bought and paid for, it’s understandable that the NRA would feel a measure of confidence. But I believe the pro-gun lobby is seriously overplaying its hand, and that the wind has shifted....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I apologize for the misinformation.
This issue was addressed back in the '90's and the funding was approved under the Clinton administration........Obviously the monies have gone elsewhere........
I never get IBTZ.
I just have to say it. I don't think you know WTF you're talking about.
Hello, Colonel! Nice to see you. Never say never! I’ve been IBTZ three or four times.
Well, hello, my dear! Nice to be seen.
“Never” is a relative term but I suspect it’s only a matter of time here.
No, the guy I was talking about was a very well known columnist for a major Chicago newspaper, and a very serious anti-gunner. This happened some time ago... Before the Brady Law was passed, I believe.
Mark
My liberal acquaintance says, “These facts aren’t inconvenient to me. They are irrelevant. There is no good reason for these kinds of weapons to be in the hands of ordinary citizens.”
Must be nice to live in a world where facts are irrelevant.
Tell him there is no good reason to murder innocent, defenseless unborn babies, either.
I pinged Admin Moderator, but no one has taken any action yet. And we can’t play with the future zottee because he or she scooted after the OP.
Maybe Admin will catch up with his pings soon.
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