ABC NEWS.... NRA DENYS

[rsmith6621]

NO LINK

.......Mother and Adam Lanza were NRA members..... Can you say bullshit damage control.

[southernyankeebelle]

1. That is what I heard and yes the RNA denied it. Yet they have certificates from classes

they took.

[Duckhunter935]

2. far reach

A certificate of training does not mean they are a member.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. I know. I am just saying what I heard. But the classes are sponsored by the NRA.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. More like taught by NRA certified instructors using NRA curriculum

NRA doesn't "sponsor" training per se

[southernyankeebelle]

14. Well there you go. I know nothing about the organization. Thanks for the information

[Duckhunter935]

7. meant to reply to OP

[Cleita]

4. I have noticed that organizations that promote guns and a war mentality, when one of their

members commits crimes, tend to deny that they were affiliated with such organization or that they had been a member at one time but hadn't been so for several years. It's not that uncommon especially among militia groups when they get caught up in their own hate to disavow a member that gets into trouble. Why should the NRA be any different?

[Duckhunter935]

6. it is also true

some jump to conclusions with no proof to push an agenda.

[Cleita]

8. There's plenty of proof in the archives of the Spokane and Idaho Spokesman newspapers,

if you are really interested in having proof and not just snarking. They do charge for accessing their archives but you will find that over the last twenty five years a history of criminality with the Aryan Nation and Montana militias of those organizations denying that their members were involved in a number of armed robberies, shoot outs, as well as a mass shooting of a nursery school in Los Angeles around twenty years ago. In every case when the perps were traced back to the militias, the head of those organizations denied that those perps were part of their club or maybe were in a distant past. Now why would the NRA operate any differently especially with the proof, the certificates, are right in their faces?

[dairydog91]

10. Militia groups deny that some of their members are criminals! Obviously, NRA is covering up!

Nancy Lanza was clearly an NRA member, and not just any NRA member, she was the result of a terrible genetic engineering accident that occurred during attempts to clone Charlton Heston! Not only that, Adam Lanza was the 21st 9/11 "hijacker", and by "Adam Lanza", I of course mean "Romulus Smith", feared CIA agent and the mastermind behind 9/11, the JFK assassination, and the invention of the hula hoop.

[Cleita]

12. *yawn*

[dairydog91]

17. Well, if you can make an assumption about the NRA based on randomly selected militia groups...

I can make assumptions about the coherency of your thought process, based on a random sampling of crazy people I've met.

[Robb]

18. Thank God SOMEONE on DU will stand up for the NRA!

Poor widdle guys.

[dairydog91]

9. The police report says nothing about membership.

Just NRA shooting certificates.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/adam-lanza-newtown-search-warrants-678452 (Exhibit 605)

And here's the actual NRA certificates: http://training.nra.org/training/certificate-templates.aspx

[rgbecker]

11. If you are a member of the NRA, do you get a card or certificate?

Does any DUer member of NRA have one they could scan and show us what it's like? DO you get a Membership #?
IS a subscription to the "Rifleman" included? IS it like the AARP?

Just wondering.

[dairydog91]

15. You get a card, not a certificate.

I don't have one, but the ones I've seen are the same size as a typical credit card.

All the Goodies you get from an NRA membership: http://www.nra.org/benefits.aspx

[kudzu22]

13. I have an NRA certificate -- I'm not a member

I took a handgun safety course. Got the cert at the end.

[Robb]

16. At a minimum, they trained Adam to be a better shooter.

More accurate, at least. He didn't miss a single child he aimed at.

Well done.

[spanone]

19. fuck nra