28 July 2012
Why
killing is a profitable enterprise
By Michael F. McNulty, Published: July 27
Michael McNulty is an
attorney in Tucson. He was chairman of the Giffords for Congress campaign in
2006, 2008 and 2010.
It is easy to ignore the issue of gun control, given the perfect
leaderlessness it enjoys in Congress. Then again, it becomes harder to ignore
when your relatives or friends are murdered in the company of someone you
idolize, which describes thousands of us in Tucson.
“ It is news to no one that the NRA has
abandoned the sportsman in every practical sense; if the group were honest, it
would change its name. Speaking as a rifleman, I think it’s an embarrassment.
“The
NRA not only dependably opposes limits on assault-rifle sales but even opposes.
Last year, the NRA went
to the mat to prevent anyone from list
against the names of those buying guns. These two actions clarify beyond
argument that the safety and welfare of you and yours have simply dropped from
the NRA’s list of priorities. The NRA represents gun manufacturers, end of
story…”
“It strikes me that the NRA is pretty
comfortable when debates over mass murder devolve into intellectual discussions
relating to civility vs. demagoguery, insanity vs. impressionability, and
freedom vs. the tyranny of gun zealots. The more abstract, the better. In the
end, however, it’s simple: The NRA shills for gun makers who profit from the
murder of American citizens. If you think the country’s policies are shaped by
Judeo-Christian values, you’re not paying attention.”
Cassi Creek:
There’s the
long and short of it. The gun
manufacturers want higher profits and a wider market. Scare the current gun owners by telling them
that the insidious, evil, leftists are c coming to take their guns away and
they will immediately panic and start to “stock up” on more guns and more
ammunition. Scare the teavangelist base
who have yet to “stock up” and they will fall prey to the advertising monster,
The NRA. that exists primarily to disseminate fear and lies about the supposed
confiscation of firearms from private citizens.
It works quite well, fear sells guns.
Obama won the nomination and knees jerked nation-wide. There was so much panic driven buying that the
gun and ammo factories fell behind the demand.
To date,
Obama has made no effort to seize privately owned guns and ammo. Even in the wake of horrendous shootings in
Tucson and Aurora, next to nothing has been said by the President. That’s how strong the NRA has become. That’s how much we need to re-define the 2nd
amendment. Not repeal or remove it, just
rework it so that it is not a license for retail slaughter.
“They will plunder willy-nilly,
Cry the bells of Caerphilly.
They have fangs, they have teeth,
Say the loud bells of Neathe.
Even God is uneasy,
Say the moist bells of Swansea.
They will plunder willy-nilly,
Say the bells of Caerphilly. “
Cry the bells of Caerphilly.
They have fangs, they have teeth,
Say the loud bells of Neathe.
Even God is uneasy,
Say the moist bells of Swansea.
They will plunder willy-nilly,
Say the bells of Caerphilly. “
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