Gun Legislation

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You have foretold the future......Elmer has been disarmed.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/loo ... 46837.html

O Really is good, but he was commenting on the past.
viewtopic.php?p=121471#p121471

[neoplacebo]

You have foretold the future......Elmer has been disarmed.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/loo ... 46837.html

O Really is good, but he was commenting on the past.
viewtopic.php?p=121471#p121471

Yep, I know. Hard to comment on the future.

[1 CAT FAN]

This guy disarmed the looter real quick.



It probably didn't happen, as billy would say.

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Exclusive: NRA has shed 200 staffers this year as group faces financial crisis

... The situation is likely to hinder efforts by the gun rights group to help Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election.

The 200-plus layoffs and furloughs, which have not previously been reported and were mainly at NRA headquarters in Virginia, were spurred by declines in revenues and fundraising, heavy legal spending, political infighting, and charges of insider self-dealing under scrutiny by attorneys general in New York and Washington DC, the sources say....

The article's details are pretty interesting to me. Haha ammosexuals.

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SYG is only for whites. Who knew?

Georgia murder case tests whether a Black man can stand his ground against whites

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Gun sales spike among African-Americans: 'Our ancestors died for us to vote, they also died for us to be able to carry guns'

When Americans panic, they buy guns — lots of them. During the first six months of 2020, amid a global coronavirus pandemic, gun retailers have reported a record 10.3 million firearm transactions, according to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Overall, gun sales in the U.S. have increased by 95 percent while ammunition sales have increased 139 percent compared to the same period last year.

And while various demographic groups are buying guns in 2020, African-Americans account for the highest increase in gun purchases of any group.

“The highest overall firearm sales increase comes from Black men and women, who show a 58.2% increase in purchases during the first six months of 2020 versus the same period last year,” Jim Curcuruto, NSSF director of research and market development, wrote in his report. “Bottom line is that there has never been a sustained surge in firearm sales quite like what we are in the midst of.”

In many states, estimated gun sales doubled in March compared with February. In Utah, they nearly tripled. And in Michigan, a coronavirus hot spot, sales more than tripled....

I understand it and some KKKers will get killed, but this won't be a good thing for anyone.

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New York attorney general sues to dissolve NRA

New York's attorney general has announced a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful National Rifle Association over alleged financial mismanagement.

Letitia James said the NRA had diverted millions of dollars to leaders including its head, Wayne LaPierre, for their personal use.

"For these years of misconduct we are seeking an order to dissolve the NRA entirely," she said.

The NRA described the lawsuit as a "baseless, premeditated attack".

What did the Attorney General say?

Ms James said that the four named defendants - Mr LaPierre, Wilson Phillips, Joshua Powell and John Frazer "instituted a culture of self-dealing, mismanagement and negligent oversight at the NRA that was illegal, oppressive and fraudulent".

The attorney general outlined a litany of charges against the defendants, but accused Mr LaPierre, long the face of the powerful gun lobby group, of being the "central figure" behind the organisation's wrongdoings.

One example of misconduct alleged in the lawsuit states that Mr LaPierre visited the Bahamas more than eight times by private plane using funds intended for the NRA, for a total cost of $500,000 (£380,225).

The corruption "is so broad", Ms James said, that total dissolution of the organisation is necessary.

Responding to questions, Ms James, a Democrat, rejected the notion that the charges against the NRA - closely tied to the Republican party - were at all influenced by her own politics.

"We followed the facts and the law," she said. "We've come to the conclusion that the NRA unfortunately was serving as a personal piggy bank to four individual defendants."

Even if the suit is unsuccessful, the fact of it plus the revelations it contains can only serve to further impair the already struggling NRA.

[neoplacebo]

Even so, it will be a tremendous rallying cry to the rabid unhinged faction of wingnuts, nutjobs, and assorted right wing paranoia cults.

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Even so, it will be a tremendous rallying cry to the rabid unhinged faction of wingnuts, nutjobs, and assorted right wing paranoia cults.

I feel for them.

NRA Flooded With Sarcastic ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ Over Shutdown Threat
“We’ll work on helping, but not now, it’s just too soon,” said “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.

:!:

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NRA’s ‘From Our Cold, Dead Hands’ Attack On Shutdown Threat Does Not Go Well

No one is taking away your guns, just your ability to run a fraudulent charity.

The guns? Or the money?

From your lips to god’s ears.

Deal.

”Your proposal is acceptable.”

More tweets at link.

[O Really]

LaPierre said "it's a pre-meditated attack" unable to avoid the terms often applied to use of the firearms he protects. Well, duh - what - does he think prosecutors just wake up one morning and say, "I think I'll sue somebody today." These people have been working on this for years, and they'll be prepared and primed for bear (opps, sorry PETA or GoCubsGo or anyone else offended). I'm sure they've been told more than once as they prepared their case that they've got to be sure - a shot and a miss would make everything worse.

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LaPierre said "it's a pre-meditated attack" unable to avoid the terms often applied to use of the firearms he protects. Well, duh - what - does he think prosecutors just wake up one morning and say, "I think I'll sue somebody today." These people have been working on this for years ...

LaPierre knows that his audience are idiots.

Interesting tidbit:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-reason- ... 15491.html

... But the effect of the state attorney general’s civil case might be even more devastating than a criminal case because one of the remedies of her action is dissolution of the NRA itself. She used the same tactics to dissolve the Trump Foundation in November. There, she reached a settlement with President Donald Trump and family members to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of misuse of charitable funds to influence the 2016 presidential primary election and to further his own personal interests. Among the improper use of funds was doling out $500,000 to potential voters at a 2016 campaign rally in Iowa. As part of that settlement, James required Trump to personally admit to misusing the Foundation’s funds. Sometimes, parties to settlements are permitted to publicly state that a resolution is not an admission of wrongdoing. James would not let them off so easily. Her success in the Trump Foundation case puts teeth into her legal quest to dissolve the NRA as well....

Future Gov or Sen?

[GoCubsGo]

Hmmmm, are people really that scared and trying to take more guns on planes or getting caught more because of the decrease in traffic. Probably a bit of both.

Glad I'm not flying these days.

[billy.pilgrim]

I'm all for removing all gun laws if all the gun nuts promise to shoot themselves in the balls.

Is taking pictures of your gun and dick together really a thing?


https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3ze ... their-king

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Bloomberg-backed gun group spending $5M in Iowa, North Carolina Senate races




Everytown NC US Senate TV ad - Walk Down


Everytown NC US Senate TV ad - Pay For

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The NRA and Wayne LaPierre's Next Foe: One of Their Own

Earlier this month, the National Rifle Association was sued by the New York attorney general, who is seeking to dissolve the organization and said top executives had “looted” it. Now the NRA, which has faced two years of turmoil and infighting, is confronting a new adversary from within its own senior ranks.

Josh Powell, one of the group’s highest-ranking former executives, is poised to release “Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America.” Powell, former chief of staff to Wayne LaPierre, the group’s longtime chief executive, says the NRA is “rife with fraud and corruption” and writes that its finances “are in shambles,” and that “it has operated in the red for the past three years, despite annual revenues of roughly $350 million.” ...

We'll always have ammosexuals, but we MIGHT be witnessing the death of the NRA.

[O Really]

We'll always have ammosexuals, but we MIGHT be witnessing the death of the NRA.

That's good enough for me. I don't really mind if a guy needs to buy a big gun to make up for a tiny dick, but if the disproportionate political strength of the NRA is beat back, maybe we could finally get some reasonable legislation.

[GoCubsGo]

We'll always have ammosexuals, but we MIGHT be witnessing the death of the NRA.

That's good enough for me. I don't really mind if a guy needs to buy a big gun to make up for a tiny dick, but if the disproportionate political strength of the NRA is beat back, maybe we could finally get some reasonable legislation.

How many years can they tie it up while appealing to the Supreme Court?

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How many years can they tie it up while appealing to the Supreme Court?

At some point donors may just say fuggedaboutit!

NRA Boss Wayne LaPierre Under Investigation For Criminal Tax Fraud

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Florida husband fatally shoots pregnant wife thinking she was an intruder, sheriff says

Asshole gunhugger. Even if it is an intruder, you give her/him a chance to surrender. Lock him up.