Recently, the NRA supported HR2640, the so-call NICS improvement
measure, and CBS News ("NRA, Democrats Team Up To Pass Gun Bill",
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007) and the Wall Street Journal ("Uncommon
Harmony: Democrats and NRA Push for Gun Bill", David Rogers, June 13,
2007) gave them credit for doing so. The NRA web page
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?id=246&issue=018 also
shows this support.
Previously, the NRA supported the Brady bill and was instrumental in
supporting "instant check" which effectively saved the Brady
background check. This instant check was opposed by the Brady
organization, but without it, the background checking provisions using
local police but not paying them to perform the checks was held
unconstitutional by the USSC. Without the instant check provisions,
there the Brady bill might have been rendered impotent.
There are many other cases of pro-RKBA activists questioning whether
the NRA is a supporter of the Second Amendment -- in one case, the NRA
attempted to torpedo the DC v Heller law suit in early stages; in
another Dr. Sarah Thompson(a well-known RKBA activist) wrote "Not
Rational Anymore"
http://www.shmoo.com/mail/cypherpunks/may00/msg00103.shtml
to show her dislike of NRA activities.
I think it isn't reasonable to try to use the NRA as exemplar of a pro-
Second Amendment organization. I would class them as a pro-right of a
some citizens to own and use some firearms group with the "some
citizens" and "some firearms" defined to be as wide as possible as
political conditions permit.
Phil
>
> On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can anyone help me find a pro-Second Amendment source which
states
> > and
> > defends some regulations of gun ownership? Thanks in advance.
>
> The answer to this question largely depends on how the answerer
> defines "pro-Second Amendment." For example, the American Hunters
> and Shooters Association calls itself "pro-Second Amendment," but
you
> will look long and hard before you find any gun control law or
> regulation which they actually oppose.
>
> In terms of public perception, the NRA holds street cred as being
> "pro-Second Amendment." You can look at their website, where they
> are on record as supporting (among other things):
>
> The national background check for firearms purchasers
> The ban on firearms ownership for convicted felons
> The federal Gun-Free School Zones law
> The recently passed NICS Improvement Act (dubbed the Veterans
> Disarmament Act by other pro-2A organizations).
>
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