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https://crooksandliars.com/2019/08/angry-se-cupp-says-i-am-no-longer-nra8/12/19 7:21am
Angry S.E. Cupp Says: 'I Am No Longer An NRA Member'
"I know, I will be accused of letting my emotions get in the way of facts here. I've made that accusation before myself. But this is an emotional issue. How could it not be?" she said.
By Susie Madrak
This was quite a righteous rant, especially since it came from someone who has been such an enthusiastic supporter of the NRA.
"But I am no longer a NRA member. Being right no longer feels righteous. Because in the wake of more mass shootings, acts of senseless violence that sent innocent people running for their lives, leaving children orphaned and loved ones dead on the ground, I know we must do something about guns."
She went on to talk about how people driven by hate have such easy access to guns.
"I am so sick and tired of participating in this predictable cycle of politics, where a mass shooting happens, the left calls for new gun laws -- some meaningful, some unproductive -- the right yells "slippery slope" and hides behind the Constitution.
"Nothing happens, nothing changes. And with the next mass shooting, we do it all over again.
"I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What lives are we protecting when we arm a 21-year-old alleged white supremacist with 100 rounds of ammunition only so he can shoot up dozens of people at a Walmart, including the parents of a 2-month-old child? What liberty are we protecting if we don't feel safe at the mall or walking down the street? What happiness are we protecting if our children are afraid to go to school?
"I know, I will be accused of letting my emotions get in the way of facts here. I've made that accusation before myself. But this is an emotional issue. How could it not be? In fact, it should be more emotional -- and to my friends in the Republican Party, at the NRA, on the side of gun rights, if you're not emotional about this -- join me, won't you?
"Let's start with emotion. There's a lot we can accomplish if we start as humans -- not as NRA lobbyists or gun control lobbyists, not as special interest groups or politicians. But humans -- moms and dads, brothers and sisters, friends and colleagues -- because we have everything to lose if we don't."
Wow. We seem to have reached some kind of critical mass when longtime gun supporters like S.E. Cupp speak out, and does so in a way that's hard to rebut, especially this:
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I hope she'll start a tidal wave that will overcome the NRA and their ill-informed resistance to common-sense gun laws.
RandySF
(57,661 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)What is it about recent events that changed their outlook? We've seen so many slaughtered, including elementary school kids and people at the movies or out at concerts. Why now? I mean, I'm glad they're seeing the light and everything, but what brought on this epiphany?
Javaman
(62,442 posts)never confuse empathy with greed. LOL
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,573 posts)they sure as hell shop at Walmart.
ribrepin
(1,718 posts)Hekate
(90,202 posts)lame54
(35,141 posts)Now, she's the voice of reason?
Just quit the NRA quietly
ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)...her membership in the first place.
One can be a gun owner without joining NRA
So one might infer that she was a weak minded follower who joined because she got fished in by the NRA
OK, she saw the light now, but color me unimpressed
They're already in dire financial straits. One more sycophant jumping ship isn't that impactful
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Dave in VA
(2,034 posts)Shove your nra membership card up your sorry ass!
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Sippy Cupp waited until the last of her alt-right fanbois gave up on her gettin' nekkid to go full moderate.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)but I think I would have left when they elected Ted Nugent to their board of directors.
TryLogic
(1,721 posts)The NRA causes all kinds of problems for this country, and membership dues would be a clever way to provide lots of money to the NRA so they can buy politicians.