Why Young Republicans in Texas are teaming up with the NRA

[SecularMotion]

Many Canadians find the NRA an invidious group and believe it corrupts the debate about gun control in the United States. But in Texas the NRA is widely viewed as a champion of liberty, the most fundamental value of a free society.

In any event, it was a rare opportunity to see how closely the party and the lobby group work together — though if there were radical new ideas about how the game could be played I didn’t hear them.

Mostly it was about communication and networking, about making sure that each of the Young Republicans was properly integrated into the NRA and then signing up those who weren’t already members. It was about ensuring that the rookies had the correct messaging when canvassing for the NRA’s goals.

In a nutshell, it was about establishing an early relationship between the NRA and young Republicans.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/22/f-vp-boag-us-election-texas.html

[Loudly]

1. Kind of like how creationists brainwash their young.

[Buzz Clik]

2. In Texas, this is the equation: Young Texan = Young Republican

There are young Dems in Texas, but they are outnumbered.

As Molly Ivins reminded us, even Democrats in Texas are conservative.

Texas is NRA heaven.

[Walk away]

3. It must be horrible to live in Texas if you aren't an asshole.

I have a Libertarian client who is retiring to a Dallas suburb in two years. She has already bought the house from the bank who foreclosed on the original family who lived there. She has been at the big banks or on "The Street" thirty five years and only visits Texas at Christmas too see her crazy brother.

I can't wait until the culture shock hits her. She has no idea how liberal she has become.

[PavePusher]

7. "It must be horrible to live in Texas if you aren't an asshole."

Vile fucktarded regional bigotry is still vile fucktarded bigotry.

Shove back up your excretory hole.

[Walk away]

8. There you go! Proving my point:-)

[PavePusher]

11. The point being that you are promoting bigotry?

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Yep, proven.

[spin]

10. Many Libertarians support gun rights.

The Libertarianism FAQ

***snip***

B3. What is the libertarian position on gun control?

Consistently opposed. The revolutionaries who kicked out King George based their call for insurrection on the idea that Americans have not only the right but the duty to oppose a tyrannical government with force -- and that duty implies readiness to use force. This is why Thomas Jefferson said that "Firearms are the American yeoman's liberty teeth" and, in common with many of the Founding Fathers, asserted that an armed citizenry is the securest guarantee of freedom. Libertarians assert that "gun control" is a propagandist's lie for "people control", and even if it worked for reducing crime and violence (which it does not; when it's a crime to own guns, only criminals own them) it would be a fatally bad bargain.
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/libertarianism.html#B3

Of course many from the large urban areas such as New York City have little familiarity with firearms and gun owners. Therefore your client might indeed have a cultural shock when she realizes how many gun owners there are in Texas.

However I have worked with people who migrated to Florida from gun unfriendly areas. Many actually decided to buy a firearm and enjoyed target shooting or owned it for self defense. Some obtained a concealed weapons permit and carried a handgun on a regular basis. One co-worker who came from the Bronx in New York City who had a carry permit used his handgun to stop a road raged individual from attacking him. No shot were fired and the situation ended peacefully.

I should point out that I often find those who live in cities like New York tend to look down on those who live in other areas of the nation such as Texas or Florida. For example you stated:

" It must be horrible to live in Texas if you aren't an asshole."

It is also equally sad that those who do live in states like Texas and Florida also have very negative opinions about those who live in cities like New York. I have often heard strong criticism from Floridians about the fact that those from New York city are impolite, pushy and obnoxious.

The truth is that good people live in all areas of our nation. It is also true that good people from these culturally different areas often disagree on issues such as gun control. When an individual moves to Texas or Florida from New York City he/she might discover that many well educated people own and responsibly use firearms while in New York City the very restrictive firearm laws largely limit the ownership of such weapons to the criminal element. Of course that is not always the case.

[krispos42]

4. I assume that the Brady campaign is working equally hard...

... in California? After all, if the NRA playbook is so effective, then the path to political victory over them involves using their own effectiveness against them, yes?

[gejohnston]

5. you would think with all the grass roots activists Brady has

Oh wait, their claimed membership is less than half of National Firearms Association's membership. Might be about the same as NRA-UK's.

[gejohnston]

6. Canadian anti gunners seem to be as

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classist and anti rural as their US counterparts. From the comments

Why these people think they need to own many guns is very creepy. This obsession with fear has really given groups like this room to encourage more firepower. Gee maybe a world or country without guns ? maybe just hunters and no more gun collections and mac 10's ? . Yes I understand guns are needed in the woods at times and even in some cases of policing but arsenals and groups of people with arsenals are just the same as a jacked up hillbilly on steroids using his monster truck to hide the fact he has no balls. Des the second amendment mean I have the right to wear a wife beater ? Like they say don't mess with Texas.

NRA = National Redneck Association.

My favorite comment was about buying AR-15 ammo at Wal Mart is not "freedom", odd coming from a country where a 12 year old can buy that very same ammo at Wal Mart.

[ileus]

9. The Canadians are afraid of the NRA also?