Comments on: The NRA should be ashamed of itself http://www.gunsandammoenthusiastblog.com/the-nra-should-be-ashamed-of-itself/ A blog for and by Guns and Ammo Enthusiast's Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Guns and Ammo Enthusiast Blog http://www.gunsandammoenthusiastblog.com/the-nra-should-be-ashamed-of-itself/#comment-76 Guns and Ammo Enthusiast Blog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:48:30 +0000 http://www.gunsandammoenthusiastblog.com/?p=912#comment-76 Here is the issue. The NRA ia not a single issue group. If they were this would not even be a topic. Second their support of gun rights and firearm ownership is dubious at best. They support the second amendment when it can only benefit them. Look through the old posts on the NRA. We have well documented it. As have other sites. Here is the issue. The NRA ia not a single issue group. If they were this would not even be a topic. Second their support of gun rights and firearm ownership is dubious at best. They support the second amendment when it can only benefit them. Look through the old posts on the NRA. We have well documented it. As have other sites.

]]> By: Elliott http://www.gunsandammoenthusiastblog.com/the-nra-should-be-ashamed-of-itself/#comment-75 Elliott Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:20:19 +0000 http://www.gunsandammoenthusiastblog.com/?p=912#comment-75 Benjamin Franklin said, "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." -In the Continental Congress just before signing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 contrasted to David Keene, NRA First Vice-President wrote, "The NRA is a non-partisan, single-issue organization made up of millions of individual members dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment. We do not represent the interests of other organizations. That's their responsibility. Our responsibility is to protect and defend the interests of our members. And that we do without apology." -In an email NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 17, No. 24 dated June 18, 2010 as they accepted the House exemption just before the House passed HR 5175 on June 24, 2010. Benjamin Franklin said,

“We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

-In the Continental Congress just before signing the Declaration of Independence, 1776

contrasted to

David Keene, NRA First Vice-President wrote,

“The NRA is a non-partisan, single-issue organization made up of millions of individual members dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment. We do not represent the interests of other organizations. That’s their responsibility. Our responsibility is to protect and defend the interests of our members. And that we do without apology.”

-In an email NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 17, No. 24 dated June 18, 2010 as they accepted the House exemption just before the House passed HR 5175 on June 24, 2010.

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