2013 NRA CONVENTION....Houston

g under p

http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-off-victory ... 34457.html

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country.
Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention.
Organizers anticipate a rollicking, Texas-sized party — one that celebrates the group's recent victory while stressing the fight against gun control is far from over.
"If you are an NRA member, you deserve to be proud," Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's brash, no-compromises chief executive wrote to the organization's 5 million members last week, telling them they "exemplify everything that's good and right about America."
The NRA couldn't have picked a friendlier place to refresh the troops. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day "Stand and Fight"-themed event, which includes a gun trade show, political rally and strategy meeting.
Texas, with its frontier image and fierce sense of independence, is one of the strongest gun-rights states in the country. More than 500,000 people are licensed to carry concealed handguns, including Gov. Rick Perry, who once bragged about shooting a coyote on a morning jog.
Concealed handguns are allowed the state Capitol, where simply showing a license allows armed visitors to bypass metal detectors.

That last sentence really tells how scary this organization has become. It's become STRICTLY a business to make money for the various gun companies.

Peace

Bentleyspop

This is your typical attendee of the NRA convention in Houston...

hedonist

Bentleyspop wrote:

This is your typical attendee of the NRA convention in Houston...

I'm not sure I buy into that stereotype.

Of course there are extremes here (anywhere, really), but I would hope/imagine that the majority of gun owners aren't all about "yee-haw! Got meself a gun! Now DANCE, motherfucker!"

Most folks fall in the realm of common-sense measures, not banning of all arms nor providing them to anyone who wants them.

Jeanwah

NRA Features Conservative Media Figures Known For Violent Rhetoric, Baseless Conspiracies At Annual Meeting

http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/0 ... n-f/193854

g under p

Jeanwah wrote:

NRA Features Conservative Media Figures Known For Violent Rhetoric, Baseless Conspiracies At Annual Meeting

http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/0 ... n-f/193854

Not surprised that Ted Nugent and Hannity will speak at this bravado of conventions.

Peace

gimmesometruth27

g under p wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

NRA Features Conservative Media Figures Known For Violent Rhetoric, Baseless Conspiracies At Annual Meeting

http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/0 ... n-f/193854

Not surprised that Ted Nugent and Hannity will speak at this bravado of conventions.

Peace

i thought nugent was supposed to be in jail or dead by now.

remember when he said that?

PJ_Soul

NRA Chief in rallying cry for 'culture war'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22402866

Isn't there already a culture war? ... I hope the NRA freaks don't take that term too literally. :?

RustyShackelford

g under p wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-off-victory-nra-holds-convention-houston-180934457.html

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country.
Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention.
Organizers anticipate a rollicking, Texas-sized party — one that celebrates the group's recent victory while stressing the fight against gun control is far from over.
"If you are an NRA member, you deserve to be proud," Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's brash, no-compromises chief executive wrote to the organization's 5 million members last week, telling them they "exemplify everything that's good and right about America."
The NRA couldn't have picked a friendlier place to refresh the troops. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day "Stand and Fight"-themed event, which includes a gun trade show, political rally and strategy meeting.
Texas, with its frontier image and fierce sense of independence, is one of the strongest gun-rights states in the country. More than 500,000 people are licensed to carry concealed handguns, including Gov. Rick Perry, who once bragged about shooting a coyote on a morning jog.
Concealed handguns are allowed the state Capitol, where simply showing a license allows armed visitors to bypass metal detectors.

That last sentence really tells how scary this organization has become. It's become STRICTLY a business to make money for the various gun companies.

Peace

Actually flying into Houston late this evening for the victory party!

kenny olav

So I'm drinking my coffee and watching a replay of the NRA Annual Meeting this morning and one of things Wayne LaPierre said led me to do some research... He said that Chicago ranks 90th out of 90 in Federal prosecutions of gun crimes and suggested that Obama doesn't care about gun violence in his hometown, which is absurd and offensive, and also suggests that he either didn't watch the State of the Union this year or is just willing to lie to people who seem overly willing to believe him. According the Syracuse Univ study that LaPierre cited, Northern Illinois does in fact rank 90th out of 90 districts in Federal gun prosecutions, Central California ranks 89th, and Eastern New York is 88th. But why is that? The Feds don't care about those districts? Or it is because local authorities in those districts can prosecute pretty much as well as the Feds can? Unsurprisingly, the districts that rank at the top of the list are in very rural places like Alaska and Kansas that don't have the resources the Feds have. Urban areas don't need as much Federal assistance, and LaPierre certainly understands that... He is deliberately distorting the truth because that's what he's paid a million dollars a year to do. He has no shame.

polaris_x

i wonder what the NRA feels about this?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 36459.html

Godfather.

RustyShackelford wrote:

g under p wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-off-victory-nra-holds-convention-houston-180934457.html

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country.
Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention.
Organizers anticipate a rollicking, Texas-sized party — one that celebrates the group's recent victory while stressing the fight against gun control is far from over.
"If you are an NRA member, you deserve to be proud," Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's brash, no-compromises chief executive wrote to the organization's 5 million members last week, telling them they "exemplify everything that's good and right about America."
The NRA couldn't have picked a friendlier place to refresh the troops. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day "Stand and Fight"-themed event, which includes a gun trade show, political rally and strategy meeting.
Texas, with its frontier image and fierce sense of independence, is one of the strongest gun-rights states in the country. More than 500,000 people are licensed to carry concealed handguns, including Gov. Rick Perry, who once bragged about shooting a coyote on a morning jog.
Concealed handguns are allowed the state Capitol, where simply showing a license allows armed visitors to bypass metal detectors.

That last sentence really tells how scary this organization has become. It's become STRICTLY a business to make money for the various gun companies.

Peace

Actually flying into Houston late this evening for the victory party!

wow !that sounds like a great time ! have fun......who says 90% of Americans want stricter gun control laws.


Godfather.

josevolution

RustyShackelford wrote:

g under p wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-off-victory-nra-holds-convention-houston-180934457.html

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country.
Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention.
Organizers anticipate a rollicking, Texas-sized party — one that celebrates the group's recent victory while stressing the fight against gun control is far from over.
"If you are an NRA member, you deserve to be proud," Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's brash, no-compromises chief executive wrote to the organization's 5 million members last week, telling them they "exemplify everything that's good and right about America."
The NRA couldn't have picked a friendlier place to refresh the troops. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day "Stand and Fight"-themed event, which includes a gun trade show, political rally and strategy meeting.
Texas, with its frontier image and fierce sense of independence, is one of the strongest gun-rights states in the country. More than 500,000 people are licensed to carry concealed handguns, including Gov. Rick Perry, who once bragged about shooting a coyote on a morning jog.
Concealed handguns are allowed the state Capitol, where simply showing a license allows armed visitors to bypass metal detectors.

That last sentence really tells how scary this organization has become. It's become STRICTLY a business to make money for the various gun companies.

Peace

Actually flying into Houston late this evening for the victory party!

Enjoy and while there do remember the NEWTOWN families that will never ever enjoy a holiday again ....

Godfather.

Jose I don't think the shooters of the NEWTOWN killing will attend nor would they be welcome.

Godfather.

Jeanwah

Jon Stewart Destroys NRA Convention Hypocrisy, Fear Tactics (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/0 ... lp00000009

Smellyman

Jeanwah wrote:

Jon Stewart Destroys NRA Convention Hypocrisy, Fear Tactics (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/0 ... lp00000009

HAHA.

Even funnier. john Oliver reports...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/collection/425876/john-oliver-in-australia/425593

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Godfather. wrote:

Jose I don't think the shooters of the NEWTOWN killing will attend nor would they be welcome.

Godfather.

Kind of cold. No... really cold.

I'm not sure you are capable of understanding so I'm not expecting much of a response outside of a few of these or these :roll: ... but do you realize that neutral parties (basically everyone from outside your country) look in at this issue and see the NRA and gun enthusiasts as a tragic failure for common sense and good judgement? It's depressing that human beings can become so blinded and stupefied by their passion for a gun that they would place their children and communities at risk so they can continue to fire really cool guns at beer cans.

Nobody with half a brain thinks for a second that the government is waiting to unleash tyranny. This argument is ridiculous and carries no weight. At all. Period.

Nobody cares that your founding fathers etched 'the right to bear arms' on a document 2 centuries ago. They had no idea that the musket would evolve into single user death machines. Most think that the founding fathers would be slapping their foreheads at the failure of future generations to adapt and evolve so that the country they fought for, secured, and envisioned could realize itself.

For that matter, nobody is saying disarm. They are saying limitations. Sound measures to control the type of weaponry a typical citizen should possess- balancing risk with need.

I used to think you were reasonable on this forum. It bothers me that we share the same opinion on the Death Penalty issue. The strongest argument against it- for me- is the company I seem to keep. I might have to revisit my position again.

josevolution

Godfather. wrote:

Jose I don't think the shooters of the NEWTOWN killing will attend nor would they be welcome.

Godfather.

I'm talking about the families of the victims will they be acknowledged at this big ol'e cowboy fest if they had any class they would but just knowing what i do know about the members of the NRA I'D SAY THEY ARE CLASSLESS :P ....

oceaninmyeyes

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

PJ_Soul

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

Holy shit. :fp:

josevolution

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

Like i said they are Classless ....and not WE but THEY ......

hedonist

Jeezus, that's creepy. The second photo in the article where "she" is decimated, even moreso.

Cosmo

Here is what the Republican Party SHOULD do:
1. Stop being crazy.
2. Go back to core Conservative beliefs.
...
What has happened is they've become branded with:
The Christian Coalition. Not Christians or Christian values, but political Christians such as the Pat Robertson types and the Jerry Falwell followers that want a Christian theocracy in the U.S. We know that ANY theocracy is not the best place for individual freedoms... if you are still not sure, please, refer to the theocracies that exist in the Middle East as examples.
The Gun Culture. The ones that use fear to justify personal security of gunfire. They claim the government is evil and wants to take our guns away... yet, hold soldiers and cops up as heroes who use their good guns to neutralize bad gus with their bad guns... but, the ones that will come to take aways our guns will be... cops and soldiers because they are part of the government. And the fear of roaming hoards of bad guys and psychopathic rapist/murderers... yet, don't want any background checks to make it extremely difficult and expensive for these bad guys to get guns to commit their rapes and murders. Come on guys... pick a side.
FOX News. This is nothing more than the mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch. It is nothing more than a 24 hour Op/Ed station on cable television. This is the spawning ground for lunatic conspiracies fueld by celebrity entertainers such as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Rielly, et al to sell their books at the local Wal-Mart. The loonier the conspiracy, the more books are sold.
...
Sever these 3 ties and come back to Planet Earth where reason and logic are the best tools we possess to solve our problems. Get back to reasoned debate. Understand that you are NOT the lord of everyone and we should do as you believe and there are complicated entanglements tied to all of our issues... and other ideas and means to fix them.

JonnyPistachio

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

I assume they cut her off at the waist and hands so those good old boys dont use her for alternative pleasure as well.

Cosmo

JonnyPistachio wrote:

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

I assume they cut her off at the waist and hands so those good old boys dont use her for alternative pleasure as well.

...
No. They cut off the waist and hands because if they didn't, instead of shooting it, they'd be fucking it in their trailer.

JonnyPistachio

Cosmo wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these.
It is called "The Ex", a target that bleeds and is supposed to represent your ex-girlfriend. Maybe so you can practice before you actually go after her. Way to promote domestic violence. This is absolutely disgusting - a new low. We are headed straight to hell in a handbasket. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

I assume they cut her off at the waist and hands so those good old boys dont use her for alternative pleasure as well.

...
No. They cut off the waist and hands because if they didn't, instead of shooting it, they'd be fucking it in their trailer.

Thats exactly what I was suggesting, aside from the trailer thing.

Go Beavers

There's a lot of groups that thrive on the theme where their way of life is always under siege. You see it with groups like the NRA and certain religious groups (which then adds the element of armageddon/end of country/end of world). Who wants to live in a constant state of defense, paranoia, and fear? The Republican party needs to not play these themes into their platform. It just draws in the kooks and extremists.

Jeanwah

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

What is happening? Are NRA supporters actually stepping up and proving how sub-human they are? (Strictly rhetorical...) Ever since Newtown, I feel we are seeing a side of America that has seemingly always been here but has been hidden: a gun-addicted, hate-filled, womanizing, racist low-lifes.What the Hell happened to to the human race?

riotgrl

Jeanwah wrote:

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

What is happening? Are NRA supporters actually stepping up and proving how sub-human they are? (Strictly rhetorical...) Ever since Newtown, I feel we are seeing a side of America that has seemingly always been here but has been hidden: a gun-addicted, hate-filled, womanizing, racist low-lifes.What the Hell happened to to the human race?

Is there any doubt that there is not a reasonable, compromising bone in their body? What happened to principled compromise? When did the law of the land become protect me and mine even at the cost of you and yours? I'm not sure why I continue to be stunned by people who *think* they are standing by their morals/values/principles when in actuality they are *imposing* their morals/values/principles onto the rest of us then throwing a tantrum when they are called on it. And usually calling on the Constitution to back up their sometimes erroneous claims.

PJ_Soul

Jeanwah wrote:

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

One of the vendors at the convention is selling these. http://www.policymic.com/articles/40049 ... u-shoot-it

What is happening? Are NRA supporters actually stepping up and proving how sub-human they are? (Strictly rhetorical...) Ever since Newtown, I feel we are seeing a side of America that has seemingly always been here but has been hidden: a gun-addicted, hate-filled, womanizing, racist low-lifes.What the Hell happened to to the human race?

Seems like an American thing. Leave the rest of the human race out of it.

RustyShackelford

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

Jose I don't think the shooters of the NEWTOWN killing will attend nor would they be welcome.

Godfather.

Kind of cold. No... really cold.

I'm not sure you are capable of understanding so I'm not expecting much of a response outside of a few of these or these :roll: ... but do you realize that neutral parties (basically everyone from outside your country) look in at this issue and see the NRA and gun enthusiasts as a tragic failure for common sense and good judgement? It's depressing that human beings can become so blinded and stupefied by their passion for a gun that they would place their children and communities at risk so they can continue to fire really cool guns at beer cans.

Nobody with half a brain thinks for a second that the government is waiting to unleash tyranny. This argument is ridiculous and carries no weight. At all. Period.

Nobody cares that your founding fathers etched 'the right to bear arms' on a document 2 centuries ago. They had no idea that the musket would evolve into single user death machines. Most think that the founding fathers would be slapping their foreheads at the failure of future generations to adapt and evolve so that the country they fought for, secured, and envisioned could realize itself.

For that matter, nobody is saying disarm. They are saying limitations. Sound measures to control the type of weaponry a typical citizen should possess- balancing risk with need.

I used to think you were reasonable on this forum. It bothers me that we share the same opinion on the Death Penalty issue. The strongest argument against it- for me- is the company I seem to keep. I might have to revisit my position again.

Stop................Stop................Stop........

Everyone from outside our country.....Placing our children and communities at risk to shoot at beer cans......

Good grief

Smellyman

Smellyman wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

Jon Stewart Destroys NRA Convention Hypocrisy, Fear Tactics (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/0 ... lp00000009

HAHA.

Even funnier. john Oliver reports...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/collection/425876/john-oliver-in-australia/425593

quoting myself. Did anybody watch? I found it hilarious.