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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:43 PM Original message |
Virginia governor gives NRA monopoly on teaching gun safety to kids.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. NRA propaganda supported by tax payers. 'Hey, kids. Guns aren't so bad. Be sure and buy, buy, buy... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Shows what you know |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. sort of like using planned parenthood for sex ed, get the most qualified to do job (nt) |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. As far as I know, and I could be wrong... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How about you watch the video yourself? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. ok... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. So you think all NRA instructors are Right Wingers? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No, |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. There's a reason for that. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Thanks, |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The NRA has two parts. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yeah, the NRA instructor we had for our hunter safety education class |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I really appreciate you taking the time... |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You are. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. ok... |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. when I was in school .............. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. They do in Seattle. Helped keep me from having a kid prematurely, sure. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The only 100% effective gun safety method is abstaining from firearms completely. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sounds just like the rhetoric of those "abstinence only" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. The problem with that theory is that unsecured guns exist in your child's broader environment |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Is that a "faith based" initiative?? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Wrong of course. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like coercion to force non-members to join the NRA if they want to teach gun safety in VA. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. NRA provides the eddie eagle material to anyone who asks, no strings attached. n/t |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Still, it sounds as you though you MUST be a member of the NRA to teach gun safety in VA. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You are incorrect. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. OK, thanks! That sounds far more reasonable. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I haven't read the bill itself, but.. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is there any recourse? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Becasue teaching kids to leave guns alone is so EBIL! Right? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And he declared Confederate History Month |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. The *only* people teaching gun safety now are the NRA. It's them or "abstinence only". |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Yeah, we usually stay in Alexandria (much cheaper than DC) and take the train in. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. IIRC, he also reversed some gay rights |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kinda like having the CIA teach Enhanced Interrogation Techniques. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Yeah, "Stop, Don't Touch, Leave and Tell an Adult" is so much like teaching torture. (n/t) |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Don't hurt yourself stretching so much! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. The other group mis-named in the bill isn't prepared to furnish material.. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Thanks for the link... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Who would you recommend? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. If it's apolitical (and NRA's is), I don't care who provides the material. |
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jazzhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. The raging dishonesty of pro-"control" advocates is clearly demonstrated by |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Do you realize that most all gun safety classes & |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Good! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Doesn't bother me. NRA does well with gun safety. |
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