NRA Sounds Alarm of Not-So-Imminent Threat

[cal04]

In lobbying, a threat is good for business, whether it's genuine or not.

This might help to explain the dire warnings being issued by the National Rifle Association as the Democrats prepare to take control of Congress this week.

"The new leadership could be one of the most unfriendly to the National Rifle Association," declared Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the NRA. "If there's an effort to pursue gun control, we will mount an active defense."

The famously combative lobby, with 4 million members, is displeased with the voting histories of House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other top Democrats in the House and is putting them on notice that it won't tolerate passage of anti-gun measures.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100682.html

[angry_chuck]

1. rarely does liberty recede at once

the process must be gradual.

What about getting some rights back. These NRA freaks just need something to be combative about.

How about repeal or at least seriously amend the PATRIOT act?

Australia rounded up the guns; now only criminals (and police) have guns in Australia.

[havocmom]

5. Not just an excuse to be combative - they will try to get lots of $$ with pleas and woe

Like a certain strain of self-serving preachers predicting dire consequences if their coffers don't overflow.

[derby378]

2. Two-word response to the NRA: Harry Reid

As long as he's in charge of the Senate, the NRA doesn't have that much to bitch about. Reid voted against extending the semi-auto ban in 2004, so the NRA should be kissing his feet instead of bitching about Pelosi.

Besides, does the NRA have any idea how many pro-RKBA Democrats were elected in November? What a bunch of whiners.

[jody]

3. All Dem politicians should support our party platform that says,

We will protect Americans' Second Amendment right to own firearms, and we will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists by fighting gun crime, reauthorizing the assault weapons ban, and closing the gun show loophole, as President Bush proposed and failed to do.

If a Dem politician can't support the Dem party platform, then if they propose anti-gun bills they should say that the Democratic Party does not support such bills.

[derby378]

4. OK, I'm confused...

I'm all in favor of deleting one portion of that paragraph from the platform, and I still call myself a Democrat. Is that so wrong?

[jody]

6. I also believe everything after "We will protect Americans' Second Amendment right to own firearms"

should be deleted but the plank in its present form is better than it once was.

I wish the National Democratic Party would aggressively publicize our position on the 2nd.

[derby378]

8. OK, I gotcha

:toast:

[angry_chuck]

9. We will protect Americans' Second Amendment right to own firearms

simple. private. free.

[SaneInSC]

7. Given the present circumstances

I'm glad the citizenry are so well armed and not just the "gov't".

Just took 7 years for me to do an about face.

[angry_chuck]

10. guns, the teeth of liberty

The Iraqi people all were strapped with AKs

No wonder it is so hard to fight them.

[hollowdweller]

11. Look how close the recent electiions were. All it will take for the GOP to regain control

Is for the dems to pass some gun control stuff and they will be booted out like 94.

Let's concentrate on Jobs, Healthcare, Pension Protection, Environmental Protection, Deficit Reduction, keeping jobs in the US with good benefits and ethics reform and we will rule the congress for years to come.