Following NRA head Wayne LaPierre's endorsement of extremist Leftwing Democrat Harry Reid in Nevada, the organization has been embroiled in a controversy that threatens its credibility and relevance.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File). Harry Reid.
NRA members by the hundreds, if not thousands, have expressed outrage that the organization's leading spokesman would go out of his way to extol the virtues of Reid at a time when the nation faces its most dire Constitutional crisis since the Civil War.
And now, the controversy has flared up again as organization insiders report that the NRA itself, in addition to LaPierre, will endorse Reid over patriot Sharron Angle, the Tea Party favorite, in the race for the U.S. Senate in Nevada.
Conservative Examiner reported previously that Wayne LaPierre's endorsement of Reid is a signal that the NRA as an organization is on the same page. And unless NRA members inundate the central offices of the organization to protest the pending endorsement, then the thing is a done deal.
An endorsement of Reid will lead directly to multi-thousands of NRA members dropping out of the organization and tearing up their membership cards for good. Many have done so already.
Why is this issues such a sticking point? After all, the NRA admits that it is a 'single-issue' organization and that it will essentially endorse anyone, particularly incumbents, who will vote in favor of NRA-endorsed legislation, even if those very same individuals also vote for the most horrifying attacks against liberty that this nation has ever witnessed.
One can assume, given the NRA's own admission concerning its standards, that the organization would endorse unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers as long as Ayers voted for some key gun rights legislation, although he believes that bombing federal buildings is a good thing and that the U.S. Constitution is basically irrelevant.
Harry Reid has been no friend of the Constitution. His many votes in the U.S. Senate, in addition to his many statements as Senate Majority Leader since 2006 when the Democrats took control of Congress, indicate without doubt that he is a dangerous 'progressive' who thinks the Constitution stands in the way of 'human progress toward fundamental change in government.'
But Reid has voted in favor of enough NRA-endorsed gun legislation to please the moguls in the organization's leadership. Thus, they stand ready to issue an official endorsement.
So, in other words, Reid has bought off the NRA with enough votes for guns to cause the organization to look the other way while he votes to dismantle the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, gives a glowing review of anti-gun Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, and supports a host of various bills that in the end undermine the very gun rights the NRA claims is its 'single issue.'
There is still time to stop the NRA from making this terrible mistake. Members can call the organization and register their protest and state in no uncertain terms that if it endorses Reid they will cancel their membership.
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Comments
Incredible.
the NRA knows the game well...in Reid, they have a known entity...in Angle, they have a loose gun...she ahs alrady misspoken and hidden from the press...she does not make for a solid candidate....the NRA knows this and knows that chances are good that Angle will botch up her race for office before election time...YOU might forgive everything Angle says and does because your really want Reid out, but the majority of middle of the road to the left will not...the NRA knows this and backs Reid as the probable winner.
LaPierre has lost his mind! reid is a left wing activist. he will do anything for his left wing element in the party. if LaPierre trusts this guy he must be replaced. This could be the downfall of the NRA . . . . soon to be one SCOTUS vote short of being put out of biz by the lefty loons!!!
Exactly! Harry Reid...A LEFT-WING ACTIVIST??? Jeez! My Grandpa Joe is a left-wing activist and he'd make Reid look like a John Bircher comparitively! These guys don't understand political history at all. Wait till the revolution...we'll ship 'em out to reeducation camps to get their thinking straightened out!
Reid gives one thing with one hand and takes two away with the other. I, like many, are or have given up our membership in the N.R.A. and have no trust in LaPierre....he sleeps with the enemy and is nothing better than a common prostitute! The N.R.A. isn't the only gun rights organization out there....I'm sure that Heston, if still alive, would have turned in his N.R.A. membership card by now, and probably would have told LaPierre where he could put his !
No more membership, no more "round up" donations not one penny until Wayne and company are gone, PERIOD!
Regardless of the relationship between a politician & an organization like the NRA, we need to focus on issues, and any politician that is contrary to the best interests of the US should be recalled, impeached, or voted out. We need decent candidates.
The thing that really sticks in my craw about this whole matter is the NRA's contention that gun rights can be separated from liberty as a whole. Such 'reasoning' is imbecilic. By endorsing politicians that vote consistently against the liberties protected in the Constitution, the NRA actually winds up advocating AGAINST gun rights, not for them.
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They've now convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that they do NOT want me as a member any longer.
Anthony G. Martin says:
"The thing that really sticks in my craw about this whole matter is the NRA's contention that gun rights can be separated from liberty as a whole. Such 'reasoning' is imbecilic. By endorsing politicians that vote consistently against the liberties protected in the Constitution, the NRA actually winds up advocating AGAINST gun rights, not for them."
if the MRA becomes an arm of the republican party,they lose about one third of their members...believe it or not, the NRA has many democrats and independents... and don't even try to say that they would get new republican members to replace them...you've seen here exactly how loyal those republicans are (how many are saying they are dropping their NRA memberships again???)
Walrus--As much as I try to avoid referring to you as a complete idiot, I can't stop when you come with trash like this. WHO SAID A DAMN THING ABOUT THE NRA BEING REPUBLICAN?!! Do only Republicans stand for liberty, you jerk? This is an AMERICAN issue, a CONSTITUTIONAL issue, a LIBERTY issue, and it really doesn't matter what Party it involves. Harry Reid is an enemy of liberty because he has done nothing but serve as the slave of Obama in the Senate--pushing through the Emperor's subversive agenda no matter what. I also have the same problem with Snowe, Graham, Collins, and to a great degree, McCain--all Republicans. So get off this common attempt of yours to send out a red herring. And don't try to come back here with anymore of your B.S. You are through on this particular thread. I won't have it.
I'm not a fuggin republicrap!
This is a LIBERTY issue NOT republicrap nor demoncrap.
It's an AMERICAN issue.
It's a CONSTITUTIONAL issue.
And, most of all, I agree, Walrus IS (regardless of what the definition of is is) an idiot!
@ Anthony
so, when you don't like opposing opinions, you censor them?
That seems to be the conservative way. Censor speech when it doesn't agree with you...THAT is the first step to losing our freedoms!!! Conservatives are the ones that are most guilty of trampling on free speech...I can't even begin to name the times you have threatened to censor those opposing your opinion...who is being a dictator now????
Walrus--You can say anything you want, but that does not mean you can do it on my page!! Get your own freakin' page if you want to blather away with your deliberate diversionary tactics--putting words in my mouth, floating our red herrings, etc. NO MORE ON THIS THREAD PERIOD! Your next post will be deleted.
It seems to me that there's a particular Supreme Court nominee who's against free speech....burning of books and all, and selected by OUR self proclaimed socialist president, who is advocating a federal take over of the internet!
Anthony....Just because someone sounds like and idiot and more than likely looks like and idiot....does that mean he's an idiot? I won't be naming any names here....I think it's obvious. Have a great 4th. of July....GOD bless America and may GOD save our freedoms !
Phil--Thanks, and Happy Independence Day to you, my friend. God bless the USA!
Anthony G. Martin says:
"Walrus--You can say anything you want, but that does not mean you can do it on my page!! Get your own freakin' page if you want to blather away with your deliberate diversionary tactics--putting words in my mouth, floating our red herrings, etc. NO MORE ON THIS THREAD PERIOD! Your next post will be deleted. "
censorship with the delete key, huh?
"Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech." -Bejamin Franklin
Hey Phil,
My dear fellow, even considering I'm a bible thumping born again, saved by the Blood Christian, I'd have to say that you should NOT impugn 'average whores' by comparing them to Harry Reid:
The whores actually work for a living and threaten no ones constitutional liberty!
Cheers and have a great 4th.
The Lord be with you.
Hey Anthony,
The poor Mollusk Molester simply doesn't 'get it'.
Per the usual Social Progressive drivel he usually spews, he simply can't stand nor empirically refute, actual real world facts, evidence, or logic.
When you present such to him, he pops up with his 7th grade idiocy, whining to the proverbial Nth Degree, and then shells out some SP mantra that has no relation whatsoever to the actual subject matter.
The poor Mollusk Molester can't even wrap his empty head around the concept of free speech carrying with it RESPONSIBILITY: from his SP view, there is ZERO personal responsibility associated with Free Speech, which is why he puts out unsupportable pablum and then when confronted with it, whips out a quote from a Founding Father, wholly out of context.
I've debated with many SP's on my pages (Casper Coffee Examiner and Casper Christianity Examiner) and they simply cannot reason logically.
Sad, but true.
Have a great 4th and good work again!
Cheers.
where is Moses?
J R Bailey Casper....I wasn't comparing Reid...it was LaPirre...but your point is taken and I concur....these male sluts have the stench of gratuitous intercourse on them....a smell that will never go away....by Godly standards they are unclean!
Hello all, you can get into the nitty gritty of the article, but here is something for everyone to look up:
Remember the Tea Party kick-off in Search Light, Nevada, Harry Reid's hometown? One week later, NRA chief, Wayne, had an event with Harry to prop him back up. Look it up.
Also, Wayne and Chris Cox are both DEMOCRATS. They are NOT friends of conservatives. Wayne started his political career on the Hill as a Democrat staffer.
Check out Chet Edwards in TX. The history is there. The NRA AND Bush opposed "Guns in the cockpit" after 9-11, and GOA pushed it through and the NRA came on board AFTER it was a done-deal.
One last thing, the NRA is by NO MEANS a single issue organization. They are an 800 pound gorilla on The Hill. They could have stopped Healthcare, just as they acquiesced and helped GOA stop the beginnings of statehood for DC.
All the people that go to Quail Unlimited in my area are really upset over this action taken by your spokenman. You have know idea how much money we pour into your origization. If you were any kind dof American you would be fighting for our rights instead of supoorting someone like Harry Reid who is going down anyway. We will take action against both of you.
Lina Napierala
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That Is IT for the NRA. La PU, your GONE!
Traitor!
Terminate my membership as of 6/5/10 for your endosement of Senator Harry Reid!
G.Savy Jr.
Harry loved Soto and her vote went against the 2nd amendment. He loves Kagen and her vote too with go against the 2nd. By PROXY Harry "punch drunk" Reid is very ANTI GUN, Anti 2nd, and would love to make the populace beg at his feet. Shame on the NRA. It's leadership has the stench of a VEGAS back-room deal.
My membership in the NRA ends immediately. I am going out to peel the NRA stickers off of my cars right now.
The NRA is a "political" organization. Their "political" goal is to increase their "political" influence in regards to issues related to guns. That's their responsibility to their members.
Period.
Angle, who is one of the most uncompromising legislators I've seen, simply has NO play, which is what the Tea Party loves, but "politically" it is a big loser.
Think. If some democrat in Virgina is placed in a position where he is being pressured to screw with gun control laws, and Reid calls him, saying, "Back off. I'll make sure the senator from NC doesn't steal your federal projects for logging when the next bill comes up". Or, they ask Angle, who tells them that she doesn't play those games, and hangs up.
No matter how dirty it seems, it is the job of the NRA to control liberals from increasing gun control.
Burning your cards because they are doing their job is weak-minded and childish. If the Tea Party supported someone who could do the job, she'd have their suppo
I too wish to remove all contact with the NRA, I will not renew, I don't want their newsletter, as they are becoming the "John McCain" voice for us. Weakened by their own stupidity. We must start our own 2nd amendment organization as this one has left us.
You can cancel my NRA membership also. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi both need to go. I can not be part of any organization that supports either of these two.
I understand being a "one issue" organization. That said, if there is no country left - the one issue is dead. Harry Reid has worked overtime to dismantle this great country along with his co-horts in the White House and House. To endorse this slime-ball is enough to move me to find/form the NEW Gun-Owners of America organization that has some sense about it.
I just renewed my membership at the end of June. I am cancelling it as of today and demanding my money to be refunded. I'm joining Gun Owners of America. Just like the NRA I'm a one issue person--the constitution. Goodbye NRA!
It is a sad time again for America. First AARP shafted us now it's the NRA. Way to go Wayne, Obama will be proud of you. My membership will cancel tommorrow and many will follow. Money does talk, hu LaPierre.
I canceled my membership to the NRA today, because I support the constitution. The WHOLE constitution. I don't want to be a member of an organization that would endorse someone who hates it and works to undermine it with every syllable he utters. Reid will support the second amendment only as long as it is to his political advantage to do so. Screw Reid, LaPierre, the NRA, and the horses they rode in on.
As a Nevada resident and gun owner I can only say the Mr. LaPierre has whizzed in the face of every Nevada conservative who wants Reid out. The NRA will no longer be a part of my life. BTW... this is a wonderful way to honor the Krentz family and their loss.... I doubt Bob was a Reid supporter.
NRA AND DIRTY HARRY---WHAT MORE COULD THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA HOPE FOR--
Let your voices be heard---the NRA are against women in Congress!
Check their record--you will see for yourself---NRA HAS MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE--FOR THEMSELVES--AND FOR AMERICA!
I just emailed the NRA and cancelled my membership. They are no better than all the other whores in Washington... Well, they will just have to sell their BS without my money!
The NRA is a MEMBER driven organization. This means their current leadership (Read: Mental midgets endorsing Reid.) can be voted out.
With this firmly in mind as a reasonable and thinking adult, somebody tell me why we would throw away the strength of 4 Million loyal and patriotic Americans due to a few mental midgets??
Who here is old enough to remember the saying; "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"??
Write and call the NRA and chew their ass until they change their mind just like I did!
The surest way to preserve "the people's right to keep and bear arms" is to elect a Republican majority to the Senate. When the GOP held the majority in the Senate, the NRA didn't have worry about gun control legislation being passed in Congress. The best way to insure a GOP majority in the Senate is to elect Republicans to the Senate. I cannot see how endorsing a Democrat Senator that supported Brady and the Assault Weapons ban can help insure a Republoican majority in the Senate! If the NRA endorses this anti-liberty leftist progresive I will cancel my membership, which I have held for over 45 years in that organization.
"Write and call the NRA and chew their ass until they change their mind just like I did!"
When I wrote them on this matter they merely reply with the virtues of this leftist progressive gun-grabber. It was this type of leadership that nearly sunk the NRA in the 1970s. I guess this new crew haven't the lesson yet. There are other 2nd Amendment supporting organization out there who do not compromise on liberty simply to score political points with those who would take our guns away!
"Harry loved Soto and her vote went against the 2nd amendment. He loves Kagen and her vote too with go against the 2nd."
The NRA made a vote for Kagan's nomination a "scored" vote. I can't wait to hear how spin Reid's pro-KIagan vote in her confirmation.
Twenty four years as a member and the support of Reid will end my membership of what I thought was an Consitutional supporting organization.
Maybe it is time for another change?
As soon as i hear the nra edorses reid, then i will cancel my membership . I have been a memmber for many yrs, but that will end it.
With this foolish endorcement of Reid the NRA can kiss my mbership good-bye. Such foolishness from people who should know better.
I am horrified and outraged that LaPierre has endorsed Harry Reid!!! This guy is evil and hates America; he is right with Obama wanting to destroy the country. Wake up Wayne and rescind the endorsement!!! And support Angle, a real American.
I just wrote the letter to the NRA to officially cancel 3 lifetime memberships. You have to write a letter for it to be official I hear. I'll be sending that letter "registered mail", too. I told them they dropped the ball on this one big time by holding hands with Satan. Harry Reid is no friend of the Constitution :( and he's no friend of freedom loving people, even if he does own a gun. Anyway, he'd use it on conservatives before he'd ever blow away a liberal loon....
I just wrote the letter to the NRA to officially cancel 3 lifetime memberships. You have to write a letter for it to be official I hear. I'll be sending that letter "registered mail", too. I told them they dropped the ball on this one big time by holding hands with Satan. Harry Reid is no friend of the Constitution :( and he's no friend of freedom loving people, even if he does own a gun. Anyway, he'd use it on conservatives before he'd ever blow away a liberal loon....
It's so much fun watching you murderous red necks eat each other alive.
I can't believe it. What the H*ll are they thinking. I guess supporting my State gun owner's associations are the way to go. The NRA has f*cked up.
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