Mass Shooting At Denver Batman Movie Premiere

More and more the US government is just a puppet for special interests.

Paul Ryan on Gun Control
Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm/

Over the last two decades, Federal Election Commission records show that the NRA has spent almost $49 million on independent campaign expenditures, second only to the Service Employees International Union. And that kind of spending sends a message.

The NRA attacked Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., in his primary campaign this year, accusing him of "hostility toward our right to keep and bear arms" based on his support for the assault weapons ban. Lugar lost to a more conservative "tea party" candidate who won the NRA's endorsement.

Like other Republicans, Romney has taken note of the NRA's muscle. The presumptive Republican nominee signed his state-level assault weapons ban in 2004, but as soon as he began contemplating a run for president, he moved to the right. Romney quietly joined the NRA in 2006 and campaigned for the Republican nomination in 2008 as an unbending supporter of gun owners' rights.
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/opinion/sbt-20120728sbtmicha-05-02-20120728,0,2139295.story

The NRA is a strong supporter of those GOP candidates. Like Romney's pick for V.P.--Paul Ryan.

I never been a member of the NRA even those I am a very strong supporter of guns rights...

In the current election cycle, the NRA has made 88 percent of its political donations to Republicans, and 12 percent to Democrats, according to OpenSecrets.org.

It also reported spending $2.9 million on lobbying last year.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/21/gun-control_n_1691781.html

You are strange Firefly as my support of guns rights have nothing to do with anyone else stand on the issue including the NRA

You are once more strange to try to claimed if you happen to agree with someone or an organization such as the NRA on an issue you must agree with all their actions.

Don't get me wrong, the Second Amendment is one of my favorites. In the military, I was an expert marksman who trained foreign militaries in counter-guerilla warfare, and I am an avid gun enthusiast. As a gun owner, I absolutely believe in the right to protect my family from anyone who threatens our safety.

But I also know that when the Second Amendment was passed in 1791, the most lethal weapon was a single-shot musket. Arguing that you need an assault rifle to protect your family is like saying you need a blowtorch to light a cigarette.

Within months of 9/11, new security measures were put in place at airports to ensure the safety of airline travel. In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, new laws were enacted to detect suspected criminals and new security measures were put in place at federal buildings. However, since 1982 we've had 56 incidents of mass killings involving firearms, many of which were semi-automatic handguns and assault rifles. Yet here we stand, 30 years later, no closer to resolution on even the simplest forms of stricter gun control.

Such resolution is blocked at almost every step of the way by the juggernaut that is the National Rifle Association. There are no two cozier bedfellows than the NRA and politicians; if laws controlled guns the way the NRA controls politicians, America would be the safest country in the world.

The NRA makes more than $200 million a year. These earnings, coupled with its 4-million strong membership, has paralyzed any thoughtful discussion of the issue from politicians who are scared to even have an honest debate of where the proper lines should be drawn.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/opinion/garcia-gun-control-failure/index.html

The NRA is a strong supporter of those GOP candidates. Like Romney's pick for V.P.--Paul Ryan.

I have no use for either the GOP or the NRA--I've never supported either.

BillRM is too much of a coward to admit that the NRA is a controlling influence on the GOP,

Over the last two decades, Federal Election Commission records show that the NRA has spent almost $49 million on independent campaign expenditures, second only to the Service Employees International Union. And that kind of spending sends a message.

The NRA attacked Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., in his primary campaign this year, accusing him of "hostility toward our right to keep and bear arms" based on his support for the assault weapons ban. Lugar lost to a more conservative "tea party" candidate who won the NRA's endorsement.

Your views on "gun rights" are right out of the NRA playbook.

BillRM wrote:

You are strange Firefly as my support of guns rights have nothing to do with anyone else stand on the issue including the NRA

Yeah, sure.

the candidates the NRA tries to put into office are the ones they can control on those main issues--gun rights. And those candidates are mainly from the GOP.

Don't get me wrong, the Second Amendment is one of my favorites. In the military, I was an expert marksman who trained foreign militaries in counter-guerilla warfare, and I am an avid gun enthusiast. As a gun owner, I absolutely believe in the right to protect my family from anyone who threatens our safety.

But I also know that when the Second Amendment was passed in 1791, the most lethal weapon was a single-shot musket. Arguing that you need an assault rifle to protect your family is like saying you need a blowtorch to light a cigarette.

Within months of 9/11, new security measures were put in place at airports to ensure the safety of airline travel. In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, new laws were enacted to detect suspected criminals and new security measures were put in place at federal buildings. However, since 1982 we've had 56 incidents of mass killings involving firearms, many of which were semi-automatic handguns and assault rifles.

Yet here we stand, 30 years later, no closer to resolution on even the simplest forms of stricter gun control.

Such resolution is blocked at almost every step of the way by the juggernaut that is the National Rifle Association. There are no two cozier bedfellows than the NRA and politicians;

if laws controlled guns the way the NRA controls politicians, America would be the safest country in the world.

The NRA makes more than $200 million a year. These earnings, coupled with its 4-million strong membership, has paralyzed any thoughtful discussion of the issue from politicians who are scared to even have an honest debate of where the proper lines should be drawn.