Nice Historical Trivia
In addition to being a Civil War general, a U.S. president and someone in my family tree, Ulysses Grant was apparently a president of the National Rifle Association. I knew I liked him.
Posts Tagged ‘nra’
La Pierre vs Rendell
Wayne LaPierre and Ed Rendell locked horns this weekend over reinstating the assault weapons ban. Rendell is a good debater but this one was no contest - LaPierre won easily. The facts are not with Fast Eddie on this one.
One thing that stuck out was the issue of “high capacity” magazines. LaPierre pointed out that [...]
A Little Freedom Regained
It turns out that being poor doesn’t mean you have to give up your constitutional rights. San Francisco, leftwing paradise, has magnanimously decided to bring its policies back in line with the constitution. That’s big of them.
Good job NRA.
City of Philadelphia vs Freedom
Thne NRA and the City of Philadelphia are fighting in court over Philadelphia’s new (anti) gun laws. Pennsylvania has a preemption law, which basically makes gun laws a state issue rather than a local issue. There are plenty of people who support gun control who have said the city has no leg to stand on [...]
Gun Ban Obama
From our friends at NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action: GunBanObama.com.
Mary McFate and Manipulative Anti Civil Rights Crusaders
Anti civil rights activist Bryan Miller of CeasefireNJ complains that the NRA is a shill for the gun industry and that the activists in his camp are "not a secretive lot."
Thirdpower begs to differ and ticks off a list of cases where the antis were anything but above board.
There’s Something About Mary
The Inquirer weighed in on the Mary McFate story recently. They gave their usual free publicity to Bryan Miller at CeaseFire NJ (the NRA has to pay for advertising you know). The editorial didn't have too much to say other than this charmer:
"To the extent that disrupts their important work fighting gun violence, the alleged [...]
Mary McFate and Why the NRA is not Paranoid
The left-wing magazine, Mother Jones, recently outed Mary McFate as a mole working for the NRA to infiltrate anti-gun groups. It appears to be true. It also appears to be completely legal.
The gang over at the Buckeye Firearms Association made a very interesting point on this: when the NRA says the real goal of "gun [...]