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« Moms Demand Action protest | Main | Military to destroy $1.2 billion worth of ammo »

Insight on the NRA

Posted by David Hardy · 29 April 2014 09:00 AM

From Charles Cooke, an article in National Review Online:

"Contrary to the paranoid sneering of America's ever-impotent gun controllers, the National Rifle Association is not imbued with magical powers, nor can it avail itself of an unlimited supply of money and favors. The National Rifle Association is successful because it is popular, because its members are highly engaged, because it is defending a right that is enumerated in the nation's founding document and a tradition that is cherished by members of both major political parties, because its opponents routinely embarrass themselves with their hysteria and with their lack of rudimentary knowledge about the topic at hand, and, most of all, because it is a single-issue organization that maintains its focus."

His ultimate point is that we have to retain our focus on that single issue, and not stray into others.

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fwb | April 29, 2014 8:40 PM | Reply

The greatest error all these people make is in calling the United States a nation. The United States ARE (plural) a Union of 50 nations (states). Always have been. Read the Constitution on treason. What does it say? "against THEM" "adhering to THEIR enemies" Read the Constitution on emoluments. What does it say? "or any of them"

People think the US is singular because they are ignorant and brain-washed. Think Pledge of Allegaince. The Framers DID NOT form a nation because the States that existed would not have joined and destroyed themselves. In fact, at the urging of Ellsworth all references to nation and national were removed from the Constitution. Until people learn the truth and quit thinking of the US as a nation, we will continue to flaunt the Constitution and go down a road that destroys the states.

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