Is there an organization out there for people who are pro-gun, but who aren’t frothingly stupid Republican partisan shills?
I got a phonecall this week, from the NRA, doing a ‘poll’. They wanted me to listen to a short message from their executive Vice-President, Redneck McFucknut, and then answer a question.
Redneck McFucknut outlined the U.N.'s efforts at an international gun ban, which was painted as a plot to get guns away from Americans and to spread anti-American sentiment around the world. Why the U.N. would do the latter, I don’t know, but Redneck McFucknut was sure that was part of it.
So the call connects me to the question-asker, and I’m already pretty pissed, and he asks me their scientific single question :
“Do you support letting third-world dictators and Hillary Clinton taking away your right to own guns?”
I chewed on the poor pollster schmuck for propagating shameful divisive politics and told him it was an intentionally misleading question with built-in assumptions, like asking someone ‘Have you stopped beating your wife?’. Then he asked the question again. So I reiterated that it was a crap question and that he should be ashamed of himself for facilitating it - finally getting the message, he thanked me and ended the call.
I’m betting the poll results won’t show ‘NRA should be ashamed of themselves - 1%’.
How the hell would some piss ant third world dictator manage such a thing? Is North Korea gonna invade us? Is Hillary Clinton gonna be installed by Pres. Kim Chung Il as our military governor to run a North Korean puppet government?
I’m pretty pro-gun and I think it’s ridiculous how the NRA will often endorse a Republican candidate because they feel that their Democratic opponent is not pro-gun enough.
Classic push polling, along with a request for cash when you get to the end I am sure. Sadly, the NRA does quite well with demonizing Hillary, and pulls in far more than it would lost.
GOA is out there, but since they consider the NRA to be compromisers, I doubt that they are much better when it comes to partisanship.
Part of the problem is that the Democrats had a national reputation as being anti-gun for so long, the NRA naturally morphed into a predominantly Republican organization. There are some pro gun rights Democrats out there, but not nearly enough.
And I’m not sure how they got that reputation. I realize that almost every anti-gun advocate is a Democrat, but most Democrats have never displayed any inclinations about banning guns.
I was, prior to this, sympathetic to the NRA, but they won’t get one iota of support from me after this - that kind of push-polling is part of the problem. Algher, maybe there’s something you can do from the inside, as a member - complain about that kind of partisan fearmongering.
This is particularly obnoxious with regard to Obama. Though he included the basic Democratic language on his website about gun control, it was basically a non-issue in his campaign and hasn’t been glanced at since the election. But we still get this fearmongering about Obama taking people’s guns away. It’s obnoxious, and I’m sure it’s even more so when it’s an organization that purports to represent you.
Do you see the problem the Democrats have here? If the basic Democrat language is for more gun control, you simply push any gun rights group into the Republican camp. The danger to gun rights is that you can then been taken for granted by the Republicans.
The NRA did not endorse Bush Sr. for his second term. That was one (just one) of the factors in Clinton’s victory.
I hate the rhetoric as well, but it apparently works. I can’t see how, but since 1994 it’s been an almost uninterrupted string of victories. I often find myself wondering how acting like an extremist jerk actually convinces people to like you and support your cause, and then I realize that it is virtually a defining characteristic of our political system, so it’s probably not too far out of context, if at all.
Anyway, if you want the cause without the over-the-top pro-Republican rhetoric, I have a very unusual suggestion for you: join the Pink Pistols.
You say that same thing every time, in the same condescending manner, in every gun thread. You then proceed to return to the thread and drop endless snarky comments that go a long way to demonstrating that your disclaimer is disingenuous. We simply don’t believe you.
For my part, this always sets me off. Over the last year or so you seem to think that I have a problem with you. I do. You troll gun threads. It’s not malicious, mind you, but it is incredibly annoying. Extremely annoying. Nails-on-a-chalkboard annoying. And I wish you would stop it.
It’s true that Obama has more important things on his plate right now. It’s also true that this has not been a pressing issue for the administration as yet. But if you don’t think that this will come around eventually, you’re dreaming. And I say this as an Obama voter who generally backs what he has done thus far. That was quite clearly a trial balloon, and it indicated that while the concerns may be overblown, they are not entirely misplaced.
GOA - The “NRA are liberal collaborationists” group.
JPFO - Doesn’t seem as liberal as you might expect from Jewish people based on some language, but I’m not too sure how monolithic they are. I’m not sure what percentage of members are even Jewish.
Pink Pistols - Gay group. Not very partisan as noted above.
SAF - Legal challenge group, it seems they tackle specific laws only. Although I should note that the founder is a “conservative activist.”