Posted on 03/22/2002 11:41:39 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Move over, Rosie O'Donnell: The newest "celebrity" anti-gun hypocrite is Sarah Brady.
Mrs. Brady "bought her son a powerful rifle for Christmas in 2000 - and may have skirted Delaware state background-check requirements," the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
Some people will do anything to tell a book. No doubt to increase interest in what otherwise would be a boring memoir, the gun rights opponent writes that she bought James Brady Jr. a Remington .30-06, "complete with scope and safety lock," at a gun shop in Lewes, Del.
"I can't describe how I felt when I picked up that rifle, loaded it into my little car and drove home," she writes. "It seemed so incredibly strange: Sarah Brady, of all people, packing heat."
According to her book, the store ran federal Brady Law and state background checks with much ado. But the book suggests she did not have her son checked, as required by Delaware law.
Delaware Justice Department spokeswoman Lori Sitler said the purchase could be illegal if Mrs. Brady did not say who she was buying the gun for and submit his "name, rank and serial number" for an inquiry.
"You can't purchase a gun for someone else," Sitler told the Daily News. "That would be a 'straw purchase.' You've got a problem right there."
Gun rights advocates were surprised to hear of Mrs. Brady's antics.
"We hope that it's innocuous and there's been no laws violated," said James Jay Baker, chief lobbyist for National Rifle Association. "It's obviously interesting that Sarah would be purchasing firearms of any kind for anybody, given her championing of restrictive guns laws for everyone."
Seniors United Supporting the Second Amendment told NewsMax.com it was asking Delaware and the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate "what appears to be a criminal act" by Mrs. Brady.
"Sarah Brady is infamous for her radical anti-Second Amendment positions and her work to strip the citizens if the United States of their civil rights. She is the head of an extremist group that is working to gut the Bill of Rights," the group said in a statement.
"Sarah Brady is typical of the anti-civil rights radicals," noted John Bender, executive director of SUSSA. "She wants to ban private transfers of guns for everyone but her and her elitist friends. If a black mother in a Delaware public housing apartment did this she would already be charged with a crime. I’m wondering if Delaware has different enforcement standards for rich white women.”
The group concluded: "Sarah Brady is one of the leaders in the anti-civil rights movement’s attempt to make all private transfers of firearms illegal. Along with other extremists she pushed Congress to make this type of straw purchase illegal. Law enforcement should show her what her work has accomplished."
Mrs. Brady became a media-adored opponent of the Second Amendment after her husband, James, White House press secretary to President Ronald Reagan, was shot in a 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan.
Yeah, might just have to do that. Been a long time since I felt like a real man!
Point is, if we all can't agree on the value of an animal's life, and agree on definition of terms, we ain't going to agree on what is ok to do with an animal's life. The discussion can't start anywhere else and progress to any sort of rational conclusion. You put a lot higher value on animal life than we believe is warranted so discussing it is all pretty futile.
I can't believe it...... can you?
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a5123444e34.htm#43
PETA has sponsored and directly endorsed acts of domestic terrorism. They have put up money to defend those who inflict property damage at the behest of animals. They violate property rights. They violate anti-harassment laws. If they knew that you wore leather they would throw red paint on you, no differently than they would one of us.
SunGirl, it's been a while since you've put anything on here, but you really, really need to post something, anything, that justifies your membership in PETA. It's time to put your mouth where your money is, and pony up an excuse for your support. Since you like to tell stories, come up with one in which PETA has done something that was to the benefit of both man and animal.
As for the value of an animal's life, I'd have to say that some are much more valuable than others. For instance, a deer is tasty and excellent when served with a full-bodied red wine. Feral cats are tough enough that they don't even make good jerky. Neither holds the cure for cancer or supports any of the rediculous arguments put forth by the 'animals are more valuable than humans' crowd. I will never call those people animal rights supporters so long as true animal rights groups like Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, and other positive, proactive groups exist.
Charged? Arraigned?
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"I made a mistake... can't we just move on?"
"Officer, can't we just all get along?" Officer: "Excuse me Ms. Brady."
Sarah: "I mean, sheesh, maybe it was a 'straw man purchase', but I don't have the time to read all the legislation against guns that I try to get passed."
"I mean you should know that I preach 'do as I say, not as I do'. C'mon guy, can't you give me a break? You know my husband is an idiot."
Sad, but true.
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Birds. Have you ever eaten a quail, wild turkey, duck, goose? Tastes great.
Snakes. I've had rattle snake in Texas and it was great.
Squirrels. The first time I had squirrel was in Florida and it was very tasty.
I'm also a fisherman and I eat every single fish I catch. I fillet everything and what's left I use as fertilizer in my garden and I get some really nice tomatoes and other veggie's from it. I can dig up some worms and go to a friends pond and catch some really nice sunfish and bass for next to nothing. I can also buy a pound of squid for $1.89 and fish at a local pier and catch my limit of 50 croakers 12-22" every week and still have a 1/2lb of squid left over for next week. I eat a hell of a lot of fish and what I don't eat I freeze for winter.
You think I shouldn't have that right to catch my own food, that I should go purchase it at a store. Well the amount that I eat, it'd cost mea hell of a lot of coin. Also venison has no hormones.
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