the NRA showed their ass by not showing up at CNN town hall on guns

[spanone]

the nra claims they are the defenders of the 2nd amendment. tonight they had a chance to take their argument directly to the President and they shunned him.

they are chickenshits. wayne lapierre is a con man. fuck the nra.

[JonLeibowitz]

1. Did Obama say the NRA was invited tonight?

[laundry_queen]

2. Yep. nt

[spanone]

4. NRA declines to participate in Obama gun town hall

Washington (CNN)The nation's largest gun rights organization declined Wednesday to send official representatives to a nationally televised town hall with President Barack Obama on gun violence -- just days after the president reignited a discussion over this controversial topic.

"The National Rifle Association sees no reason to participate in a public relations spectacle orchestrated by the White House," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam told CNN, which is moderating the live town hall Thursday evening in Virginia. The NRA strengthened its comment after initially saying the White House had "organized" the event.

The NRA, the most influential gun rights group in terms of political persuasion and financial contributions, boasts a membership of about five million people.

A CNN spokesperson said that it was the network, not the White House, that proposed the idea of a town hall on guns, and noted the audience would be evenly divided between organizations that support the Second Amendment including NRA members as well as groups that back gun regulation.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/politics/nra-obama-gun-town-hall/index.html

[aikoaiko]

3. It was their best option. They know Obama's hostilty toward them and he's way smarter than WLP.

It appears they only meet with politicians behind closed doors and off the record, and appear publicly in situations where they control the event.

They know not to show up for a fight they can't win.

[spanone]

5. chickenshits.

[aikoaiko]

6. Yes, but disciplined chickenshits which is how they survive.

[spanone]

7. not disciplined, conniving chickenshits.

[stone space]

8. Cowards. Armed cowards. (nt)