NRA to attend White House meetings on guns

[Playinghardball]

Updated 2:35pm ET: Obama administration officials will meet with the National Rifle Association Thursday, “one of the many” gun-rights advocacy groups that will attend a series of events at the White House, according to White House officials.

The NRA confirms it will attend.

“We got an invite late Friday,” NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said in a short statement. “We are sending a representative to hear what they have to say.”

White House spokesman Jay Carney downplayed the meeting, telling reporters that the NRA is just “one of the many” groups that will attend.

We have invited -- or the vice president's group has invited a number of organizations and individuals to participate in meetings," Carney said, adding, "The NRA has certainly been one of the groups, one of the many groups invited."

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16415808-nra-to-attend-white-house-meetings-on-guns?lite

WHY?

[SummerSnow]

1. Were run by fucking lobbyists, corporations and religion

[11 Bravo]

2. I hope the Secret Service runs them through a metal detector (after a cavity search).

[Mr.Bill]

3. Nothing wrong with this.

Joe will give them a good talkin'-to.

[Erose999]

4. Wasn't Biden one of the authors of the original AWB?

[Mr.Bill]

6. Yes, he was. n/t

[Jennicut]

7. He is not intimidated by their crap.

If there is one person who can handle the NRA face to face, it's Joe. I remember his efforts on the crime bill in the 90's.

[former-republican]

5. The Whitehouse has no choice

Some here love to deny the power the NRA has but it is one of the most powerful lobby groups in Washington.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. The NRA will likely use it to voice their opposition to any new regulations.

There's no negotiating with that bunch.

[former-republican]

9. There's always room for negotiating

Just like President Obama said before.
And I quote him

"Negations mean both sides have to give up something "

There's a lot that can be done on bothsides.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Only if both sides are willing to negotiate

Wayne LaPierre's remarks after Newtown suggests the NRA isn't going to give an inch. They never do.

[former-republican]

12. I could be wrong but I don't think I am.

They came out strong just like Feinstein did with her bill.
She knows it's not going to pass the way it is written.

[msanthrope]

10. Good. Let Joe Biden at 'em. nt

[dairydog91]

13. Why? Because the NRA has 4.3 million members.

The Brady Campaign has under 30,000. The ability to put millions of people into voting booths translates into raw power in Washington.