2013 NRA CONVENTION....Houston

Cosmo

Here is what the Republican Party SHOULD do:
1. Stop being crazy.
2. Go back to core Conservative beliefs.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

pandora

I would love a trip to Houston, it's on the list.

fife

RustyShackelford wrote:

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

I don't understand this quite rusty, are you saying that people outside of america should stop talking about the gun issue in america? I don't know what you mean by this.

Godfather.

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.

why would anybody care if people outside our country don't like our gun laws ? rell em to stay in their friggin country.

as for the rest of your post all I can say is :? and so go ahead and find a new "position" sounds like you may enjoy that.

Godfather.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

RustyShackelford wrote:

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

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

Good grief

I know you are in a place where the gunfire sings a sweet song (weird, man... weird), but don't get stuck on the scenario I illustrated that most likely describes your reality. It's okay to load up the old truck, drive out to the backwoods, drink beer, and then shoot your beer cans and maybe even any critter that happens to run by you. This is what your founding fathers wanted for you.

Speak to the other items though: the ones that depict the argument gun lovers present as weak, simple, and nonsensical. Hard to do, eh?

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Godfather. wrote:

why would anybody care if people outside our country don't like our gun laws ? rell em to stay in their friggin country.

as for the rest of your post all I can say is :? and so go ahead and find a new "position" sounds like you may enjoy that.

Godfather.

Am I speaking with Scooby Doo?

"Shaggy, rell 'em to ray away!"

Clown.

callen

pandora wrote:

I would love a trip to Houston, it's on the list.

October through May is beautiful...

Just bring the fella's with you.

Godfather.

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

why would anybody care if people outside our country don't like our gun laws ? rell em to stay in their friggin country.

as for the rest of your post all I can say is :? and so go ahead and find a new "position" sounds like you may enjoy that.

Godfather.

Am I speaking with Scooby Doo?

"Shaggy, rell 'em to ray away!"

Clown.

nice one

Godfather.

PJ_Soul

Godfather. wrote:

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.

why would anybody care if people outside our country don't like our gun laws ? rell em to stay in their friggin country.

as for the rest of your post all I can say is :? and so go ahead and find a new "position" sounds like you may enjoy that.

Godfather.

Who cares what people from other places think? ... Well, tourism is the first, second, or third biggest industry in 29 US States. It is a major economic factor, and creates millions of jobs. If the gun nuts keep it up, and the rest of the world keeps watching the freak show, and all this gun violence continues, that could be quite an economic hit. That is only one reason a nation has to be concerned about what others think of them. Any idiot knows that it's important for their country to have a good reputation in the global community.

RustyShackelford

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

RustyShackelford wrote:

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

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

Good grief

I know you are in a place where the gunfire sings a sweet song (weird, man... weird), but don't get stuck on the scenario I illustrated that most likely describes your reality. It's okay to load up the old truck, drive out to the backwoods, drink beer, and then shoot your beer cans and maybe even any critter that happens to run by you. This is what your founding fathers wanted for you.

Speak to the other items though: the ones that depict the argument gun lovers present as weak, simple, and nonsensical. Hard to do, eh?

I'm done playing games with you "progressives"...I choose to defend myself in the most lethal way possible. It's my choice and I've made it. I'm not bringing a knife to a gun fight.

You keep your advice. I'll keep my guns.

Godfather.

Any idiot knows that it's important for their country to have a good reputation in the global community ? ..really ??? because judging by some of the comments on here everybody hates us already so fu*k em

I really don't believe the right to keep and bare arms is scaring off too many tourist..that's a long shot call there.
infact I'll bet that gun related sports draws in tourist every year,just because some anti gun nut whines about Americans right to own a gun dose not mean they have a clue what their talking about..

Godfather.