Sign up with the NRA

[Pappy!]

If you have not done so and are a sportsman, enthusiast, collector, or someone who just wants to keep in practice occasionally

Sign up with the NRA.

Show America that we stand for the 2nd Ammendment not only in spirit but with our wallets.

It is amazing to me that, in South Florida, folks are more than willing to let this right disappear.
They want the Government to take care of them.

If they would just step back for a minute and think.
The Government already failed them in this shooting, not once, but twice.
Once with the FBI and once with the Sherriff Dept.

Do your part and sign up with the NRA...it's a great organization.
Boycott the companies who have split with the NRA.

It is a great way to stand up for your (our) rights!

[MAD6Gun]

 Well said Pappy. I am a life endowment member. Have been a member for decades. In my opinion anyone who owns guns should be a member of the NRA. Because without them we would have lost our rights years ago.

 I plan on boycotting any company who goes against the NRA and gun owners....

[Jess from VA]

You may be preaching to the choir here, but I thank you nonetheless Pappy.  

I've been a member for some 45 years.  With a lot of contributions besides membership.

I've also routinely told my Republican National Committee... The NRA gets $3 for every $1 you get.  If you want to keep those dollars at all, you better keep the 2d Amd at the top of your list.  For the most part, the NRA has done a good job keeping republicans in line (as they should be).  Though there's always some eight balls (yeah, they're politicians).

And it was more than ones and threes, though sadly in retirement I just can't afford what I used to.

The gun owners (like trap and skeet or waterfowlers or other niche shooters) who never join and think they don't need to particularly irritate me.  

[Serk]

I'd join the NRA, but I'm already the highest level life member you can be, but if you're NOT a member and value freedom and liberty join here:

https://membership.nra.org/Join/

Also, join the Gun Owners of America:

https://gunowners.org/join.htm

And the National Association for Gun Rights:

https://www.nationalgunrights.org/join

And if you use Amazon.com sign up for smile.amazon.com and set your charity to "Gun Owners Foundation" to send a portion of every Amazon purchase to the GOA to help defend your basic human rights.

[Ken aka Oil Burner]

NRA member for years, and I live in Massachusetts. I have my NRA card in the license slot in my wallet. You know, the one with the clear window. Every time I open my wallet at a store, restaurant, etc., it's in plain view. I do this for a few reasons.
1. I'm proud to support the Constitution and Bill of Rights, including my right to defend myself and my family.
2. I hope that it helps some people realize that NRA members aren't the antichrist that we're made out to be.
3. It pisses some people off, and I feel that they deserve it if they are pissed about it.

[solo1]

i've been an Endowment Life member for a few years

I, too get irritated at those shooters who have some lame excuse for not joining but it's a free choice

I also get out of sorts because some don't like everything that the NRA does and maybe decide to quit or not join.

We aren't perfect and neither is the NRA but where else can you have a five million plus voice against anti gunners and politicians?

[Chrisj CMA]

Just got my new card and free cheap Chinese pocket knife. I'd does fit nicely in one of my concealed carry rigs.

So call me a right wing terrorist I don't care

[Tundra]

Well worded Pappy
Now is the time to do something positive that can actually make a difference for our rights. Send this information to everyone you know, maybe the truth and logic will prevail and seep inside of the brains of the................

[97BLKVALK]

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180209/outback-steakhouse-no-rights-just-rules

No common sense

[MarkT]

Without regard to their Gun-Free Safety Zone aka Homicidal Maniac's Playground, I've eaten in an Outback restaurant ONCE a couple decades ago.  They MURDERED my steak with as much seasoning as meat, while inviting maniacs to murder ME.  I didn't see any sign on the door or would have turned around and gone elsewhere.  Haven't returned because they simply RUIN A STEAK.  Now here's an even better reason to NEVER EAT THERE.  BTW IMO a quality cut of meat stands on it's own flavor without needing maranades or rubs. I prefer aged prime ribeye rare with a splash of Habanero Tabasco (added by me on the plate) as my palate prefers some heat.

[OnaWingandaPrayer]

Patriot Life Benefactor here, because  I believe the 2nd amendment  needs to be protected.

[Farside]

If you have not done so and are a sportsman, enthusiast, collector, or someone who just wants to keep in practice occasionally

Sign up with the NRA.

Show America that we stand for the 2nd Ammendment not only in spirit but with our wallets.

It is amazing to me that, in South Florida, folks are more than willing to let this right disappear.
They want the Government to take care of them.

If they would just step back for a minute and think.
The Government already failed them in this shooting, not once, but twice.
Once with the FBI and once with the Sherriff Dept.

Do your part and sign up with the NRA...it's a great organization.
Boycott the companies who have split with the NRA.

It is a great way to stand up for your (our) rights!

  Well said, Right there with you Pappy.  My Grandad was a MetLife Sales rep for 35 yrs, retired in the early 70's. My dad took out a MetLife policy on me in the early 70's and I took it over when I turned 18 in 1978. I've had it sense and seriously giving it some thought to close it out. Disappointed in my MetLife Corporate Leaders. 

[Wizzard]

Banning guns because criminals have too many
is like castrating yourself because your neighbor
has too many kids

[Chrisj CMA]

Banning guns because criminals have too many
is like castrating yourself because your neighbor
has too many kids

LOL......good one, and makes just as much sense   

[RP#62]

-RP

[Alberta Patriot]

Watch Dana Loesch Trash The Leftist Propaganda BS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMrt258qm8

[bagelboy]

My membership was up in January. I held off because of too many emails. But because of current situations, I just renewed for the next two years. I'm a pistol person, and have a few. It's just the emails didn't stop coming, and I asked them to please stop. But they just kept coming. So I got a little pissed off. But I guess it's important to renew!

[Serk]

My membership was up in January. I held off because of too many emails. But because of current situations, I just renewed for the next two years. I'm a pistol person, and have a few. It's just the emails didn't stop coming, and I asked them to please stop. But they just kept coming. So I got a little pissed off. But I guess it's important to renew!

Try calling them again to ask they stop, I finally got them to mostly stop:

We also use your membership information to send you notices in the mail or by email about special member benefits, discounts, and offers. If you do not wish to receive these mailings, you can: (1) opt-out of email lists immediately by following the instructions at the bottom of the email, (2) email us using our Contact Us page, (3) call us at 1-800-672-3888, (4) write to us at National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road; Fairfax, VA 22030.

[dinosnake]

Watch Dana Loesch Trash The Leftist Propaganda BS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMrt258qm8

The only "propaganda" is from the NRA.  EVERY popular survey, yes including ones that include gun owners, show a 2-to1 preference for some type of assault weapon gun laws.  Two to one.  The propaganda is 5 million members of the NRA trying to tell 300 million Americans that only their opinion matters (or, based on survey results, 5 million telling 200 million (2 to 1)).

LaPierre's talking points in his CPAC speech shows that he, and by extension the NRA, are completely unhinged inside a lunatic conspiracy fugue.  The world will end if we, the lunatic gun fans, don't have our unlimited guns.  What's that, the same fanatical claim was made against Obama and nothing really happened?  Nah, we'll still bring out the same whorey act - it always seems to work on the weak-minded.  It's the Force of Guns, and it's strong with the believers.

[Serk]

EVERY popular survey, yes including ones that include gun owners, show a 2-to1 preference for some type of assault weapon gun laws.  Two to one.  The propaganda is 5 million members of the NRA trying to tell 300 million Americans that only their opinion matters (or, based on survey results, 5 million telling 200 million (2 to 1)).

[DirtyDan]

Use the force. Guns or marshmallows ?

Choose your own adventure

Dan

[MAD6Gun]

Watch Dana Loesch Trash The Leftist Propaganda BS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMrt258qm8

The only "propaganda" is from the NRA.  EVERY popular survey, yes including ones that include gun owners, show a 2-to1 preference for some type of assault weapon gun laws.  Two to one.  The propaganda is 5 million members of the NRA trying to tell 300 million Americans that only their opinion matters (or, based on survey results, 5 million telling 200 million (2 to 1)).

LaPierre's talking points in his CPAC speech shows that he, and by extension the NRA, are completely unhinged inside a lunatic conspiracy fugue.  The world will end if we, the lunatic gun fans, don't have our unlimited guns.  What's that, the same fanatical claim was made against Obama and nothing really happened?  Nah, we'll still bring out the same whorey act - it always seems to work on the weak-minded.  It's the Force of Guns, and it's strong with the believers.

 Got some proof of "EVERY' popular survey, oh and not some liberal biased left wing BS that slant the questions to fit their narative. If not then just shut up.

 The only unhinged morons in this narative are the ones who think that banning so called assault weapons will do anything to stop criminals from being well criminals. These are also the same morons that think more gun laws will reduce crime. Ask the citizens of Chicago how those type of laws are working for them?

[The emperor has no clothes]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

Thank you 

[Serk]

And I get a lot of flack for supporting the NRA because they're way too wishy washy and eager to bow down to the other side. (That's why I also support non-compromising civil rights organizations like the GOA and NAGR.)

[98valk]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

Thank you 

  and the both u don't even know that it is the govt policies and not the Constitution RIGHT to own guns, 18 yrs and older per Federal Law, that let those children die. the democrat UN globalist liberals, don't care if anybody dies as long as their ultimate goals are accomplished.
"It's important to understand why things work/happen." If you don't understand, then you can't think for yourself, and all you can do is repeat the mistakes of your teachers, who were repeating what they learned in a book from other people who just were repeating what they heard."  Dr. J. Bookspan

the most important thing u ever read it the rush link  https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/02/26/how-obama-and-holder-changed-broward-county-law-enforcement-for-racial-reasons/

That’s exactly. Jake Tapper is on the warpath here, but… (laughing) The PROMISE Program! I’m telling you what this was! This was an Obama-era program authorized with his buddy Eric Holder at the DOJ, and they paid these school districts money to do this! They got more money for every arrest they did not make! The money became the reason for excusing certain behavior so it won’t show up in the background checks! So it’s got nothing to do with the background check, got nothing to do with the NRA, got nothing to do with anything other than the federal government… (groans) It’s just… It never changes. It just never does.

http://patriotretort.com/sheriff-israel-resign-post-haste/
this wasn’t a case of mistakes being made or the Sheriff missing warning signs. It is a direct result of policy.

It is important to understand the policy here. Broward County law enforcement (Sheriff Israel), in conjunction with Broward County School Officials (Superintendent Runcie and School Board), have a standing policy to ignore any criminal engagement with High School students.

When the police are hiding current, actual and ongoing unlawful conduct as a matter of standard procedure on a regular basis, what do we expect the police would do with reports of potential unlawful conduct? Of course they would ignore them.

And the fact that this Sheriff knew all that when he sat on that stage Wednesday night riling up the crowd to attack Dana Loesch is nothing short of contemptable.

My guess is that Sheriff Israel is using this deputy as a scapegoat – maybe in hopes that nobody look any deeper into this craven policy to ignore criminal behavior in Broward County schools.

and why would they do this, MONEY provided by Obama and Holder
read and learn
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/02/26/how-obama-and-holder-changed-broward-county-law-enforcement-for-racial-reasons/

the December 4, 2013, issue of the American Prospect magazine. Headline: “Reversing Broward County’s School-to-Prison Pipeline.”

The article is about efforts undertaken to avoid arresting students. And the article speaks to the concern that Broward County might have turned a blind eye to the behavior of Nikolas Cruz because they wanted to lower the number of student suspensions, which is a big part of Obama-Holder prison reform. So this is five-year-old story. Well, four and a half years old. It’s December of 2013.

“The story behind the so-far successful crusade to end disproportionate student arrests and suspensions in one Florida school district. When, after a nationwide search, he was hired two years ago to serve as superintendent of Florida’s Broward County Public Schools, Robert Runcie began brainstorming ways to close the racial achievement gap.

please put the pieces together turn off cnn and THINK!

"It's important to understand why things work/happen." If you don't understand, then you can't think for yourself for yourself, and all you can do is repeat the mistakes of your teachers, who were repeating what they learned in a book (and cnn) from other people who just were repeating what they heard."  Dr. J. Bookspan

[The emperor has no clothes]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

Thank you 

  and the both u don't even know that it is the govt policies and not the Constitution RIGHT to own guns, 18 yrs and older per Federal Law, that let those children die. the democrat UN globalist liberals, don't care if anybody dies as long as their ultimate goals are accomplished.
"It's important to understand why things work/happen." If you don't understand, then you can't think for yourself, and all you can do is repeat the mistakes of your teachers, who were repeating what they learned in a book from other people who just were repeating what they heard."  Dr. J. Bookspan

the most important thing u ever read it the rush link  https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/02/26/how-obama-and-holder-changed-broward-county-law-enforcement-for-racial-reasons/

That’s exactly. Jake Tapper is on the warpath here, but… (laughing) The PROMISE Program! I’m telling you what this was! This was an Obama-era program authorized with his buddy Eric Holder at the DOJ, and they paid these school districts money to do this! They got more money for every arrest they did not make! The money became the reason for excusing certain behavior so it won’t show up in the background checks! So it’s got nothing to do with the background check, got nothing to do with the NRA, got nothing to do with anything other than the federal government… (groans) It’s just… It never changes. It just never does.

http://patriotretort.com/sheriff-israel-resign-post-haste/
this wasn’t a case of mistakes being made or the Sheriff missing warning signs. It is a direct result of policy.

It is important to understand the policy here. Broward County law enforcement (Sheriff Israel), in conjunction with Broward County School Officials (Superintendent Runcie and School Board), have a standing policy to ignore any criminal engagement with High School students.

When the police are hiding current, actual and ongoing unlawful conduct as a matter of standard procedure on a regular basis, what do we expect the police would do with reports of potential unlawful conduct? Of course they would ignore them.

And the fact that this Sheriff knew all that when he sat on that stage Wednesday night riling up the crowd to attack Dana Loesch is nothing short of contemptable.

My guess is that Sheriff Israel is using this deputy as a scapegoat – maybe in hopes that nobody look any deeper into this craven policy to ignore criminal behavior in Broward County schools.

and why would they do this, MONEY provided by Obama and Holder
read and learn
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/02/26/how-obama-and-holder-changed-broward-county-law-enforcement-for-racial-reasons/

the December 4, 2013, issue of the American Prospect magazine. Headline: “Reversing Broward County’s School-to-Prison Pipeline.”

The article is about efforts undertaken to avoid arresting students. And the article speaks to the concern that Broward County might have turned a blind eye to the behavior of Nikolas Cruz because they wanted to lower the number of student suspensions, which is a big part of Obama-Holder prison reform. So this is five-year-old story. Well, four and a half years old. It’s December of 2013.

“The story behind the so-far successful crusade to end disproportionate student arrests and suspensions in one Florida school district. When, after a nationwide search, he was hired two years ago to serve as superintendent of Florida’s Broward County Public Schools, Robert Runcie began brainstorming ways to close the racial achievement gap.

please put the pieces together turn off cnn and THINK!

"It's important to understand why things work/happen." If you don't understand, then you can't think for yourself for yourself, and all you can do is repeat the mistakes of your teachers, who were repeating what they learned in a book (and cnn) from other people who just were repeating what they heard."  Dr. J. Bookspan

I would like to repeat my comment from the other day. But, I won’t. (It still applies though) 

[michaelyoung254]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

First, the 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting or shooting trap, it's about shooting your enemy which could include combatants that are either foreign or domestic. The 2nd Amendment was put in place to prevent tyranny! Nothing more, nothing less!

Second, “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it”. And, how soon we forget! Well, at least some seem to forget, but I remember the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. I will admit that I didn't see anything wrong with limiting magazine size, and bans on "Assault Weapons". The argument seemed legit to me at the time, but that's because I was blind and stupid! At that time I really didn't understand that the 2nd Amendment wasn't about hunting, and was actually about protecting our right to defend ourselves from a government gone wild. But what I remember the most about Clinton's Gun Ban is that before the ink was even dry on those documents, the left was already drafting up new and even more restrictive gun laws. It became crystal clear that this was never about simply limiting magazine capacity, but was rather one small step in achieving their over goal of complete disarmament. I thank GOD that the Republicans prevailed in the 1996 elections, otherwise they may have been able to get a lot closer to that goal!

[98valk]

just so everybody knows meathead called me a cruse name a few days ago of course Willow removed the post.

classic liberal, when the facts are completely against their emotional thoughts they get violent and call a person disgusting names.

just as he just posted, show him the laws passed by obama that allowed the recent school shooting/s and which MH ignores and calls me the same name again.  So sad u are stuck in your paradigm and can only do emotional thinking and facts don't matter. I feel bad for u and will pray for u again.

[The emperor has no clothes]

just so everybody knows meathead called me a cruse name a few days ago of course Willow removed the post.

classic liberal, when the facts are completely against their emotional thoughts they get violent and call a person disgusting names.

just as he just posted, show him the laws passed by obama that allowed the recent school shooting/s and which MH ignores and calls me the same name again.  So sad u are stuck in your paradigm and can only do emotional thinking and facts don't matter. I feel bad for u and will pray for u again.

”cruse name”  ??? Like Tom Cruise ? I removed it. Unfortunately I was a little late and some feminine hygiene product quoted it, and I wasn’t able to remove that.

[Psychotic Bovine]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo?  

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation?  

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective?  

I am going to respond to this against my better judgement.  If the government decides we have to turn in our lawfully purchased property (with or without compensation), don't forget about due process.  They would have to prove that all people they are taking property from committed a crime.

Darn that pesky 4th Amendment.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."


Also, I became a life member of the NRA a few years ago when their convention was in Indy. 

[Gavin_Sons]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

I was not aware a child could buy any type of gun.  Please enlighten us to how because i'm sure my 7 year old would love to go buy his own tonight.

[Gavin_Sons]

just so everybody knows meathead called me a cruse name a few days ago of course Willow removed the post.

classic liberal, when the facts are completely against their emotional thoughts they get violent and call a person disgusting names.

just as he just posted, show him the laws passed by obama that allowed the recent school shooting/s and which MH ignores and calls me the same name again.  So sad u are stuck in your paradigm and can only do emotional thinking and facts don't matter. I feel bad for u and will pray for u again.

”cruse name”  ??? Like Tom Cruise ? I removed it. Unfortunately I was a little late and some feminine hygiene product quoted it, and I wasn’t able to remove that.

That's funny, most of us want to use that same term to describe you. 

[Serk]

”cruse name”  ??? Like Tom Cruise ? I removed it. Unfortunately I was a little late and some feminine hygiene product quoted it, and I wasn’t able to remove that.

That's funny, most of us want to use that same term to describe you. 

I've seen pics, Mr. Head looks nothing like Tom Cruise, other than it looks like their of similar height...

[The emperor has no clothes]

”cruse name”  ??? Like Tom Cruise ? I removed it. Unfortunately I was a little late and some feminine hygiene product quoted it, and I wasn’t able to remove that.

That's funny, most of us want to use that same term to describe you. 

I've seen pics, Mr. Head looks nothing like Tom Cruise, other than it looks like their of similar height...

I’m not sure, I’ve never met the dude. I’m a whopping 5’10” (and shrinking)

[Serk]

”cruse name”  ??? Like Tom Cruise ? I removed it. Unfortunately I was a little late and some feminine hygiene product quoted it, and I wasn’t able to remove that.

That's funny, most of us want to use that same term to describe you. 

I've seen pics, Mr. Head looks nothing like Tom Cruise, other than it looks like their of similar height...

I’m not sure, I’ve never met the dude. I’m a whopping 5’10” (and shrinking)

You've got him beat, Tom Cruise is rather infamous for his shortness (And EXTREME sensitivity to it) at a towering 5'7".

[Serk]

BTW, even if you're not a member, you can sign up for GOA e-mail alerts here:

https://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app/register?5&m=177882

They'll periodically send you an e-mail with a "Take Action" link, you follow that link, give it your info and it'll help you quickly and easily contact your reps with pro-freedom messages as the need arises.

If you don't want to sign up for the e-mails you can also manually go to the GOA's "Take Action" page with the current campaigns and links to take action on them as you see fit:

https://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/

[Jess from VA]

I like GOA, and have been a member for decades.  And I like their grass roots approach to many things.

They even send you printed, preaddressed advocacy cards to mail your reps on important issues (which I also like and appreciate).

The problem I have is my reps (two senators) are documented lifetime F- score voters, and sending them these cards is an exercise in futility.  Oh, I mailed them anyway, which always gets me a nice letter thanking me for my input (really?), of course with no discussion whatsoever of the subject of my input. And I end up on their mailing list, so they can keep me up to date on all their socialist horsehockey (though in VA, this is always extremely soft peddled in it's message).  And your knee jerk reaction is to tell them to take you off their damn list, but you don't do it.  Every bit of money they waste in postage, paper and printing to me is just another part of the war.  They mostly go right in the round file, but sometimes if I'm bored and need a few laughs, I open them up and read them.

So we end up sending each other mail which neither side probably reads or gives a crap about.

So it goes.   (but look up Franking Privileges)

[Willow]

...  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

Maybe a more important question is do you really believe that increasing the criminality of obtaining certain weaponry will further limit any determined criminal activity?

Another question might be do you believe that an AR-15 in semi-automatic mode can kill any more people than almost any hunting rifle?  If you do you now nothing of weaponry much like many lawmakers.

Six minutes.  Fourteen dead, seventeen injured in a crowd of over three thousand?  I'm a trained Marine.  I don't want to say what I could or couldn't do.  I've had a friend ordered to psychiatric care for doing so.  I will say the criminal was not an accomplished gunner.  Was was done could have easily been done, and more, with a single shot bolt action weapon.  Is the answer to make it more difficult for law abiders to obtain bolt action hunting weapons? 

I am ready to concede that if we could somehow remove 100% of all firearms in this country we could significantly reduce the number of gun related murders.  I think the chances of success are slim.

It remains that the best (most effective) response to bad guys with guns is good guys with guns.  Anything else is spitting into the wind.

[Skinhead]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

yes

[Gavin_Sons]

I am an outdoor enthusiast.  If all the AR15's suddenly evaporated, it would not affect my ability to hunt, or shoot trap.  A check to the NRA protects our gun rights.  Got that.  Does anyone really want a teenager with a child's brain to be able to buy that AR15, or similar, and ammo? 

The response is often: "But, the next thing you know, they'll take away all of our guns".  (There are a lot of versions of who "they" is.)  NRA takes a tough, all-or-nothing approach to gun rights and ownership.  Could we be better served by more pragmatic representation? 

The faces of these teenage killers, shown on TV, serve to remind all Americans that we have a problem.  Do you think the current no-compromise line against gun all gun control remains effective? 

yes

Yes and no. Do we have the laws in place to prevent this or at least knock it way down? Yes! Do we enforce said laws to prevent this? No! First step is enforcing the laws already in place and holding criminals that commit crimes with guns accountable for their actions and give them the longest sentance allowed by law or death.