Remember When You Thought We Were Sane? That’s When We Were Actually Crazy.
Oh, NRA, bless your heart, you are such sissies.
First you call the wacky long gun toters in Texas “weird,” then you say that by weird you mean “patriot.”
Speaketh the NRA —
Now, the truth is, an alert went out that referred to this type of behavior as weird, or somehow not normal. And that was a mistake. It shouldn’t have happened. I’ve had a discussion with the staffer who wrote that piece, and expressed his personal opinion. Our job is not to criticize the lawful behavior of fellow gun owners.”
See, here’s the deal. Homosexuality is weird. Women wanting control of their own bodies is weird. Health care for unemployed infants is weird. Misfit-looking men walking around with automatic weapons is perfectly normal.
Honey, to tell you the truth, I have an electric egg beater that doesn’t spin that fast.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up!
Wow. All I can say is wow.
Not all NRA are extremists, any more than all Christians are like the Westboro Baptists. My dad’s a lifetime member. It’s his birthday today. I think I’ll ask his opinion on these folks carrying assault weapons in public. I think he’ll be less than complimentary. My folks believe in good sense. My dad believes in gun safety. This ain’t it.
1Which begs the question: What is the job of the NRA? I mean other than putting guns in the hands of every wacko and weirdo in America.
2Please let us know what your dad says.
3Must have been a whole lot of death threats.
4They’re blaming the common sense on a staffer. Why is he/she working for them with that much on the ball? It just sounded too good to be true.
The job of the NRA is to shill for every gun manufacturer on the planet. To hell with waves of dead kids and others. Its just that simple. Its why a long time ago my brother in law, Moose, dropped his membership. And rendered his gun collection useless. And told my sister that if she wanted to she could turn them all into table lamps.
5Studies have shown that about 34% of American households have guns, but those that have them tend to have a lot of them. 20% of gun owners own 65% of the guns in the US.
So 7% of American households have stockpiled 65% of the guns.
Clearly the entire market segment for gun manufacturers ARE the gun nuts. Creating more gun nuts and encouraging the current free-range gun nuts is the only way the industry can stay alive in America.
6I’ve always been of the mind that every night on the network and cable news shows there should be a daily tally of the dead and injured from guns. The ages of the victims should follow the names and the gun manufacturers need to pay for the air time. (Ok that is just my delusional world).
Maybe the staffer who told the truth about the open carry weirdness could put the list together.
What a world.
7What’s that thing that John Manziel does with his fingers.
Yeah.
That’s what that’s all about.
The ten seconds of sanity were nice while they lasted.
8Really surprised the NRA hasn’t scared wingnuts into retro-actively impeaching the town of Tombstone for disarming citizens back in the Wild West.
9Hey, I have an idea. Let’s pry Charlton Heston’s gun from his cold, dead hands, and throw it a party. Makes as much sense as this nonsense from the NRA.
10daChipster, that doesn’t explain why 93% of Americans (approximately the percentage who want universal background checks) are being held hostage by the 7% who own 2/3 of the guns and about the same percentage of Congress.
11Monty, the NRA was set up to do for the 2nd amendment what AFL-CIO does for civil rights, what EPIC does for the internet. It’s to watchdog and protect rights. Unfortunately, the loud and obnoxious are always the ones who get the press. Their postcard intimidation campaigns didn’t help either.
Angela, I have no problem with metrics for gun violence, as long as other violence is documented, too. How does it compare and contrast to violence from edged and blunt weapons? How about the metrics for dead and injured by car/truck? Not trying to be argumentative, just saying the report shouldn’t be narrowed to one item.
While I’m on this personal rant, we had another state trooper killed (not in Texas) in a perfectly avoidable traffic accident. He was stopped with lights off the side of the road. The car that hit him, the tow truck driver, and the person he was helping, hadn’t moved to the other lane or slowed down. There’s a campaign by the state police of all 50 states to get the word out under #moveover. Pass the word.
12Good one,Zyx!
13SusanF-it is the head of the snake that is diseased,not the rank and file members. Unfortunately,if the members don’t rebel or quit,they will all be tarred with the same brush.
14Hurray, Maggie! Tell your b’in law we’re proud of him and his lampstands made from guns.
15“Honey, to tell you the truth, I have an electric egg beater that doesn’t spin that fast.”
Juanita, my love, if you wadn’t already hitched, I’d marry you myself. I dunno if you are hitched. Just in case- I’m gainfully employed, I shower regularly, and I can fix cars and small appliances. Fyi…
16Threatening people with death, and internet stalking, are both criminal offenses.
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