https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-nra/hardline-u-s-gundamentalists-pressure-nra-from-within-idUSKBN1KQ09HQuote:
About 100 protesters, many wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "NRA = Not Real Activists," marched through the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Dallas in May to slam the powerful gun lobby as too conciliatory on gun rights and rally for their candidate for the board.
Adam Kraut, a gun rights lawyer, fell about 4,000 votes short of the 71,000 needed for election, but earned 5,000 more than the previous year, a sign of the growth of the Second Amendment purists within the NRA known to many as "gundamentalists."
With opinion polls showing U.S. public support for more gun control growing in the wake of mass shootings in recent years, the NRA is facing internal pressure from this little-known force that is demanding that the leadership concede zero ground to gun-control advocates.
golden sloth said:
Is there a liberal equivalent that I'm just unaware of?
The state of NY shut down the NRA's use of Carry Guard insurance, aka murder insurance.Quote:
CNN)In a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state of New York, the National Rifle Association says it will have to close its headquarters, shut down its online media presence and stop holding rallies and conventions if it is stymied by the state from doing business with banks and insurers:
Cuomo's response: "Too bad."
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(Reuters) - Apple Inc, YouTube, Facebook Inc and Spotify all took down podcasts and channels from U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, saying on Monday that the Infowars author had broken community standards.
The Alex Jones Channel on Alphabet Inc's YouTube on Monday displayed a banner saying the account had been terminated for violating community guidelines, and a spokesperson added by email that repeated violation of policies such as those prohibiting hate speech and harassment led to termination of accounts.
Apple deleted most Infowars podcasts and a spokeswoman said in a statement that the company "does not tolerate hate speech" and publishes guidelines that developers and publishers must follow.
"Podcasts that violate these guidelines are removed from our directory making them no longer searchable or available for download or streaming," Apple said in a statement. "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions."
Obviously you've never handled a fake gun on a Hollywood set beforeBearsWiin said:
I don't care that there's no magazine in the gun, Ronnie, you never put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire.
Your post is funny, because I actually have. Well, not quite, they were real gunsdajo9 said:Obviously you've never handled a fake gun on a Hollywood set beforeBearsWiin said:
I don't care that there's no magazine in the gun, Ronnie, you never put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire.
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The gun-rights group has its biggest champion in the White House. But its financial situation has worsened in the age of Trump
I don't know the weapon in Ronnies left hand, but aren't most automatics designed for right handed firing? Shooting left handed could eject hot shells into your body or face if using a scope.BearsWiin said:
I don't care that there's no magazine in the gun, Ronnie, you never put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire.
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/29/18117774/guns-bump-stocks-ban-trumpQuote:
President Donald Trump's administration is set to ban bump stocks, which effectively let semiautomatic weapons mimic machine guns, in the coming days, according to reports from CNN and the New York Times.
In March, the administration introduced a regulation that would ban the devices, essentially bringing bump stocks into a broader federal ban on machine guns. According to CNN, the new rule will force people who own bump stocks to turn in or destroy the devices within 90 days.
The bump stock ban originally came up in response to the Las Vegas shooting last year, in which a shooter used the devices to kill 58 people and injure hundreds more. The gunman still may have carried out the shooting without bump stocks, but the devices made the shooting much deadlier by turning his semiautomatic weapons into guns that closely simulated automatics.
sp4149 said:I don't know the weapon in Ronnies left hand, but aren't most automatics designed for right handed firing? Shooting left handed could eject hot shells into your body or face if using a scope.BearsWiin said:
I don't care that there's no magazine in the gun, Ronnie, you never put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire.
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Trump and the gun group used the same consultants to spearhead TV ad blitzes at the height of the 2016 election, likely in violation of federal law.
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The NRA is now under congressional investigation for illegally funneling money through shell companies to support Trump and Republican Senators.
The Trace reported on the investigation that is being led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD):
"The evidence shows the NRA is moving money through a complex web of shell organizations to avoid campaign finance rules and boost candidates willing to carry their water," Whitehouse told The Trace. "And if the NRA can weave such a web, so can Vladimir Putin and others trying to undermine our democracy. We need the truth about this scheme or else special interests like the gun lobby or foreign interests like Russia can flaunt the law and erode the integrity of our elections."
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The NRA is forbidden by law from supporting political candidates, so what the organization did was use a series of shell companies to launder the money through and get it to their campaigns of their candidates.
The NRA is already under investigation by the FBI and Robert Muellerfor potentially laundering Russian cash and getting it into the Trump campaign. The congressional investigation is picking up on that same thread. If the NRA was illegally funneling money to Trump and Republica Senators, the next logical question is where did the money come from?
It is already known that the Russians infiltrated the NRA. What remains unknown is the size and scope of the Russian influence over the Republican Party, and how many of Putin's criminal tentacles have touched Republican officeholders.
Good read. Nothing like internal incompetence and corruption to kill an org...and that's what it looks like is happening. They're bleeding money from stupid decisions, like "Carry Guard" the fatality insurance in case you kill someone that was suppose to be a revenue stream but it's been deemed illegal. They're paying a lawyer $1.5mil per month to fight it.Quote:
The NRA is low on cash and embroiled in complex lawsuits.
Another Bear said:
Thoughts and prayers to Red Maria in prison.
The gun lobby would oppose any and all firearm-specific ban legislation. Try again.Unit2Sucks said:
Because of the gun lobby? And the fact that or country is full of gun nuts who think their hand gun will make them safer? And because it's harder to argue under the second amendment that hand guns should be eliminated?
Why do you think? I have a feeling I know what you are going to say ...
GBear4Life said:
The gun lobby would oppose any and all firearm-specific ban legislation. Try again.
I'm talking about The Left never seriously invoking hand guns as the #1 firearm deaths.
To hell with the gun lobby, they are clearly losing power anyway.dajo9 said:
I think we should ban assault rifles and every time somebody says, well what about "x", then the law should be expanded to include "x".
sounds like you don't really wonder why then.GBear4Life said:
I don't recall notable Dems advocating banning hand guns. If it's happened, I missed it.
They're not because it's both unpopular, will never pass Congress, and would be rendered unconstitutional if passed (it will never, even with a super majority in congress and a Dem in the WH).