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NRA presser @ 11am,est. Surprise guest. Safety sweep of presser room.... (Original Post) Little Star Dec 2012 OP
Biden would be great heckling those fucks! bettyellen Dec 2012 #1
Not today jehop61 Dec 2012 #2
Charlton Heston's corpse Matt_in_STL Dec 2012 #3
LMAO. He was great in Ben-Hur. But as an NRA spokesperson, not so much. Hoyt Dec 2012 #7
Just hand everyone an AR-15 when the enter, that should handle it. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #4
Exactly. Everyone in the room should be armed to the hilt! AndyA Dec 2012 #8
"Next question ... Yes, the lady up here in front with the Bazoka ... what is your question?" JoePhilly Dec 2012 #9
"Would everyone with a rocket launcher please move to the back of the room AndyA Dec 2012 #15
Made me laugh. Odd why the NRA would need a security sweep. They're the ones who love guns. Little Star Dec 2012 #10
Should make for a great SNL sketch. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #14
Maybe the NRA is afraid of their own. HappyMe Dec 2012 #5
ted nugent Enrique Dec 2012 #6
Caribou Barbie?? nt rbrnmw Dec 2012 #11
Does "NRA safety sweep" mean "make sure everyone has a gun"? arcane1 Dec 2012 #12
IT'S A GUN FREE ZONE jpak Dec 2012 #13
wouldn't that be a 'sweep' to make sure everyone was armed? bigtree Dec 2012 #16
Why are they sweeping it? What a bunch of sheep! Brickbat Dec 2012 #17
Guest? It would be classic if it was Ted Nugent.... Mike Daniels Dec 2012 #18
I think they needed the sweep because the NRA was 'ascared' as my grand-babies use to say. lol Little Star Dec 2012 #21
How did you find out about this? I need a link - a witness. The Wielding Truth Dec 2012 #19
It was on CNN. Tom Foreman was at the presser talking via phone(?) to... Little Star Dec 2012 #20
I started to go off on this then thought I better have some backup. Denying guns at The Wielding Truth Dec 2012 #22
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
7. LMAO. He was great in Ben-Hur. But as an NRA spokesperson, not so much.
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:32 AM
Dec 2012

I can't wait to watch those murderous fools tell us their proposal.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
8. Exactly. Everyone in the room should be armed to the hilt!
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:33 AM
Dec 2012

It's really the only way to ensure the safety of everyone else...

Hypocrites! They don't practice what they preach!!

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
9. "Next question ... Yes, the lady up here in front with the Bazoka ... what is your question?"
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:35 AM
Dec 2012

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
15. "Would everyone with a rocket launcher please move to the back of the room
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:46 AM
Dec 2012

so others can see the podium?"

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
10. Made me laugh. Odd why the NRA would need a security sweep. They're the ones who love guns.
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:39 AM
Dec 2012

bigtree

(93,969 posts)
16. wouldn't that be a 'sweep' to make sure everyone was armed?
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:46 AM
Dec 2012

I'd think so, since they've been claiming that armed citizens are a strong deterrent to crimes.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
18. Guest? It would be classic if it was Ted Nugent....
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:07 AM
Dec 2012

if you're going to dig your own grave by ignoring the general public tenor you might as well dig deep.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
21. I think they needed the sweep because the NRA was 'ascared' as my grand-babies use to say. lol
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 03:18 PM
Dec 2012

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
20. It was on CNN. Tom Foreman was at the presser talking via phone(?) to...
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 03:15 PM
Dec 2012

Carol Costello I think it was.

The Wielding Truth

(11,432 posts)
22. I started to go off on this then thought I better have some backup. Denying guns at
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:18 PM
Dec 2012

this conference is the height of hypocrisy.

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