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I agree! She said this in an interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC earlier this evening. I was an NRA member and strong supporter for several years - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. I would like to see a "rival" organization like the NRA was before it was hijacked by radicals.
How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
In gun lore it’s known as the Revolt at Cincinnati. On May 21, 1977, and into the morning of May 22, a rump caucus of gun rights radicals took over the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association.
The rebels wore orange-blaze hunting caps. They spoke on walkie-talkies as they worked the floor of the sweltering convention hall. They suspected that the NRA leaders had turned off the air-conditioning in hopes that the rabble-rousers would lose enthusiasm.
The Old Guard was caught by surprise. The NRA officers sat up front, on a dais, observing their demise. The organization, about a century old already, was thoroughly mainstream and bipartisan, focusing on hunting, conservation and marksmanship. It taught Boy Scouts how to shoot safely. But the world had changed, and everything was more political now. The rebels saw the NRA leaders as elites who lacked the heart and conviction to fight against gun-control legislation.
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Very True-- 9 out of 10 gun owners do want background checks including checks for mental illness. The ONLY ones that don't want background checks are the ones that couldn't pass one.
90 percent of Americans want expanded background checks on guns. Why isn’t this a political slam dunk?
Most gun owners have a foul taste in their mouths over assault weapons. They've been proven time and time again they're just used for people massacre's. Our forefathers never intended this when they wrote the 2nd amendment.
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I doubt Republicans will do much about this recent massacre--they didn't do anything over Sandy Hook--so your only option is to vote for Democrats who will get legislation done to ban assault weapons in this country. Republicans aren't going to do jack shit, and if it meant getting more votes they would be passing out automatic weapons, grenade's and bazooka's. They are not in the least bit interested in the safety of the General public.
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