Originally posted by Fry2
Who here can tell me where the NRA originated?

OK. I see this leading onto a bs discussion about the KKK which in turn will lead onto an illogical "my country is better than yours" thread.

Fry if you really wanna know who started up the NRA go and look at 5 or 6 sites (including their own) and make your mind up from there.

Well, actually Hong Kong, for business.

Way, Way, to crowded for this guy from a little town called LaGrange, Ohio!


Wall to wall people 24/7, makes New York look like a backwater hick town.

"I smell brownies and walmart flags hanging from porches. "

Why would anyone hang brownies from porches? You brits can be strange sometimes....

The NRA existance is welcomed by millions of gun owners in American - more Americans own guns than there are brits.

"chaitman of the American Committee for Defense of British Homes"

Wouldnt that make it american?

Theres 250 million guns in america, with something like 50 million owners...

61 million of us.

You need Britain. YOU NEED BRITAIN!! where would you be without Monty Python and Black Adder!?

Isn't the purpose of the NRA to keep a substantial number of Americans armed, so that they can overthrow their government if they have to?

Monty Python is about the funniest thing I have ever seen, got it all on DVD!


You silly English KAAA-NNNNIIIIIIIIGGGGGGG-ITS


Perhaps if we built a large wooden badger..........


LOL great stuff! Kudos to you JC, good stuff

Yes Bob, like it or not, we Scots count as British citizens. We're just another corner of the English Empire ( which is probably why I detest anything that seems the slightest bit imperialistic ).

That is the primary purpose :0
That';s why I find it funny that people accuse me of not questioning the Govt.

But what would William Wallace say?

Being of Irish heritage myself, my grandpa(off the boat) barely had anything nice to say about the

"Brown teethed Limey cock-suckers" as he called them


But I have no problems!

Cider, what if it was? The founding fathers had guns available to them and wanted to be sure future generations had the same rights and ability to do what they did. Seems silly now, but, it's a crazy world out there. Plus, until you squeeze a few rounds from a .44 mag you probably wouldn't understand.

[Edited on 23-5-2003 by Bob88]

im downloaded blackadder. its so funny. BOLDRICS AMAZING!

I've never fired a .44 magnum. The most destructive weapon I've had my hands on was a gas powered Tommy Gun replica firing BBs, and it was great fun. So I can understand the attraction in gun ownership, perhaps better than many because, being a 15 year old boy, I never seem to grow tired of buring things and blowing up aerosol cans. It's in human nature to like loud noises, and to enjoy killing things.

Personally I have no problems with the NRA at all, if it regulates gun use and ownership to minimize abuse of firearms.

And Fry2, I'm sure you are intelligent enough to challenge and question your government, it just seems from my point of view that a great many Americans are not.

I'm glad to hear 15 yr. old boys still like to blow things up. 'cause I did alot of that when I was younger and still make an annual trip to purchase fireworks around July 4th.

You have a very mature outlook on the NRA, I must say. It's a great organization and no friend to those who abuse their right to own a gun. And gun ownership can be a fruitful experience, whether for hunting, recreation, or what I simply call 'blasting' - used responsibly, guns are great fun.

First, Kudos to Cider for being so mature at that age.
Second, The NRA is a great organization and I really wish we could shed the image that people have of us as rednecks shooting everything that moves.
I personally don't hunt or enjoy killing of any kind. I do however enjoy all types of target shooting (OK, I "kill" some clay pidgeons). But every other member of the NRA I have ever met have been very responsible gun owners as well as very decent people.

And back to the off hand KKK remark........
Now those are some people I would not mind shooting