Comments on: NRA paranoia but with an underlying point http://www.bloggernews.net/16531 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lorie http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-1057910 lorie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:29:33 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-1057910 I've never given this a try, but I think it's about time I do. I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.

]]> By: jrt http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21878 jrt Tue, 08 May 2007 20:55:46 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21878 "This amunition is worthless for hunting" You do of course realize that your standard 30-30 Winchester will penetrate police body armor? Just about any rifle bullet will penetrate their body armor. So I suppose you don't actually enjoy hunting all that much seeing as how you want to give up the ammunition required to do so. “This amunition is worthless for hunting”

You do of course realize that your standard 30-30 Winchester will penetrate police body armor? Just about any rifle bullet will penetrate their body armor. So I suppose you don’t actually enjoy hunting all that much seeing as how you want to give up the ammunition required to do so.

]]> By: Chase.Hamil http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21782 Chase.Hamil Tue, 08 May 2007 14:55:47 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21782 I am a gun owner and hunter. I truly believe that those who want to confiscate my weapons while the lawless keep theirs. But the NRA continues to promote certain wacko ideas that label the group as asinine and unthinking. Example: the NRA's insistence that armor-piercing bullets be available to anyone who wants to buy them. This amunition is worthless for hunting and target practice because of the "overkill." Police and other law enforcement officials fear these bullets because they can go right through a protective flak jacket. Is that what the NRA extremists want? Giving thugs the ammunition they need to kill cops? The NRA's position on certain issues - that are ridiculous even to gun owners - will eventually be the organization's downfall. I am a gun owner and hunter. I truly believe that those who want to confiscate my weapons while the lawless keep theirs. But the NRA continues to promote certain wacko ideas that label the group as asinine and unthinking. Example: the NRA’s insistence that armor-piercing bullets be available to anyone who wants to buy them. This amunition is worthless for hunting and target practice because of the “overkill.” Police and other law enforcement officials fear these bullets because they can go right through a protective flak jacket. Is that what the NRA extremists want? Giving thugs the ammunition they need to kill cops? The NRA’s position on certain issues - that are ridiculous even to gun owners - will eventually be the organization’s downfall.

]]> By: jrt http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21488 jrt Mon, 07 May 2007 23:08:03 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21488 "No one wants to see terrorists carry out attacks with weapons that they purchased here in the United States." You mean weapons like box-cutters? “No one wants to see terrorists carry out attacks with weapons that they purchased here in the United States.”

You mean weapons like box-cutters?

]]> By: Bryan Sampsel http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21370 Bryan Sampsel Mon, 07 May 2007 15:59:57 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-21370 Did it ever dawn on you (the author) that the "terror watch list" is not filled with convicted felons? That it's not particularly accurate, nor that it has no real due-process? Our country was founded on many ideas, especially Due Process. What would the author do if he was unable to go to the Public Library because he was on a "watch list" of people that an American President did not like? Has the author ever read of the FBI abuses of J. Edgar Hoover? How can anybody advocate something like this? Fear. Not logic. Fear. If you choose not to own firearms, fine. Just don't interfere with my rights to do so. Did it ever dawn on you (the author) that the “terror watch list” is not filled with convicted felons? That it’s not particularly accurate, nor that it has no real due-process?

Our country was founded on many ideas, especially Due Process.

What would the author do if he was unable to go to the Public Library because he was on a “watch list” of people that an American President did not like?

Has the author ever read of the FBI abuses of J. Edgar Hoover?

How can anybody advocate something like this? Fear. Not logic. Fear.

If you choose not to own firearms, fine. Just don’t interfere with my rights to do so.

]]> By: Joseph Pickett http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-20603 Joseph Pickett Sat, 05 May 2007 15:06:31 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16531#comment-20603 Is NRA's fear any more 'childish' than some people's fear of the US government wire tapping telephone conversations of suspected terrorists? I seem to recall many, many people on the left complaining that their phone conversations to their lovers or what not were going to be snooped on by the feds. That fear is okay, but the fear that people are going to be arbitrarily be deemed a 'suspect' without due process and have constitutional rights suspended is 'childish?' Is NRA’s fear any more ‘childish’ than some people’s fear of the US government wire tapping telephone conversations of suspected terrorists? I seem to recall many, many people on the left complaining that their phone conversations to their lovers or what not were going to be snooped on by the feds. That fear is okay, but the fear that people are going to be arbitrarily be deemed a ’suspect’ without due process and have constitutional rights suspended is ‘childish?’

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