Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: Marshal Halloway on November 14, 2012, 11:27:27 PM
Title: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: Marshal Halloway on November 14, 2012, 11:27:27 PM
Earlier on Thursday The Blaze published a report on how just hours after President Barack Obama secured a second term in the White House, the United States supported a U.N. bid Wednesday to reignite talks over an international treaty regulating the global conventional arms trade…
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: Marshal Halloway on November 14, 2012, 11:31:08 PM
Wayne LaPierre: The NRA in a Second Obama Term "Obama is going to lay siege to the Second Amendment, and the only way to withstand it is to make the NRA stronger than ever before," NRA Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre tells Cam Edwards and Ginny Simone following the re-election of Barack Obama. "The NRA has never been more relevant." Originally aired 11/9/2012.
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 15, 2012, 01:30:35 PM
Yesterday in Greece the police were using rubber bullets to quell an uprising. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't know where to find rubber bullets >:(
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: Jrlobo on November 15, 2012, 02:44:54 PM
Marshall, The NRA has a point about making them stronger, but I'd rather see some unity between the NRA and the several other organizations that purport to defend the 2A. As a member of the NRA, I think we dissipate our efforts too much. A solid front will put the issue on the front burner. The NRA has to accept a bit of sharing of that power to have greater effect on the 2A issue. To your knowledge, is the NRA attempting to reconcile differences? We should be more than 5 million strong; should be closer to 40 million!
m58, me neither. Guess we are stuck with what we got, eh?
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 15, 2012, 03:26:46 PM
My point is that they will be struck with what we've got >:(
The issues between many people and the NRA are two fold:
1. There are people that lean my way and thing the NRA has given up too much in the spirit of cooperation and compromise;
2. There are the people that think the NRA does not compromise enough. This group includes the Fudds that refer to the Second Amendment as a hunting gun issue, and do not understand the purpose or history of the Amendment.
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 15, 2012, 06:26:00 PM
Yesterday in Greece the police were using rubber bullets to quell an uprising. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't know where to find rubber bullets >:(
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 15, 2012, 09:31:24 PM
Tom, please explain to me why I would want to waste my money on rubber bullets.
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 15, 2012, 09:34:23 PM
For the 3AM drunk who says "You ain't gonna shoot m oof" Yeah, actually I will. They are marked "For behavior modification" ;D
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: JC5123 on November 16, 2012, 09:21:16 AM
The first round in my shotgun is a bean bag. After that it's 3" 00 Buckshot. My theory is IF I ever have to use that option at 3 am, I have an extra layer of "I tried not to kill him". If they refuse to stop when thumped by the bean bag, then it gets messy. At least I tried to not take his life.
Title: Re: The impact of the election on guns
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 16, 2012, 10:43:36 AM
We are now heading down the path of I subjective behavior in a given situation. I do not go on record in discussing "what if's."
Self defense = Avoid, Avoid, Avoid, but if you find yourself knee deep in the stinky stuff - Stop the threat!