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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 11:57 AM Original message |
Do you know if the gun lobby is for, or against, or no interest in... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I do not follow the NRA, but I do know that they are a one-issue organization. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. NRA is a single issue group. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Actually, it would make sense for both NRA and NARAL to oppose the off switch. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why? What part of single issue is confusing. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Being so stupid as to ignore a forest for some very specific trees. nt |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Did not the NRA, AARP and the ACLU wind up |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nothing on their web site about it |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The only way the NRA 'works' on the 2nd Amendment is to do a piece of work on it. |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Try and stay somewhat relevant to the question ... if you're able to. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. LOL! The NRA is the most effective single issue lobby there is and that is not a fantasy - nt |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Ahh, I love the smell of hyperbole in the morning. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. As far as I'm aware, they have no interest in the issue. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I understand but it's a shame. Even one single issue statement would |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The NRA sometimes comes out against laws or policies that interfere with their business |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I seem to recall they took a POV on the breeding and sale of hunting dogs at one point. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. It would dilute the NRA's effectiveness. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. The NRA is about firearms. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Evidently the NRA is not as single issue as some here think regarding free speach |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Still single issue. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I propose that cutting off the internet, if possible, would have...... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Possibly but it is the potential vs immediate effect. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Self-delete. N/T |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lieberman can go piss up a rope. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Fortunately his time is coming to an end. n/t |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I swear the guy is a republican saboteur. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. It is a very big issue on the gun boards I frequent... |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ill agree with most of these posts |
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