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The National Rifle Association emerged from its meeting with Vice
President Joe Biden Thursday with a predictably negative impression.
This column predicted just such an outcome earlier. Biden held off meeting with firearms organizations – with notably the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms not invited to the table – until after he had met with anti-gun groups.
In a statement following the meeting, the NRA noted that, “We attended today's White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals.”
Thje statement was picked up by several news organizations including the Weekly Standard, MSNBC and the Daily Caller.
“While claiming that no policy proposals would be ‘prejudged’,” the NRA statement said, “this Task Force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners - honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans. It is unfortunate that this Administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation's most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen. Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works - and what does not.”
NRA was represented at the meeting by James Jay Baker, former executive director of the Institute for Legislative Action who now works in the federal affairs division.
I finally figured out one of the little things that has been nagging me about Uncle Joes whole process. All of these assholes are elected by individual votes (Except in Chicago maybe), to represent the citizens, IE We the People. In every case, they have spoken to corporations, organizations, and other non citizen entities. Not once have they offered to meet with the actual people that elected them.Not once have they met with the citizens that have a literal gun to their heads, and their money extracted at gunpoint to PAY them. Corporations don't vote.Nor are they taxed as we are. In fact, corporations have no actual interest in any law passed at all. Seems like a really well done sleight of hand to me. "Look, we talked to everbody..." when in fact not one of the actual stakeholders was consulted at all.
ReplyDeleteThat was was a really good dissection.
DeleteA politician's job is to get re-elected. You do that with money, and you get money by keeping your donors happy (corporations are some of the biggest donors). No need to talk to voters, they don't really matter.
DeleteSad to say.
DeleteIf anyone thinks that the Liberals have anything on their mind except complete disarmament, they need to stop smoking that bad crack. all the libs wants are disarmed slaves to pay more taxes.
ReplyDeleteAll I got to say, is that they are playing with fire.
DeleteStoking it into an inferno!
ReplyDeleteStoke away. I think they are attempting to go one bridge too far.
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