Lautenberg: NRA’s Rhetoric ‘Disturbing And Dangerous’

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM


DAVID TAINTOR 12:02 PM EST, FRIDAY DECEMBER 21, 2012

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) on Friday released the following statement after the National Rifle Association's press conference:

“It is beyond belief that following the Newtown tragedy, the National Rifle Association’s leaders want to fill our communities with guns and arm more Americans. The NRA points the finger of blame everywhere and anywhere it can, but they cannot escape the devastating effects of their reckless comments and irresponsible lobbying tactics. The NRA leadership is wildly out of touch with its own members, responsible gun owners, and the American public who want to close dangerous loopholes and enact common-sense gun safety reform. It is clear that their real priority is to help gun manufacturers sell more guns—not to protect our children or Americans’ rights. The extreme rhetoric of Wayne LaPierre and the NRA is disturbing and dangerous, and will only exacerbate America’s deadly culture of gun violence."

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[AgingAmerican]

1. LaPierre and the GOP are psychopaths

n/t

[supercats]

21. Exactly

succinctly put!

[Squaredeal]

2. LaPierre and the IRA leaders are sociopaths

N/T

[iandhr]

3. I can believe it.

I am not at all shocked. Did anyone think they would actually talk about sane gun laws?

[Plucketeer]

5. Heh

not on THIS planet!

[AlbertCat]

17. Well, they used to...

Long long ago...like when I was a child. The NRA was a nerdy gun safety advocacy group that preached gun safety, responsibility and abiding of gun laws.


Now they are obviously a shill for gun manufacturers .... and the GOP.

[unionthug777]

4. disturbing is right !!

to solve the gun problem, the nra wants to put even MORE guns out there !!! what am i missing here??? and in schools no less !!!! i am dumbfounded !!!

[Plucketeer]

6. No fair stealing the NRAs thunder!

THEY'RE the ones who's ideals are founded in dumb! Try flaberghasted, or mind boggled.

[unionthug777]

7. indeed

ooooohhh...flabberghasted...good word !!! i am that then !!! lol

[ailsagirl]

26. An abomination

[iandhr]

9. Disturbing yes

Surprising no. You honestly thought the NRA was going so say something rational and reasonable given their past behavior?

[earthbone]

8. NRA

It took them a week to come up with that ?

[byeya]

10. George H.W. Bush was appalled by the NRA enough to cancel his membership. Are there any

current members who are sickened by the antisocial rant from the NRA today to do the same?

[Skittles]

16. responsible gun owners will quit; gun nuts will not

yup

[closeupready]

11. In a liberal democracy, the best response to dangerous speech

is more speech.

[libodem]

12. They are a gun lobby

Under the guise of representing the everyday citizen. The NRA is promoting weapons capitalism and the right to make money on a gruesome death industry, not your right to nail a hand gun to the wall in your bedroom closet.
Ya can't polish that turd.

[SCVDem]

13. Rachel called it.

Last night she showed the NRAs response to past acts of domestic terror.

She was hoping the rhetoric would change but alas.

She nailed it.

[judesedit]

14. Let's not forget the 2nd Amendment says "a well-regulated" militia for protection of the state

"a well-regulated" militia for protection of the state not harrassment of the people

[aardvark401]

27. if the

words "the right of the people" in the second amendment only refer to a militia then when those same words are used in the 1st and 4th amendments who gets to decide what group they are referring to?

[allan01]

15. re:Lautenberg: NRA’s Rhetoric ‘Disturbing And Dangerous’

my condolences to the familys who lost loved ones due to this horrible crime . the wild west is over . get a grip people . and i agree with what the other posters said. i cant add one iota more.

[truthisfreedom]

18. Boycott the NRA and start a new gun orgaization with responsible leadership.

That fixes that problem.

Next, build double-door (airlock) entrances for schools that use metal detectors to decide whether to trap entrants inside until they can be inspected. Bullet-proof Lexan plastic windows will reduce potential victims to one... the shooter. Implement fire-door style classroom doors that close and lock automatically if a panic button is hit anywhere in the school, and have safe rooms every 20 feet that children and teachers can run to and lock themselves inside, also with Lexan windows, so they can open the rooms to save others. One time expense that's a lot more effective than hiring a policeman.

[Lordquinton]

20. You forgot something

[Zoeisright]

22. And what about people who are shot in malls?

Movie theaters? Churches? On the street? Etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.???

What a stupid post.

[Posteritatis]

24. That's far inferior to the idea of just sealing everyone inside their own Chobham-armored crate. nt

[Aviation Pro]

28. Tanker?

You said chobham.

[wordpix]

19. wow, go Lautenberg and go, DEMS! Now you're talking

You got that right - sell more guns is what they want. Period. Now they think they can arm every school in the country. Just what we want, teachers and principals walking around with guns in their holsters.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

23. The NRA is not just "wildly out of touch" with its members,

it's wildly greedy with gun manufactures for profits and not caring what it does to the safety of our country.

[Odin2005]

25. He's old enough to remember a time before politics went psycho.