tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7403664538508439163..comments2024-03-28T13:57:27.683-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : NRA, Time to Step UpComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-29289511205057344872018-12-12T16:29:05.239-05:002018-12-12T16:29:05.239-05:00Comrade, that’s a broad generalization there, that...Comrade, that’s a broad generalization there, that I disagree with. However, I will certainly agree the loudest voices are unwilling to compromise, unfortunately because they most often have lost family members. This doesn’t excuse their position, but rather often explains it.<br /><br />As long as those groups lead the charge, the NRA’s foundering won’t matter so much, but their extreme position will simply prolong the period before the pendulum swings back.<br /><br />Perhaps a truly representative group of gun owners and supporters who wish both common sense protections and Second Amendment rights to coexist will finally arise, but I’m doubting it.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-92038385809803515762018-12-12T13:56:21.613-05:002018-12-12T13:56:21.613-05:00The NRA ran the hunter safety course I had to take... The NRA ran the hunter safety course I had to take when I was a kid before I could get my first hunting license. It didn't teach me anything I didn't already know, but that's because my dad already taught me before I got my own guns. The course seemed like it was quality instruction.<br /> Do they even do that any more? I just looked it up and it seems like Fish and Wildlife is doing it here in California.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-61474298910288103002018-12-12T12:19:38.366-05:002018-12-12T12:19:38.366-05:00CP88, the problem with the antis is that they are ...CP88, the problem with the antis is that they are not willing to negotiate, beyond how many of the pro-gun right they will take away. That's not a negotiation, that's a surrender.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-57530541817337236852018-12-11T22:38:16.886-05:002018-12-11T22:38:16.886-05:00A common problem in big issues groups. I bailed o...A common problem in big issues groups. I bailed on the NRA in the mid 90’s, as it became clear they had no answer to anything that wasn’t more guns in more hands. The current sub-crop of Second Amendment groups all suffer, in my opinion, from a similar myopic view that will not help gun owners long term.<br /><br />For a long time there was no judicial trail for an individual right to bear arms, but the work of the NRA in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s finally reached fruition in the recent past with an individual right acknowledged, even as it is allowed to be restricted in a reasonable manner. As long as the NRA and its kin pursue the equivalent of the Japanese strategy in WWII, they will eventually meet their downfall. Newer, so called “anti-gun” groups, are popping up and growing strongly, and will likely continue to due to demographics and the increasing number of shootings. Not all of these groups should be viewed as injurious to gun owners, especially some that seek to engage rather than simply oppose...however, with the current us vs them mindset, this engagement will likely not occur. The NRA’s chickens coming home to roost are this situation, and we must see if any of the other “pro-gun” groups can step into the breech and provide leadership in time to avert the pendulum swing back against the Second Amendment.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-36344399678328386752018-12-11T19:26:16.322-05:002018-12-11T19:26:16.322-05:00B, I hadn't. It's a good post.
(Here'...B, I hadn't. It's a good post.<br /><br />(Here's <a href="https://middleoftheright.blogspot.com/2018/12/nra-exists-for-nra.html" rel="nofollow">the link</a> for anyone else who wants to read it. I recommend it.)Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87771343190158443802018-12-11T18:51:08.713-05:002018-12-11T18:51:08.713-05:00" The NRA likes to say that they stand for th..." The NRA likes to say that they stand for the rights of gun owners. It's high time that they did. "<br /><br />Agreed.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83563491947167478362018-12-11T18:48:55.386-05:002018-12-11T18:48:55.386-05:00Preach it, sister.
Didja catch my post a while b...Preach it, sister. <br /><br />Didja catch my post a while back showing (via the WSJ) where the NRA steered contracts to businesses owned by ....directors of the NRA? <br /><br />The more I learn, the less I like the NRA. <br /><br /> B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.com