Posted on 07/15/2010 1:57:20 PM PDT by Robbin
...For the record, the NRA-PVF has not yet made an endorsement in the Nevada U.S. Senate race. In fact, there have been no announced endorsements for any U.S. Senate seat for the November general elections-period....
... Admittedly, Senator Reid's record is not perfect; few politicians' records are. For a number of years (primarily in the 1990s) Sen. Reid had some problematic votes on our issue. But in the last five years, he has dramatically improved his record on our issue, so the NRA-PVF would be irresponsible if it did not give due consideration to those recent votes and actions. There is no doubt that, as Senate Majority Leader, Reid has supported efforts to protect Americans' gun rights, both by voting FOR pro-gun measures AND preventing anti-gun legislation from reaching the Senate floor.
In 2004, Sen. Reid voted against efforts to reauthorize the Clinton ban on "assault weapons" and ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, which are standard equipment for many rifles and for most modern semi-automatic pistols designed for defensive use. Early last year, he flatly stated he would oppose any effort to reinstate an "assault weapon" and magazine ban if the Senate were to vote on it in the future. In 2005, Sen. Reid was instrumental in Senate passage (and eventual enactment into law) of the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" (PLCAA). That law shut down reckless lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers, which attempted to hold them liable for the misuse of firearms by criminals. Sen. Reid also cosponsored the PLCAA in the previous Congress and voted against the Feinstein Amendment to ban "assault weapons" and "large" magazines, and the Kennedy Amendment that would have banned most hunting ammunition...
The NRA's Defense of Reid went on for several more paragraphs.
The NRA might be 'between a rock and a hard place' - they have always maintained that they are bipartisan, but the D@mocrat party has been making it harder and harder to prove that, during any given election. Too d@mn many D@mocrats are now anti-gun. If Sharron Angle is equally pro-gun (or even close to being equal), they should do one of the following:
1) offer no endorsement; or
2) endorse Ms. Angle, with the explanation that we can not afford to leave the Senate in the control of Barrack Hussein Obama's party, because Mr. Obama is rabidly anti-gun, and the Second Amendment deserves some reliable protection.
Which 'Dirty' (as in 'unethical weasel') Harry Reid definitely is not...
That’s gonna leave a mark! :D
Excellent idea! Reid is not just a local figure - he's a national figure, and the NRA ought to be treating things that way.
The guy is a weasel. He reminds me of that rat b@stard Tom Foley, who broke House rules (by refusing to gavel voting closed) to get the D@mocrats 'assault weapon' ban passed. When Foley realized he was in trouble just before the election in 1994, he started running campaign ads, showing himself at a shooting range, with a single shot rifle (did he think we were that stupid?). He lost the election.
No more Tom Foley - looking forward to no more 'Dirty' (as in 'unethical weasel') Harry Reid...
I saw the writing on the wall 3 years ago and stopped renewing then.
Well, at least you ‘heard’ from them. I wrote 6 letters to them (emails) asking for clarification ... nothing but silence.
Bingo! And don't forget the 4th Amendment (or they will be in your house, seizing your guns); or the 5th Amendment (or they will try you repeatedly until they get a conviction on some bogus gun law); or the 6th Amendment (or they will let you rot in jail, on some bogus gun charge); or the 7th Amendment (or some anti-gun D@mocrat judge might be the only one deciding your case); or the 8th Amendment (or they might hang you for an unlocked gun case); or - and especially - the 9th & 10th Amendments, which some firearms owners & constitutionalists are beginning to recognize as being of extreme importance.
You are entirely correct - the 2nd Amendment does NOT exist in a vacuum...
What the NRA needs to ask is this:
Does Reid actively and aggressively support Supreme Court Justices who HATE guns and freedom?
Kagan and the wise Latina will do everything in their power to prevent citizens from owning guns. EVERYONE knows that...and Reid could have stopped either or both by saying he could not support them. All it would take is ONE senior democrat, and they would be history.
THAT is where the danger lies, and if the NRA doesn’t know it, then they are too stupid to redeem.
The Supreme Court is the battleground, not the Senate. We were ONE VOTE from the SCOTUS giving cities the power to completely ban gun ownership - and guess what party PUT the 4 voting against gun ownership on the Supreme Court?
How did Reid vote on THEM?
The Senate is not a battleground? Apparently you have a short memory:
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate...for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in, I would have done it."
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D@mocrat, CA)
February 5, 1995, on CBS' "60 Minutes"
No, my memory isn’t short. But you will note that even in 1995, Feinstein couldn’t get the votes - and there are more gun owners now.
If the Senate restricts the number of rounds in a magazine, the next Senate can overturn it. If the Supreme Court allows cities to effectively ban handguns with highly restrictive rules, then many citizens will be screwed - and the fight city by city will be much tougher.
Supreme Court Justices have more power than the President in matters of gun ownership and use. And Reid has voted lockstep for every liberal nominee to the Court, and fought against conservative justices. That by itself makes it outrageous for the NRA to endorse him in any way.
Absolutely 100% correct...
Not Shumer, Fienstein or who ever will ever get my guns! With or without the NRA. Principles be damned! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
I can assure you the appreciation of those three was not taken into account in reaching my conclusion.
Reid is against the war and derides our fighting forces. The NRA pushed for the veterans disarmament bill (NICS “Improvement” Act) which stripped many honorably discharged veterans of their second amendment rights.
The NRA is who they endorse. When they put their seal of approval on that politician they put their seal on everything he has done and stands for. In the case of Reid they have a lot of common ground and I want nothing more to do with them.
Don’t forget their support of the NICS system in general, prohibiting carry at their convention, support of GCA ‘68, and support of the NFA.
Do you think NARAL would endorse a pro-abortion Republican who voted to confirm Clarence Thomas, Alito ect over a pro-abortion Democrat?
yep.....then there is the grover norquist/nra scandal. my God, the once great nra reduced to nothing more than an outfit who’s number one goal is to keep their fat cat leaders in ‘office’. pathetic.
I already canceled my NRA membership after their “deal with the devil” a few weeks ago. The NRA sent out at least 3 emails trying to explain its reasoning in that case, each worse and more annoying that first. Their pat excuse seems to be that the NRA is a SINGLE ISSUE organization and therefore, selling out the free speech rights of the American public or failing to excoriate an America hating thug and out and out criminal are simply not its job!!! You know the NRA is getting heat if they send numerous emails to its membership trying to make ludicrous policy positions palatable.
That’s true and I’ll go one step further. If the NRA refused to endorse any democrat despite their voting record, we would have a new assault weapons ban right now. The democrats had a supermmajority and the presidency for 2 years and they wouldn’t touch gun control.
Let the NRA look after their issue, the 2nd amendment, and we can all make our own choices about who to vote for based on the whole picture. For the record, I hope Reid goes down in defeat.
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