Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumGun safety advocates pray for NRA members holding annual meeting in Louisville
We gather this morning, your children, to pray for peace, to pray for an end to gun violence that takes away too many lives, the Rev Dr Peggy Cecil-Hinds told a group of more than 150 in a quiet auditorium filled with folding chairs.
Lord, we pray this morning for our brothers and sisters that are at the NRA convention, for they too are children of God, she said. We pray that you will speak to them this day and that you will open their minds and their hearts to see the good in all people, to value the lives of every man, woman and child.
Not all the people who are part of the NRA are people who want violence, and many, many of them agree with us that commonsense gun laws are important and necessary.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/gun-safety-advocates-pray-for-nra-members-holding-annual-meeting-in-louisville/
ileus
(15,396 posts)What a bunch of goofy turds...
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)CompanyFirstSergeant
(1,558 posts)Let me say it again, so the words sink in.....
I am an acknowledged Gun Safety advocate.
I have taken hundreds of hours of firearms training. I have been a certified instructor. I have taught firearms and hunting safety in many venues.
My firearms are safely handled, and stored safely when not in use.
I have never had a negligent discharge, never been taken to task for any unsafe handling.
I also advocate common sense gun regulations.
I live in New York, which has handgun registration and licensing. I do not feel this is necessarily appropriate for all states, but I have no problem living in a state which has such regulations.
I undergo a telephone background check when I purchase a firearm.
I would lose my right to own firearms if I broke certain laws.
Therefore we have common sense gun regulation.
Misuse of firearms is a separate topic to my rights.
ME giving up the right to own/carry WILL NOT MAKE ANY HUMAN BEING ON THIS EARTH SAFER.
PERIOD.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Be a safety advocate, or NRA supporter/member. After all -- the NRA has been promoting unsafe handling of firearms since forever, dontcha know.
CompanyFirstSergeant
(1,558 posts)Kind of like calling a mugger who wants to take your money...
a financial consultant.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts).......and send a letter to Kamala Harris asking her why she's been such a hypocrite w/regard to gun violence.
http://213ajq29v6vk19b76q3534cx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Special-Feature-K-Harris.pdf
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Same mindset
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Seems much more direct.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)beergood
(470 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Maybe if a few of these jackasses get taken down maybe some of the others stop being such assholes.
Gun owners in general are cowards, one or two times should be enough to have them cowering under their bed.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5861726
I say shoot them on sight , just to be safe. No sane person would carry a rifle around a grocery store. Only the insane and the criminally motivated. So, again, I say shoot them on sight, let their bodies rot in the streets as a message to other hell-bent gunners.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5861731
That gun can be readied and fired in only seconds. Best to just shoot them.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=118&topic_id=142250
sarisataka
(21,000 posts)It sucks when soundbite meets reality...
beergood
(470 posts)but since we're all sharing good songs here's a good one
beergood
(470 posts)open with a prayer and The Pledge of allegiance to the the US flag.
i bet they had more than 150 people praying for gun rights. probably closer to the thousands, and their are hundreds of nra gatherings a year across the US.
so which one does god listen to? asked rhetorically
DonP
(6,185 posts)"In 2016, the disparity in size between the two groups was even more glaring. The NRAs attendance surged by more than 10,000to an excess of 80,000 attendeeswhile Moms Demands attendance fell to what The Courier-Journal described as around 40 gun control proponents."
Last year she had an estimated 140 to 150 people with her.
So, what happens when you get 40 dedicated gun control supporters together, backed by a billionaires checkbook?
Answer: Absolutely nothing.
Boy, that is a big drop for her over prior year's attendance and she even had a "big movie" to premiere this year.
80,000! That's a big jump up for the evil NRA.
How can that be, since everyone agrees we need more gun control?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Not gun safety advocates, but Everytown for Gun Safety.