On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:42:29 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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"jps" wrote in message
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Anyone who joins the NRA right now is a friggin' idiot. If there
was
ever an organization that had gone awry, this is it. Depending on
the
poll, between 70 and 90% of the American people want mandated
background checks on all gun sales and yet the NRA vehemently
opposes.

I venture to guess that many members will cancel or allow their
memberships to lapse after this round of stupid lunacy.

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It's not the members. 74% of the NRA membership support universal
background checks. The nut case is Wayne LaPierre who happens to
get
all the media publicity. BTW ... he's not even the President of the
NRA. He performs the roll of CEO and is the national spokesman and
loud mouth. Problem is he doesn't present membership views ... only
his own.

As often said, "Don't judge a book by it's cover".

I am beyond disgusted with the group of Republicans who refuse to
even
hold a simple vote and are threatening to filibuster any gun control
bill. They are claiming that the Democrats might try to sneak in a
couple of amendments that they couldn't support, so therefore no
vote.
Can't they read? If they don't like the bill vote no. But at
least
do your jobs and vote.

I wonder why, if the members themselves are overwhelmingly okay with
background checks, that the bigwigs aren't. I'm going to guess that
it's
the politicians as usual getting in the way.

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I am not a NRA member, so I don't know. I am sure the gun
manufacturers have influence and so do some of the politicians that
represent hard core "red" states. They can defend the right to high
capacity magazines, "assault" type guns, etc., and although I
personally don't see any need for them, I can at least understand
their arguments. But a background check to purchase a gun? That
should be a no-brainer.

I

The gun manufactures have more than influence. They run the show,
which has changed for the NRA. It used to be much more member driven.