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.