Gun Organization Candidate Questionnaires: Be Sure To Answer RIGHT!

[doxydad]

A friend of mine is running for state representative. He gets a ton of questionnaires, including the two referenced in this submission. That would include the National Rifle Association of America and the Palmetto Gun Rights (PGR) and The National Association for Gun Rights questionnaire combo by co-joined gun interest groups, one headquartered in Windsor, Colorado. The second of the co-joined organizations has a PAC and a legal arm for lawsuits. A recent suit successfully sued for the right of postal workers to carry guns on facility parking lots, but not inside the actual Post Office. So, don’t tap any bumpers outside your local Post Office.

If you’ve never seen one of these questionnaires, here are some highlights. Let’s begin with the NRA “Political Victory Fund” tailored to specific states. It’s a cover page followed by 5 additional pages of mostly push-poll multiple-choice Q and A’s. In other words, by phrasing the choices in a certain way, the NRA is directing candidates to the answer sought. ‘

If you don’t return the questionnaire, you will be assigned the dreaded “?” rating. That’s tantamount to being interpreted by NRA membership as indifference, if not outright hostility, toward Second Amendment-related issues, according to the cover letter. In states where guns are carried and cuddled every waking moment, the “?” renders you a non-person at the polling place.

Assorted studies ranging from Academia to the New England Journal of Medicine have all put the likelihood of being shot between 4 and 5 times greater for those possessing a firearm. And the idea that a safety or trigger lock increases the risk of a firearm accident is so absurd on its face that it defies all reason. In fact, the General Accounting Office estimates that one-third of accidental deaths could be eliminated with safety locks in place. Additional studies found an increase in suicides in homes where guns are openly stored and/or unlocked. A site called MinnPost points to a Policy Statement by the American Academy of Pediatricians urging parents to remove all guns from the home.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/30/gun-organization-candidate-questionnaires-answer-right.html

[Duckhunter935]

1. hogwash

trigger lock increases the risk of a firearm accident is so absurd on its face that it defies all reason.

never touch the trigger area of a loaded weapon, that causes discharges. There are better systems to safe a weapon.

Any comments on your daily drive by posting? It would be nice to here your opinion on the issue.

[flamin lib]

2. Is that a technical term? Not seen it in any of the publications I've read. nt

[ManiacJoe]

6. Yes, it is a technical term.

And, yes, trigger locks are dangerous and should not be used. For similar type locks, a cable lock is a far superior device.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

10. Trigger locks rely on a bar that runs through the trigger guard.

If the owner fumbles with the lock attempting to open it the bar may depress the trigger.

[TIMETOCHANGE]

3. So what is the issue, is there even an issue.....

I'm trying to find something coherent in your post and I'm not having any luck. Could you please explain in greater detail what the actual issue or item is that you wish to discuss. At this point it merely looks like you are complaining about your friend receiving questions he may not wish to answer, and possibly suffering consequences because of his failure to answer said questions. But then you break into these bold letters about guns being unsafe and what. So what is the issue, because as best as i can tell, you have an issue with folks voting based on their wants and interests. Is that something you have a problem with, free will? Please add more to this discussion so we don't think that you have a problem with free will.

[Eleanors38]

4. it's just a general BLAT!!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. You misspelled "BLEAT!!"

[Eleanors38]

12. Pretty funny. Where I hunt in Uvalde Co., you are likely to encounter goats, but hopefully they

want see you first; once they start crowding around there goes the hunt! The state highway still has a shallow underpass for goat herding.

[TIMETOCHANGE]

14. Are they wild goats?

I like goats so I'd probably have a laugh and get in some petting and be off about it. Goats are too gamey for my tastes. Now lamb, lamb is delicious.

[Eleanors38]

15. There is still active herding of goats, and plenty of them

escape and go feral, but no wild ones unless brought in by "game ranches." The family which invites me every year herded goats since the late 1800s, but now hold the land to lease out for cattle and goats. I run into axis deer (native to India), and have taken 2. Delicious. I have also seen fallow deer and another exotic we aren't sure of. Last season, my hunting buddy freed up an axis caught in the fence; a day earlier, he would have been in the freezer, but we had our share.

Goat is excellent. I followed a recipe found on-line. It involved marination and cooking in curry and coconut milk. Most recipes are variations on a theme. The meat was flavorful and tender with no strong taste. The goat was all-natural raised in the Austin area (I traded some venison for it). In a month: Dove season!

[Jenoch]

5. Why the reference to MinnPost without a link?

[beevul]

7. Yes, its so unfair to ask candidates where they stand on a given issue.

Yes, its so unfair to ask candidates where they stand on a given issue.

Because guns.


Or something...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. If the answer is embarrassing the question is not to blame. nt

[TIMETOCHANGE]

11. Some questions can be highly inappropriate.

But those questions usually involve one's "Romantic" past and behaviour, so as to be inappropriate. Asking where someone stands on guns is a common issue. If he doesn't want to answer them that's fine, that's his right, that's his choice. He accepts the full consequences of that choice for good or bad. Being upset that a possibly significant constituency won't vote for you because you refuse to answer the questions, or if you answer the questions honestly they won't vote for, is childish and repugnant. It's called democracy, if the truth damns you it damns you. Deception should not be called for or accepted in politics (even though it kind of is nowadays). To do so is not very liberal or progressive to me. Liberals and progressives don't lie, they fight honest and clean.

[derby378]

13. When Amendment II Democrats was active, I sent questionnaires to candidates all the time

And why not? They want to represent us, there's no harm in asking where they stand on the issues.