NRA/ILA response to Pres Obama op ed

[rl6214]

http://www.nraila.org/pdfs/obamaletter314.pdf

[villager]

1. Thank God we have links to rightwing op eds!

Imagine if we'd missed them!

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[Katya Mullethov]

5. Stalking mullets

In a target rich environment .

[rl6214]

6. Many on this site wanted to know what the reaction would be

To Pres Obama's op ed. I did a google search and found this. Don't care who the link is to as long as we get the answer.

[aikoaiko]

10. Oh, you're just sore that the NRA agreed with much of what the President wrote...

...while still putting pressure on him to improve.

[rl6214]

13. Just listened to Lawrence O'Donnel

and he bashed the President. Is that a little better source for you?

[onehandle]

2. Let me paraphrase: 'Black President's gonna git yur guns. Rite us a check.' nt

[Boswell]

4. Bingo!

[krispos42]

7. *snort*

:rofl:

[aikoaiko]

8. Still trying to play the race card -- stay classy.

[Glassunion]

11. Again...

If they don't agree with you, they must be racist.
If they have differing political viewpoints, they must be racists.
If that lady at McDonald's put onions on your burger when you specifically asked for no onions, she must be racist.

You really piss me off with comments like that. I have to deal with racism every day of my life and for you to just toss around racism to demonize something you disagree with is truly disgraceful. Racism is no joke, and it is not an ace in the hole for you to pull out every time you want to paint a bad face on something you dislike.

It is not some small trivial sticker that you get to place on everything you wish to portray as wicked to somehow hold your own opinion superior.

You true character shows when you make comments like that.

[rl6214]

12. Bullshit

Get off the racist crap.

[Callisto32]

14. Reading comprehension fail...

If that is all you got from that letter, you need a remedial reading course.

[Atypical Liberal]

24. There was not one racist element in the article.

The article pointed out, correctly, that while it is heartening to hear President Obama claim to support the individual right to keep and bear arms, the fact is his political record, and his appointed advisors' records speak an entirely different story.

The article also points out that it is the NRA's position that the focus needs to be on criminals and mentally unstable people, not on guns.

Nothing in this article was regarding race.

[bluestateguy]

9. Still looking for a "thank you" to the president for signing the Coburn and Wicker amendments

I would submit that the Obama Administration has been more pro-gun than the Bush Administration.

George W. Bush's Administration endorsed door to door confiscations of New Orleans gun owners weapons after the hurricane.

[oneshooter]

15. Cite for proof?

I believe that the confiscation you speak of was ordered by, the Chief of Police in NO. A Democrat, and supported by the Mayor of NO, also a Democrat.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[GreenStormCloud]

16. Wrong on all counts.

Bush pushed for and got the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Obama voted against it.

The Katrina confiscations were ordered by the Democratic mayor and police chief.

[hack89]

17. Their opening paragraph is right on the money.

the discussion will never evolved to the degree needed to fix complex social issues such as crime and violence when the focus is purely on inanimate metallic objects.

[lawodevolution]

20. Exactly trying to reduce crime by banning guns is like trying to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits

By banning scalpels.

[VoteProgressive]

18. I am pro-gun but HATE the NRA. Right Wing nuts. I wish there was a competing...

organization that was progressive and reasonable.

[X_Digger]

19. All we ever get are shill astroturf groups like the AHSA. n/t

[VoteProgressive]

21. Not familiar with them.

[RSillsbee]

22. AHSA no longer exists

It was a front group for VPC. they claimed to be a non extremist alternative to the NRA but they pretty much supported banning anything bigger than a bolt action .22

[VoteProgressive]

23. Hmmm.......that would not be popular.

[RSillsbee]

25. Hence , the fact that they no .longer exist NT

[Starboard Tack]

26. Kinda like finding a good ski resort in Hawaii

[VoteProgressive]

27. Which is too bad. nt