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NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
Conn. senators demand NRA 'cease and desist' making robo-calls to Newton residents Connecticut’s outraged senators demanded Monday that the NRA “cease and desist” making anti-gun control robo-calls to the still grieving residents of Newtown. “Put yourself in the shoes of a victim’s family member who gets calls at dinnertime asking them to support more assault weapons in our school and on our streets,” Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter to NRA chief Wayne LaPierre. “In a community that’s still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal.” Murphy and Blumenthal fired off their letters after residents complained that the NRA had been bombarding them with robo-calls just three months after a loser armed with a Bushmaster rifle slaughtered 20 first graders and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “With these robo-calls, the NRA has stooped to a new low in the debate over how to best protect our kids and our communities,” the senators wrote. “We call on you to immediately stop calling the families and friends of the victims of Newtown.” There was no immediate response from LaPierre or the NRA, which has been trying to scuttle gun control measures currently being debated by Connecticut’s General Assembly that would ban military-style assault weapons and prohibit high-capacity ammunition magazines. But it’s not the first time the powerful gun lobby has been accused of at best having a tin ear — and, at worse, of flat-out cruelty. A week after the Newtown massacre, with pundits predicting the NRA might agree to “common sense” gun control tightening, LaPierre stunned the country by declaring that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Then, a month after Sandy Hook, the NRA released a new app that allows players to use anything from an AK-47 to an M-16 to blast coffin-shaped targets. In their robo-calls, the NRA urges Newtown residents to call their local legislator, State Sen. Art Linares, a Republican. “Your state senator, Art Linares, will play a key role in determining whether the CT General Assembly will pass legislation restricting your gun rights," the call says. “Respectfully urge him to oppose any legislation that tramples your Second Amendment right, and inhibits your inherent right to self defense.” |
NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:48:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
Conn. senators demand NRA 'cease and desist' making robo-calls to Newton residents Connecticut’s outraged senators demanded Monday that the NRA “cease and desist” making anti-gun control robo-calls to the still grieving residents of Newtown. “Put yourself in the shoes of a victim’s family member who gets calls at dinnertime asking them to support more assault weapons in our school and on our streets,” Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter to NRA chief Wayne LaPierre. “In a community that’s still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal.” Anyone capable thinking these calls should go to this community specifically is wrestling with some kind of deep psychosis. It's not just stupid and non-productive, it's sick. |
NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
On 3/25/13 4:44 PM, jps wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:48:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: Conn. senators demand NRA 'cease and desist' making robo-calls to Newton residents Connecticut’s outraged senators demanded Monday that the NRA “cease and desist” making anti-gun control robo-calls to the still grieving residents of Newtown. “Put yourself in the shoes of a victim’s family member who gets calls at dinnertime asking them to support more assault weapons in our school and on our streets,” Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter to NRA chief Wayne LaPierre. “In a community that’s still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal.” Anyone capable thinking these calls should go to this community specifically is wrestling with some kind of deep psychosis. It's not just stupid and non-productive, it's sick. "Sick" is the stock in trade of today's NRA. |
NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:48:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
“Respectfully urge him to oppose any legislation that tramples your Second Amendment right, and inhibits your inherent right to self defense.” Great idea. Spread it around. Salmonbait -- 'Name-calling'...the liberals' last resort. |
NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:44:30 -0700, jps wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:48:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: Conn. senators demand NRA 'cease and desist' making robo-calls to Newton residents Connecticut’s outraged senators demanded Monday that the NRA “cease and desist” making anti-gun control robo-calls to the still grieving residents of Newtown. “Put yourself in the shoes of a victim’s family member who gets calls at dinnertime asking them to support more assault weapons in our school and on our streets,” Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal wrote in a letter to NRA chief Wayne LaPierre. “In a community that’s still very much in crisis, to be making these calls opens a wound that these families are still trying hard to heal.” Anyone capable thinking these calls should go to this community specifically is wrestling with some kind of deep psychosis. It's not just stupid and non-productive, it's sick. 'Sick' is the stock in trade of one who would search for and take joy in the posting of children getting killed. Salmonbait -- 'Name-calling'...the liberals' last resort. |
NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
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NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
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NRA slides deeper into its pit of slime.
On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:21:10 -0400, BAR wrote:
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