It’s time to elect politicians who are unafraid of the NRA

[SecularMotion]

The mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., did not shock me. Such incidents in the United States have become all too frequent. And the term “random” does not apply to our rampages. We need a new term.

Because of our love for and obsession with guns, we should expect gun violence. These lethal weapons are part of our identity, our national character.

To put it bluntly: Guns are us.

I recall the first time guns entered my life. It was in 1949 in Groveland, Fla., when I was 4. Norma Padgett, a 17-year-old white woman, had accused four black men of raping her. After a failed attempt to storm the jail where the alleged rapists were being held, a mob of hundreds of white men shot up the houses of blacks in Groveland and burned a home to the ground.

http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/19641195/article-It%E2%80%99s-time-to-elect-politicians-who-are-unafraid-of-the-NRA?instance=special%20_coverage_right_column

[Trunk Monkey]

1. So, do YOU have anything to add to what the author says

or are you just doing a drive by?

[rl6214]

13. Ooooo, don't do that to this one or he/she will call you a seriel disruptor

[Trunk Monkey]

14. This one clearly has no interest in discussing the issue

They just want to pontificate from the (assumed) moral high ground

[ileus]

2. It'll be hard to find politicians who are unafraid of the voters.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

3. Logical disconnect...

Politicians aren't afraid of the actual NRA... just the 80,000,000 gun owners the NRA attempts to influence at the polls. Politicians care about two things, getting money and getting reelected. It's tough to get reelected when a certain stance is literally guaranteed to rally tens of millions of votes against you. More or less, guns get votes.

Which brings us to our logical disconnect. If merely being antigun/antiNRA is enough to get one voted out of most offices, how in the hell does such a person expect to get voted INTO office?

In translation, the OP headline literally reads: "It's time to elect politicians who can't get enough votes"
Quite the oxymoron...

[pipoman]

4. People who believe these incidents

are caused by guns are misguided. They are no more caused by "Because of our love for and obsession with guns, we should expect gun violence." than 'Because of our love for and obsession with cars, we should expect DUIs.'. No, we are the country of zero accessibility to mental health services until a crime has been committed..yet it's crickets on this issue by the groups which aren't interested in actually looking at the problem with an intent to solve it..only to forward their politically losing gun control agenda to the exclusion of cause.

As for the "politicians who are unafraid of the NRA", they are there already pushing their gun control agenda..which is also the agenda of much of their constituency. Because a politician is a strong 2nd amendment supporter has little to do with the NRA and much to do with their own constituency's wishes. Wishful thinking that the NRA is the boogieman doesn't make it true...the NRA is the voice of the opposition to legislation for legislation's sake on this issue. If it wasn't for the ACLU the police could maybe intervene on people before they actually committed a crime...but alas, that millstone we call the Bill of Rights is so burdensome..

[GreenStormCloud]

5. The VOTERS are speaking. They are electing pro-RKBA politicians.

Anti-gun politicians, except in some districts, are having a hard time staying in office.

[4th law of robotics]

6. So . . . a politician that doesn't care what the people want?

And is willing to ignore the needs of the people in order to strip us of our freedoms?

Sounds like a real winner there.

[Reasonable_Argument]

7. I'm very sorry for what this person suffered in their life

But I think they'd be better served getting a therapist to get over their fear instead of trying to strip others of their rights.

[HALO141]

8. Myopic and devoid of substance.

I give it a great, big

MEH

[shadowrider]

10. You choose MEH

I choose...


pfffffft..

[virginia mountainman]

9. If they are "unafraid" of the NRA.. that means

They are mostly in New York, Chicago, Boston and parts of California.

Because those are just about the ONLY areas that sort of thing, is put up with by the voters.

[hack89]

11. The NRA does not vote. The voters, on the other hand... nt

[TPaine7]

12. It’s time to elect politicians who are unafraid of the {voters}

There, fixed it for you.

That's going to be tough, for obvious reasons, but that's the real challenge for gun control.

[aikoaiko]

15. Is your lack of comment on the article a sign that even you know its bullshit.

[aikoaiko]

16. As long as anti-gun freaks stay focused on the NRA, they will continue to fail.

They just don't get it.