On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 02:23:13PM -0500, Philip F. Lee wrote:
> 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.Ah, yes. The five day "instant" registration scheme. Yes, I know the statute says they aren't to keep records of approvals. Right. And what computer operator has ever been fired for being overzealous in backup administration? > 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. Let's see, teaming up with Brady folks to pass a law in PA that allowed the cops to confiscate firearms under certain conditions. In a delicious irony, the first victim was an NRA member. > > 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 I would say, "pro-privilege", not "pro-right". Gun Owners of America and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership come to mind as "pro-right" organizations. > 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. Also, as far as I know, the NRA has so far avoided mentioning Ron Paul's presidential campaign in its literature, though I would be glad of any correction on this point. They finally mentioned Libertarians when they had to deal with the fact of four sitting Libertarians in the New Hampshire legislature a few years ago. > > -- > The Art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get > at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as > often as you can, and keep moving on. > -- Ulysses S. Grant Or, as Patton put it, "Grab him by the nose and kick him in the pants." -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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