“civil rights organization.” You understand its purpose, alright.

Chris94 39250 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 3:09 pm on Aug 11, 2019

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“civil rights organization.” You understand its purpose, alright.NT Chris94 3:09pm · 8/11/19
- I always thought a combination of the ACLU & NRA would make the perfrect civil rights organization. NedoftheHill 3:19pm · 8/11/19
  - Dont worry ACLU absolutism is also alive and well. Take Charlottesville. Frank L 9:58pm · 8/11/19
  - The NRA was not established to protect rights, Ned. Chris94 3:40pm · 8/11/19
    - I don't want to embarrass you, Chris, but you are outside your area of expertise on this. NedoftheHill 4:10pm · 8/11/19
      - You’re simply wrong Chris94 6:02pm · 8/11/19
        
        I respect that you recognize your earlier post is wrong, so you changed. But, you're still wrong. NedoftheHill 8:16pm · 8/11/19
        
        Membership is irrelevant. It is a lobbying org for gun manufacturers.NT Chris94 8:34am · 8/12/19
        
        Membership, especially of that magnitude, makes all the difference. You are wrong, Chris.NT NedoftheHill 11:38am · 8/12/19
      - It was initially a sportsman’s group. No lobbying and they didn’t give two shits about handguns. Frank L 5:47pm · 8/11/19
        
        And supported several kinds of gun control they oppose today.NT MAS 7:16pm · 8/11/19
        
        Yep. Now it’s essentially a group run by lawyers and lobbyists who take the most extreme positions. Frank L 7:27pm · 8/11/19
        
        Call it what you will. They do necessary work that many people don't appreciate. Like ACLU of old. NedoftheHill 8:19pm · 8/11/19
        
        And like the ACLU of old they often take extreme positions. The ACLU constantly fought even Frank L 9:11pm · 8/11/19
        
        The NRA has accepted and supported many reasonable limits. For example, the ban on automatic weaponsNT NedoftheHill 9:19pm · 8/11/19
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        Yep, my father had been a member since his childhood. iairishcheeks 6:14pm · 8/11/19
        
        AR's are the types of guns most protected by the 2nd Amendment. Others are secondary.NT NedoftheHill 8:25pm · 8/11/19
        
        So, he became a communist gun-grabber?NT MAS 7:17pm · 8/11/19
        
        Still have my grand dad’s card from the late 30’s.NT Frank L 6:53pm · 8/11/19

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