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NRA Pulls Convention Out Of Columbus (Assault Weapons Ban Blamed For Decision)
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| July 18, 2005
Posted on 07/18/2005 8:35:44 AM PDT by Columbus Dawg
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To: Columbus Dawg
Medium large and large cities across America have invested millions of dollars in convention centers in a bid to make money off out-of-town visitors. It's the "If you build it, they will come" mentality. Pulling out of Columbus is not only a publicity blow to the city, it is an economic disaster.
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:16:37 AM PDT
by
bobjam
To: HKaddict
Good morning.
"...any type of gun that goes BANG, BOOM, THUMP, THUD, BASH."
I'm fond of the CLUNK when the bolt on a suppressed M-3 slams forward.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:17:06 AM PDT
by
brazzaville
(No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: Columbus Dawg
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Good morning.
"I wish the NRA would come to Wisconsin."
I think they should come to California. Throw the 2nd Amendment in the faces of the statist swine and launch a public fight for a repeal of the "assault weapons" and .50 BMG bans.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:25:21 AM PDT
by
brazzaville
(No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: brazzaville
And bring $50 million to the Kali economy? Nope.
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:31:19 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: FreedomPoster
They probably do run it, but it's only a little more than an hour from where I live. :)
To: Columbus Dawg
Lt. Rick Zwayer, spokesman for the Highway Patrol, said the agency has not taken an official position on the forthcoming bill. But the agency doesnt see a need to change the current law, and he disagrees there has been trouble interpreting it. "It has proven so far to be safe for passengers in the vehicle and the officers who are performing traffic stops on a daily basis," he said. "The law is safe as it is."
Gun safety statements coming from the agency that injured one of their own in a circular shootout with an armed subject on I-71.
I know many an Ohio police officer that loathe the Ohio State Patrol's weapons handling and training methods (along with their political lobbying). A retired Columbus SWAT officer just told me a few weeks ago, "If there is a single police agency in Ohio that should keep their mouth shut on firearms issues, it is the Ohio State Patrol. They are the most dangerous group I have ever trained with."
He gave me the Kehoe shootout as evidence that this point of view is accurate.
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:44:44 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: Columbus Dawg
"I am not aware of any instances where there was harm from the release of the lists." Blind man leading.
Mr. Deaner of the Ohio Newspaper Association fails to see that indiscriminately releasing the names of permit holders is at best gossip and at worst a political action advocating a particular course of public policy.
Neither one is part of the media's "watchdog" role.
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posted on
07/18/2005 9:46:47 AM PDT
by
kAcknor
(Don't flatter yourself.... It is a gun in my pocket.)
To: Ghengis
I have the same experiences with police officers as well. They all are very critical of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
To: steve8714
Yep .... same platitude spewing hookie-bookie mayor that continues to stonewall (along with the leisure suit wearing watermelon school superintendent) the sexual gang bang activity that occurred earlier this year in a Columbus city school.
Yep .... same platitude spewing hookie-bookie mayor that just floated down the Scioto River this weekend on some sort of raft or boat while holding flaming torches celebrating what I'm not sure
.. almost resembled a nazi book burning ceremony.
Yep .... same platitude spewing hookie-bookie mayor that floated down the Scioto River this weekend past all the flag poles on Marconi Blvd that have in the past flown the American flag along with all fifty state flags
.. now only 50+ Columbus city flags fly because some of the other flags offended his highness the mayor.
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posted on
07/18/2005 10:48:58 AM PDT
by
jaaakemm
To: coloradan
Good morning.
"And bring $50 million to the Kali economy? Nope."
What was I thinking? Of course it is better to deny a state with a trillion dollar economy $15 million than to stick it to the enemy in their own backyard.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
07/18/2005 10:59:09 AM PDT
by
brazzaville
(No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: Columbus Dawg
I just got of the phone with the NRA, thanking them for their decision to pull out of Columbus. I am a member as well.
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posted on
07/18/2005 12:03:59 PM PDT
by
dc27
To: brazzaville
I would rather the NRA bring its business to a state that just did the right thing, (f.ex became shall-issue) instead of one that just did the wrong thing (f.ex banning .50s). The "message" of the NRA sticking it to Kali would be lost on the Kali legislatures, media, and most of the general public. OTOH the message of losing many millions of dollars in revenue would register quite loudly, in fact, it's exactly what the NRA has done to Columbus by pulling out.
Should the NRA re-book Columbus, to stick it to them despite a bad law just being enacted? No! Money talks, and in this case money walks. Bye bye Columbus. And Kali too.
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posted on
07/18/2005 12:11:50 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: Columbus Dawg
The National Rifle Association is sending a message to all the gun haters with this action.
The message is:
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posted on
07/18/2005 2:05:27 PM PDT
by
2nd_Amendment_Defender
("It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." -- Patrick Henry)
To: coloradan
Good afternoon.
"Bye bye Columbus. And Kali too."
Don't mean nuthin. NRA wrote California off years ago. The only time we hear from them now is when they want money and it doesn't look like a lot that comes back to us in lobbying Sacramento.
To my mind, GOA and California Rifle and Pistol Association are better situated to be advocates for Californians but I will still maintain my membership in NRA just because of the size of the organization's war chest.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
07/18/2005 2:28:12 PM PDT
by
brazzaville
(No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: dc27
The NRANews wouldnt load for me today...guess they were overwhelmed with viewers...
They should only move it to a state and city that allows CCW, etc.
To: brazzaville
I agree, I think the NRA should and does spend most of its chest fighting things at the federal level, so what any given state wants to do, is either up to the state-level NRA affiliate, or to another organization.
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posted on
07/18/2005 2:38:26 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: Columbus Dawg; All
If you're a member of the NRA, please put the initials in your tagline. If not, please join.
Thanks
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:18:07 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
To: flutters
Excerpted comments from NRA EVP Wayne LaPierre:
1. "And your city council didnt learn how voters react to politicians who abuse their Second Amendment freedoms like Al Gore, John Kerry and Tom Daschle."
2. "Its also proof for state lawmakers that its time to protect lawful gun owners by making firearm laws uniform across Ohio."
1. Short of armed confrontation with lawmakers, not voting for one is the next best thing.
2. I have to wonder why W LaP would take this stand if he truly believes in the Second Amendment. Uniform laws? Hell No! No laws!
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posted on
07/19/2005 8:52:55 AM PDT
by
rw4site
(Little men want Big Government!)
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