The National Rifle Association has 4 million members. A big number, right? Well, there are 312 million people living in America, so the NRA represents just slightly more than one percent of the population.
Yet somehow this tiny splinter group has enough financial influence to successfully bribe the Republican Party. As usual, the R's don't give a shit as long the checks keep coming. It's a long-running disgrace.
In light of the Trayvon Martin case, many Americans are questioning the wisdom of "Stand Your Ground" laws. Not the NRA. They're doubling down in opposite direction, pushing hard to expand such "shoot first" laws into every state. And they want federal law to allow those with state-issued "concealed carry" licenses to be able to travel the nation with impugnity, going anywhere in planes, trains and automobiles while armed with lethal weapons.
And yesterday, shameless boot-licking turd Mitt Romney addressed the NRA's National Convention and told them he's fine with that, thinks it's a wonderful idea, and said, if elected, he'd staunchly defend the Second Amendment and the god-given rights of these 4 million nutjobs to arm bears or bear arms or what-the-fuck-ever. That's great thinking, Glove, just great.
(For similar thoughts, go to "A Sensible Gun Policy", Buster's Blog, 1/18/11)
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