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It's Embarrassing Being "Represented" by Charles Schumer

Posted by The Hermit Crab on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:12:00 PM
From the NRA's America's First Freedom magazine, October edition, Page 44:
 
Outrageous claims abounded among anti-gun senators as well.  Sen. (Charles) Schumer (D-NY)claimed that if the amendment became law, a juvenile gang member from New York could obtain a permit in Vermont, buy handguns there, shove them in a backpack, walk the streets of New York City trafficking the guns to criminals, and use the carry permit to satisfy the curiousity of any NYPD officer who might notice.
 
The author of the piece, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox, properly noted that Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) pointed out "that Vermont does not issue carry permits, that juveniles are generally prohibited from buying and possessing handguns, and that no police officer could be fooled in the way Schumer suggested".  To this I would add that Senator Media Hound also forgot that New York City already has a handgun ban, and that knowingly selling firearms to a criminal is a violation of federal law. 
 
This is the kind of representation in Washington that makes New York Republicans wince.  Oh, Al D'Amato, why couldn't you have run a better campaign in 1998?
 
I'd like to end with a great quote from P.J. O'Rourke -- "I'm not a liberal, so I have a poor grasp of subjects I know nothing about". 
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Don't Support the NRA's Political Victory Fund

Posted by The Hermit Crab on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:52:58 PM
The Crab is a member of the NRA, so writing this comes hard to me.  The NRA-PVF supports officeholders and candidates who personally support 2nd Amendment rights.  So do I, so where's the problem?  It is here:  when the NRA-PVF supports a seemingly pro-gun candidate like John Dingell, they are supporting infringing our sacred Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.  Follow the logic:
 
John Dingell, with the NRA's help, wins his election.
 
He goes to Washington, where he not only votes for every lousy leftist idea other than gun rights, he also votes to organize the House under Democratic leadership.
 
The Democratic leaders elected (Speaker, Majority Leader, and committee chairmen) are anti-Second Amendment rights.
 
Therefore supporting John Dingell (and Democrats like him) acts just the same as supporting 2nd Amendment rights opponents.
 
Thus, we who want to protect our rights have to contribute to Republicans who support our rights and will not elect opponents of our rights to lead them in the House and Senate.
 
Please note that I am only asking that you refrain from supporting the NRA-PVF.  The NRA is a great organization, and the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is very worthy of your support.
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