N.R.A.--Hit's New Low

[Pine Mt Beagles]

With it's new round of Violent video's promotion' more violent gun video's-and completely ignorant ,anti American attack's on the President ,The National rifle Association is putting all of our gun ownership righ's in Jeopardy.

THIS ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER'S WILL COST THE N.R.A. DEARLY AND LABEL ALL GUN OWNER'S AS VIAL NUT'S.

When this organization drop's off the deep end ,and allow's it's self to be taken over by,mentally ill nut's ,like the Repblican Congress has done ,turning their attention away from helping protect gun owner's,and joining the unpatrotic anti American attack on ,The President of The United States Like Republican's in Congress have been engaged in the last -4-year's.

American's gun owner's ,will loose another valuable partner in keeping America's gun's .The N.R.A. cannot support a few right wing nut's at the cost of losing the battle -Like The Republican Party has been doing the last -4-year's.


How Obsequious Media Coverage Perpetuates NRA Mythology
John Nichols on January 15, 2013 - 2:22 PM ET

Hysterical at the prospect that at least a few elected officials might stop treating its pronouncements as political gospel, the National Rifle Association announced Tuesday that it had attracted 250,000 new members in the month since the slaying of twenty children by a gun-toting killer in Newtown, Connecticut.

The NRA’s release of the new numbers was timed to “counter” President Obama’s Wednesday announcement of legislative proposals and executive orders developed by Vice President Joe Biden’s task force on mass violence.

Most of the media, having lavished coverage on the NRA’s vitriolic response to its meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, have in recent days been dutifully reporting a series of announcements and “leaks” by the group about its self-declared appeal—just as it will now heap attention on the NRA’s vitriolic response to the reforms advanced by the Biden-led task force.

But the other side of the story is at least as compelling as the latest declarations from what former Bush administration ethics lawyer Richard Painter has decried as “the NRA protection racket.”

Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary school shocked the nation in December, support for the gun-safety movement—and presumably for the initiatives that Biden and his task force are announcing—has grown at an exponentially greater rate than support for the NRA.

The Mayors Against Illegal Guns campaign, which has opened its membership rolls to citizens who want to work with local elected officials to promote gun safety, attracted 400,000 new members in late December and early January. And more than 900,000 Americans signed a “Demand a Plan” petition seeking specific details of what will be done to dial down gun violence.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has literally been overwhelmed by calls and e-mails offering support, and by the response to a rapidly expanding “We Are Better Than This” campaign featuring members of thirty-two families who have lost loved ones in deadly mass shootings.

The new Americans For Responsible Solutions PAC, launched last week by former Congressman Gabby Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, has, according to Forbes magazine, “gone viral,” attracting more than 35,000 “likes” on its Facebook page and—as political action committees are measured by money raised—showing signs that it will exceed its goal of raising $20 million to counter the NRA in the 2014 election cycle.

The new organization is blunt about its determination to go up against the lobbying group for gun manufacturers. “As gun owners and victims of gun violence, Gabby and Mark know preventing gun violence and protecting responsible gun ownership go hand-in-hand,” ARS says in its statements. “This country can put its divisive politics aside and come together to support commonsense measures to make us feel more secure in our communities. You can support the Second Amendment AND policies to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. 74 percent of NRA members agree—and so do Gabby and Mark.”

Beating the NRA on the campaign trail isn’t as hard as it used to be. The group’s political high-water mark came almost two decades ago, in the 1994 mid-term elections, when it was a significant player in the special-interest coalition that swept former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his allies to power. In 2012, however, a Sunlight Foundation study of spending by the National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund found that only 0.83% of the $10,536,106 it spent in the general election “had the desired result” of backing a winner or defeating a targeted contender.

Yet, the NRA continues to be treated by much of the media as something more than it ever was, and something far greater than it now is: a definitional political player. This is a “Wizard of Oz” circumstance, where the fantasy of power actually creates the power. If it really had the power, the man it poured its resources into defeating—Barack Obama—would not be the president of the United States. And the Democratic candidates the NRA spent most of its resources seeking to defeat would not have increased its majority in the US Senate and won 1.4 million more votes than were cast for Republicans in races for the US House.

[Rabbithoundjb]

The only vile nut on here is YOU.

[bluemouse]

hey pinemutt obabblers home town has around 10 to 15 murders every weekend what has your hero done about that in the last four years. Want the answer pinemutt crimnals do not give a rats butt about what the head clown will do, so now he wants to pander to his liberal base. Tell me pinemutt if you think any of this pandering and grand standing is going to stop the crazies and the crimnals. Think about it before you swallow those goverment pills paid for by tax payors. it drives me nuts to now hear he wants to enforce the laws on the books, what the hell did they pass them for if they were not going to enforce them in the first place.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Bluemouse

you don't have to worry ,The N.R.A. -or no one else wll get to your low.

But ,I would like to know ,which President ,went to a city and patroled the street to stop Crime ,I am sure you know of many examples .


Rabbit
Opinion's vary on that ,I guess you can add your's, I doubt I will sleep a wink tonight ,for worring about what you two nut's think.

[bluemouse]

Common sense sure evades you pinemutt, then you turn to no answer and what somebody else did. Good little liberal zombie clown. We all know you have no problem sleeping taking them goverment pills paid for by tax payors.

[Rabbithoundjb]

PMB if you been able to sleep bilking the tax payers all of these years I am sure my posts will have no effect on you.

[littlewoody]

Pm

[Bunnyblaster]

The only real problem with polls for either side of this is the fact that people will climb on board immediately following tragedies like this and if you took the same poll in 4-6 months I will guarantee you the numbers would be back the other way. So for the president to tout that 60% of Americans agree with him is just taking advantage of the tragedy to move forward with an agenda. If the president or anyone else involved truly wanted to do what was in the best interest of our country they wouldn't be so hasty to make these changes and give it the time it deserves. Our government can't get a budget passed in a 12 month period of time so explain to me how it makes a whole lot of sense to jam this stuff down our throats right now?? The answer is it doesn't but politically it is the best time to do it so that's what has been done.................period.

All of our leaders as a whole are a joke and there is no other way to describe them. I can only imagine what outsiders looking in think of the total mess that is our government right now.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Bluemouse and Rabbithoud .

Two sorry azz's who do nothing but Lie cheat and steal .

Sponge off society.

Then talk about some one else,worth less .I saw a Snail Trail today that contribute's more to Society than you two combined.

I have never gotten anything free ,Nor Have I ask .

And Pill''s That is what you deal in not me ,I do find it interesting ,how you two are alway's ,talking about Pill's and such ,You must be some Kin,to Republican's around Here ,Dope head's and dope dealer's .I saw some of your Kin,At the doctor's office last week -none of them could say Crap ,with a Mouth full of it,sound about like you.

[bluemouse]

Yet pinemutt why dont you post the last year you had a tax payor job? 19------------------ remember the truth will set you free clown. Don't get caught in another lie.

[Newt]

T
All of our leaders as a whole are a joke and there is no other way to describe them. I can only imagine what outsiders looking in think of the total mess that is our government right now.

A good indication about what outsiders think is the lack of cooperation we are getting from other countries in the Behghazi murders.
In addition, when was the last decade when the French acted with force without contacting the US. They don't even consider Obama's governement because he has proven that he lies and is not dependable.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Newt

Have you ever heard of -George The (( Tyrant )) Bush -and His Queen Dicky Cheney,

They are exactly What is wrong with America's foreign Policy ,These Republican's ,lied to the world ,about weapon's of Mass Destruction and pulled them into a Family War for Money,And It will take decades to repair America's standing in the world ,even after ,Little George Walked around all day holding hand's and kissing the Saudi Prince .


Then The Crazy Republican's ,in The Congress Tried to severe America ,from the rest of the world even more ,last year when they tried so hard ,Not to pay America's debt ,causing a credit rating loss that cost million's .

So as a Republican ,You should be ashamed of what your Party has done ,Remember when you point your finger at some one else falsely accuse them you have three pointing back at you.

[Rabbithoundjb]

PMB you should take heed to you last couple of lines thats exactly whats been happening to you for oh about 5 years now. Everyone comes back on you because all you do is make false statements and just in case you come out that trance Bush is no longer president although it would be an upgrade.

[Bunnyblaster]

Let's not forget Clintons intel showed the same info Bush got. Maybe had they allowed proper inspections and went along with U.N. requests they could have avoided the need for us to be so skeptical...........and let's also not forget the sanctions.

I can't help but wonder what do you think of North Korea??

[bluemouse]

Fact saddam had chemical weapons at one time because he killed thousands with them, Did he have time to move or hide them before an evasion? Pinemutt likes to bring up the past when he cannot face the here and now. keep blaming Bush pinemutt its all ready neck deep from your hero maybe when it reaches your lip you will smell it.