NRA Board Members in the Tank with Domestic Terrorists

[jpak]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/nra-board-members-in-the_b_847895.html

In February, I blogged here at the Huffington Post and commented on National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre's recent call for the implementation of a militia movement untethered to government authority. In his speech before the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference, LaPierre claimed that American police forces can no longer protect us and fantasized about " citizens coming together, in the face of lawlessness, to protect their neighborhoods."

Recent events in Alaska demonstrate that the NRA's connection to violent anti-government militias is more than just conceptual. In fact, two longstanding NRA board members are closely tied to a group of extremists who were just put in jail after plotting insurrectionary killings.

On March 10, 2011, five members of the Second Amendment Task Force/Alaska Peacemakers Militia were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping. The group, led by Francis "Schaeffer" Cox, 27, had stockpiled firearms and munitions and was planning to kill Alaska State Troopers and a federal judge. Cox had previously stated that "our government is sliding into tyranny, a police state" and boasted to law enforcement authorities that he had them "outmanned and outgunned." Cox's sordid past of sedition and domestic abuse was chronicled well in a recent article by David Holthouse.

Following these arrests, a YouTube video was uncovered by the staff of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence that shows NRA board member and U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-edit:moran AK-At Large) signing an insurrectionist "Letter of Declaration" drafted by Schaeffer Cox. Young signed the document with Cox looking on while attending an "open carry" event in Fairbanks on April 13, 2009.

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[ileus]

1. This reminds me I need to join the NRA...

[safeinOhio]

8. Another great reason for you to join

Rep. Young isn't the only NRA board member to pal around with Schaeffer Cox. That honor also goes to Wayne Anthony Ross.

Ross is an extremely controversial figure in Alaskan politics who has served on the NRA board for over 30 years. During that time, he has garnered criticism by writing editorials with titles "KKK 'Art' Project Gets 'A' for Courage," and "It is Time We Quit Crying over the Oil Spill." Then there are alleged public comments made by Ross, including "If a guy can't rape his wife...who's he gonna' rape?" and "There wouldn't be an issue with domestic violence if women would learn to keep their mouths shut." This past was drudged up in 2009 when Ross was nominated to serve as attorney general by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.


Don't forget to join the KKK too.

[onehandle]

2. Same as it ever was. nt

[lawodevolution]

3. They are having to do this in Mexico.

I guess we should start early so the gangs don't have the chance to take over

[jpak]

4. start what - domestic terrorist squads?

:shrug:

[Name removed]

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[jpak]

7. Militias suck - large

yup

[Zoeisright]

6. Not surprising.

There's something ... weird ... about people who adore killing machines.

[Starboard Tack]

11. You can say that again. Many of us wonder.

[gejohnston]

9. written by the

Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence on a website that makes money off of the slave labor of amateur writers. Sorry, wake me up when it is broken by real journalists.:tinfoilhat:

[krispos42]

10. Well, no surprise there.

After all, you have to be armed to have an armed rebellion. I doubt many members of the Brady Campaign are running around calling for armed rebellion.


The Democrats are officially less pro-gun than the Republicans, ergo a) most gun owners will be Repubelican or Repubelican-leaning, and b) most people in a pro-gun organization will be Repubelicans or Repubelican-leaning.


Wayne LaPierre needs to shut his mouth and disassociate himself and the NRA from the militia movement if he wants to effectively fight for pro-gun legislation in the US.

[rl6214]

12. Let me know if/when a real news organization picks this up

Until then I will look at the source and the article with a bit of skepticism

[DonP]

13. "Huff Po Bloggers get fucked over by Ariana"

Let's see ... guys that get conned into writing for free for years and then let her walk off with over $30 million when she sells their work, aren't smart enough to take seriously on guns or much of anything else.

[Katya Mullethov]

14. Kick for the lulz

Its all for a good cause .