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Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the influential NRA, received repeated cheers and prolonged applause at the Conservative Political Action Conference when he took on proposals to toughen gun laws in the aftermath of the Connecticut school massacre that killed 20 first graders last December. According to LaPierre, an arrogant political and media elite wants to subvert the bedrock right to freedom that he said made America better than other countries.
He repeatedly questioned the logic and even the sanity of President Barack Obama's administration and other advocates of new gun laws, and he implored supporters to "stand up and fight" now and in future elections to protect their right to own guns. "No matter what the elitists who scorn you say, let them be damned," LaPierre declared.
In particular, LaPierre took aim at Vice President Joe Biden for saying recently that a 12-gauge shotgun would provide better protection for women under threat at home than a high-powered semi-automatic rifle targeted by a proposed ban. "The vice president of the United States actually told women facing an attack to just empty their shotguns into the air," LaPierre said. "Honestly, have they lost their minds over at the White House?"
"In the end, there are only two reasons for government to create that federal registry of gun owners -- to tax them or to take them," he said. Supporters of expanded checks deny the legislation would create such a registry. LaPierre repeated the NRA's call for armed guards in every U.S. school and expressed bemused frustration with those who ridiculed his position. Noting a Department of Homeland Security video that advised people threatened by an armed attacker to fight back with any weapon handy, such as a pair of scissors, LaPierre responded with scorn. "Let's get this straight," he said to applause. "To protect our children at school, we recommend a trained professional with a gun and they recommend scissors? And they say we're crazy? It's sheer madness."
Originally posted by DaTroof
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Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by Aliensdoexist
Yep, selling fear. Example: In your post, you not only are afraid of the government, but you're also afraid of anyone with a gun, because they might be crazy. So your solution is for government (who you're scared of) to determine who is mentally fit for freedom? Don't you see how crazy that is? Seriously, take a step back from the situation and imagine someone else saying what you just said. Fraidy cat and/or nazi, you'd call them. Right?
Originally posted by DaTroof
our civilized society needs to move beyond using lethal violence, even in defense.
Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by bl4ke360
So what you're saying is that you're too weak to defend yourself NOTE: SELF, NOT your PROPERTY.
Gotcha.
That doesn't make you a bad person, but thinking you need to kill someone in the unlikely event your life is threatened sure does.
Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by bl4ke360
It's not about muscles at all. It's clear you've never been in a fight in your life. Also, I condone physical self defense, just not lethal force. I can see why that's so hard to understand since you think you can quick draw against someone already pointing a gun at you.
Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by bl4ke360
www.youtube.com... .4474.7j14j4j2.27.0...0.0...1ac.1.lIBMmUvHI_c
And if that link gets broken, just YouTube "how to disarm a gunman".
Originally posted by DaTroof
reply to post by bl4ke360
So what you're saying is that you're too weak to defend yourself NOTE: SELF, NOT your PROPERTY.
Gotcha.
That doesn't make you a bad person, but thinking you need to kill someone in the unlikely event your life is threatened sure does.
Originally posted by DaTroof
I showed you 100s of videos of people disarming gunmen.