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Logical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-11 02:01 PM
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6. I have my CCW license and own guns, but the NRA is a right-wing, wacky...
organization. They are extreme right because their membership would RUN AWAY if they started trying to recruit Dems.

They want you scared of Obama because they raise huge amounts of money off the right wing gun nuts.

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  -I just got the wackiest call from the NRA eggplant  Sep-24-11 01:47 PM   #0 
  - They called me a few months ago.  obxhead   Sep-24-11 01:57 PM   #1 
  - I know it isn't true about the states ratifying it...  eggplant   Sep-24-11 01:58 PM   #2 
  - It's shit like that that makes me very reluctant to join the NRA.  LAGC   Sep-24-11 01:58 PM   #3 
  - Your post could have been my post,  murielm99   Sep-24-11 03:45 PM   #14 
  - a long time ago, my family belonged to the NRA and  newspeak   Sep-25-11 11:36 AM   #18 
  - The NRA does a lot of good for shooting sports but the NRA-ILA wing ...  spin   Sep-25-11 04:33 PM   #34 
  - Now they're pissed off because Obama ISN'T trying to take away anybody's guns  tularetom   Sep-24-11 02:00 PM   #4 
  - Don't look now, but...  Tejas   Sep-24-11 02:58 PM   #11 
     - Nice spin, but no.  Moosepoop   Sep-25-11 12:40 PM   #28 
        - His voting record as a Senator stands.  Tejas   Sep-25-11 08:49 PM   #36 
           - And yet I imagine people will interpret that very same voting record...  LanternWaste   Sep-26-11 10:43 AM   #50 
              - So what is the President's take on the UN Treaty?  Tejas   Sep-26-11 04:07 PM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-24-11 02:01 PM   #5 
  - I have my CCW license and own guns, but the NRA is a right-wing, wacky...  Logical   Sep-24-11 02:01 PM   #6 
  - G, G & G.  Shagbark Hickory   Sep-24-11 02:06 PM   #7 
  - The USA has one of the five permanent vetoes at the UN  Bozita   Sep-24-11 02:07 PM   #8 
  - At some point the NRA decided to use hyberbole to the same extent as the anti-gun organizations.  aikoaiko   Sep-24-11 02:09 PM   #9 
  - Senator Jon Tester stays informed, maybe you should try doing so too.  Tejas   Sep-24-11 02:41 PM   #10 
  - Yes, I would. At this time, it really *doesn't* exist.  eggplant   Sep-24-11 03:24 PM   #12 
     - For the record, Obama views the 2nd as an individual right.  Tejas   Sep-26-11 06:00 AM   #43 
  - me too  irisblue   Sep-24-11 03:39 PM   #13 
  - I got that call to. Northeast WI.  Viking12   Sep-24-11 03:48 PM   #15 
  - I saw NRA on my caller ID and laughed, and didn't pick up. I wondered  lindysalsagal   Sep-25-11 11:06 AM   #16 
  - Obama's refusal to take your gun is  JoeyT   Sep-25-11 11:16 AM   #17 
  - You're just in denial about the UN black helicopters that are coming for us next  pinboy3niner   Sep-25-11 11:43 AM   #19 
     - Oh I mentioned them.  JoeyT   Sep-25-11 11:54 AM   #22 
  - The NRA is a gun manufacturers lobby and a right wing front group.  Scruffy1   Sep-25-11 11:44 AM   #20 
  - They support a lot of Democrats  hack89   Sep-25-11 11:48 AM   #21 
     - Poppa Bush was right about the NRA  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 11:58 AM   #23 
     - They protect a valuable civil right - just saying. nt  hack89   Sep-25-11 12:28 PM   #27 
        - No they don't  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 12:50 PM   #29 
           - Too bad the Bill of Rights is not ala carte.  hack89   Sep-25-11 03:49 PM   #32 
              - I see you must subscribe to the Antonin Scalia school of Constitutional law  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 04:10 PM   #33 
                 - So you have problems with the Bill of Rights? nt  hack89   Sep-25-11 07:39 PM   #35 
                    - Since when does your buddy Scalia care about the Bill of Rights?  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 08:53 PM   #37 
                       - What kind of rights does the Bill of Rights contain?  hack89   Sep-25-11 09:10 PM   #38 
                          - Do you really think misrepresenting what I said enhances your credibility?  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 10:10 PM   #40 
                             - You are right - the proper term is human right  hack89   Sep-26-11 05:33 AM   #42 
                                - A better question is...  Major Nikon   Sep-26-11 09:17 AM   #44 
                                   - Everyone I admire is also human and capable of mistakes  hack89   Sep-26-11 10:16 AM   #46 
                                      - Wow! 4 of the most respected judges on the court all making the same "mistake" eh?  Major Nikon   Sep-27-11 12:12 AM   #54 
                                         - OK nt  hack89   Sep-27-11 05:36 AM   #56 
     - it's too bad they don't fight for all civil rights  newspeak   Sep-25-11 12:05 PM   #25 
        - The right reason for any civil right is "because."  hack89   Sep-25-11 12:27 PM   #26 
           - So why are they attacking the UN?  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 12:56 PM   #30 
              - It is actually a shot across the bows of US politicians  hack89   Sep-26-11 10:27 AM   #48 
                 - That's not within a cab ride of what they are saying  Major Nikon   Sep-27-11 12:09 AM   #53 
                    - I personally don't think the UN will take our guns  hack89   Sep-27-11 05:59 AM   #57 
                       - Thanks for an honest answer  Major Nikon   Sep-27-11 06:26 PM   #58 
  - Once the UN gets your guns, they'll be after your bibles  Major Nikon   Sep-25-11 11:59 AM   #24 
  - NRA = corporate front backed by stupid gun nuts  _ed_   Sep-25-11 02:10 PM   #31 
  - Ding ding  AndrewP   Sep-26-11 10:20 AM   #47 
  - Please control your ignorance, the NRA endorsed the Brady Act.  Tejas   Sep-26-11 04:10 PM   #52 
  - I like "American Rifleman"  BiggJawn   Sep-25-11 09:47 PM   #39 
  - Wrong. You might take a lot of razing ...  spin   Sep-25-11 11:52 PM   #41 
  - Strange. Just a year ago their position was that there was no threat of that happening.  slackmaster   Sep-26-11 09:24 AM   #45 
  - They own guns, what do you expect......  DainBramaged   Sep-26-11 10:33 AM   #49 
  - I got that call - I couldn't stop laughing enough to notice a person on the other end.  saras   Sep-27-11 12:15 AM   #55 
 

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