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January 18, 2013
+1. I'm sure Sharpton would prefer *these* inconvenient truths were ignored:
http://www.onthemedia.org/2010/aug/27/tabula-rosa/transcript/TIM TYSON: I think for some reason we are unwilling to honor people who are politically active. We want to honor people who just have had enough and sort of spontaneously won't take it any more. But somehow if they get categorized as active citizens, which would be a positive way of saying it, as troublemakers – which is the way we often [CHUCKLES] think about such persons – then somehow it becomes self-serving, part of a movement which we're less comfortable with. And I think that's just an American popular cultural narrative that we pick up very quickly. And indeed, it started very quickly after the bus boycott. And they talked about her tired feet. That gets mentioned a lot more often than it should. She may have been a little bit tired, but that had nothing to do with the decision that she made. BOB GARFIELD: In that same Washington Post obituary there was, it seemed, a palpable sense of disappointment that the myth is, in fact, a myth. Why are we so reluctant to let it go? TIM TYSON: There's a sense in which Mrs. Parks is very important to our post-civil rights racial narrative, because we really want a kind of sugar-coated civil rights movement that's about purity and interracial non-violence. And so we don't really want to meet the real Rosa Parks. We don't, for example, want to know that in the late 1960s, Rosa Parks became a black nationalist and a great admirer of Malcolm X. I met Rosa Parks at the funeral of Robert F. Williams, who had fought the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina with a machine gun in the late 1950s and then fled to Cuba, and had been a kind of international revolutionary icon of black power. Ms. Parks delivered the eulogy at his funeral. She talks in her autobiography and says that she never believed in non-violence and that she was incapable of that herself, and that she kept guns in her home to protect her family. But we want a little old lady with tired feet. You may have noticed we don't have a lot of pacifist white heroes. We prefer our black people meek and mild, I think.
January 16, 2013
"The 2nd amendment protects a legitimate individual right" - Barack Obama
Enough with the 'militia' bunkum, already...
January 15, 2013
A historical reminder for Prohibitionists of all stripes
Some of you may remember this quote as read by Peter Coyote in Ken Burns' excellent
mini-series Prohibition. It's from a speech by evangelist Billy Sunday given as the Eighteenth Amendment
banning alcohol was about to go into effect:
"The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs. Men will walk upright now, women will smile and children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent."
You may very well get the laws you want- but the effects you expect those laws to bring about
might be a different story...
January 15, 2013
Cool. He can appear to do something substantial, while knowing...
...that it won't get past the Republicans in the House.
Well played, sir, well played!
January 13, 2013
Remember to adjust your posts accordingly, and be sure and delete all the posts that you can where
previous erroneous objections were made.
We of course don't want a repeat of what happened when
certain deluded and/or malicious posters confused the highly un-Constitutional Bush/Cheney secret terrorist watch lists with the quite acceptable ones now in use...
Attention: Objections to Citizens United are now inoperative...
...since that decision will now be put to good use:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172103071
Gun-regulation groups rebuilding after NRA dominance
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/13/gun-regulation-groups/1823735/
...Former representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head and seriously wounded in a January 2011 shooting in Tucson that killed six, started a new super PAC, Americans for Responsible Solutions, aimed at supporting political candidates who favor "common sense" measures on guns.
Steve Mostyn, a Houston trial lawyer, said he was donating $1 million to Giffords' group and expects other to join him. Mostyn gave $4 million to Priorities USA Action, the super PAC that backed President Obama's re-election last year...
...The involvement of Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, has "helped change the equation" in favor of more gun regulations, Glaze said.
Their super PAC is modeled after one created last year by Bloomberg, Independence USA, which spent $8 million in the final weeks of the 2012 election and helped oust pro-gun Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., with a final-day advertising blitz. The group raised $400,000 Tuesday, said Mostyn, who is also the super PAC's treasurer...
Steve Mostyn, a Houston trial lawyer, said he was donating $1 million to Giffords' group and expects other to join him. Mostyn gave $4 million to Priorities USA Action, the super PAC that backed President Obama's re-election last year...
...The involvement of Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, has "helped change the equation" in favor of more gun regulations, Glaze said.
Their super PAC is modeled after one created last year by Bloomberg, Independence USA, which spent $8 million in the final weeks of the 2012 election and helped oust pro-gun Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., with a final-day advertising blitz. The group raised $400,000 Tuesday, said Mostyn, who is also the super PAC's treasurer...
Remember to adjust your posts accordingly, and be sure and delete all the posts that you can where
previous erroneous objections were made.
We of course don't want a repeat of what happened when
certain deluded and/or malicious posters confused the highly un-Constitutional Bush/Cheney secret terrorist watch lists with the quite acceptable ones now in use...
January 10, 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014360316
The NRA *and* the Brady Campaign(s) might be both be headed to the dustheap...
...of history, and I couldn't be happier about it. The sooner the armed wing of the Republican Party and the
crypto-Prohibitionists are gone, the better.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022140356
The NRA might be replaced by the Firearms Policy Coalition.
http://www.firearmspolicy.org/
Plenty of gun owners are tired of the NRA's sucking up to the Republicans (and
the cultural warfare that goes with it), and some groups of gun owners
and industry types are finally doing something about it.
However, gun control advocates shouldn't jump for joy just yet-
The coaltion of groups that make up the FPC have a better track record
at winning court cases and getting less-restrictive firearms laws passed than
the NRA has of late
the cultural warfare that goes with it), and some groups of gun owners
and industry types are finally doing something about it.
However, gun control advocates shouldn't jump for joy just yet-
The coaltion of groups that make up the FPC have a better track record
at winning court cases and getting less-restrictive firearms laws passed than
the NRA has of late
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014360316
Gabby Giffords launches group to counter gun lobby
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/
Dear fellow American,
Two years ago, a mentally ill young man shot me in the head, killed six of my constituents, and wounded 12 others. Since that terrible day, America has seen 11 more mass shootings – but no response from Congress to prevent gun violence. After the massacre of 20 children and six of their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary though, it’s clear: This time must be different.
Americans for Responsible Solutions will encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership by communicating directly with the constituents that elect them.
Join us today, and tell your elected leaders that Americans are demanding responsible solutions to reduce gun violence.
Please take a moment to read our op-ed.
Sincerely,
Gabby & Mark
Two years ago, a mentally ill young man shot me in the head, killed six of my constituents, and wounded 12 others. Since that terrible day, America has seen 11 more mass shootings – but no response from Congress to prevent gun violence. After the massacre of 20 children and six of their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary though, it’s clear: This time must be different.
Americans for Responsible Solutions will encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership by communicating directly with the constituents that elect them.
Join us today, and tell your elected leaders that Americans are demanding responsible solutions to reduce gun violence.
Please take a moment to read our op-ed.
Sincerely,
Gabby & Mark
January 6, 2013
Might the Firearms Policy Coalition elbow the NRA aside politically?
I don't know, but I'd certainly like to see them try...
I posted in GD concerning this very subject
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022140356
The NRA might be replaced by the Firearms Policy Coalition.
January 6, 2013
http://www.firearmspolicy.org/about/
I, for one, would be quite happy to see the political wing of the NRA go the way of the Whigs
or the Know-Nothings- however, I will wait and see before joining the FPC.
The NRA might be replaced by the Firearms Policy Coalition.
Plenty of gun owners are tired of the NRA's sucking up to the Republicans (and
the cultural warfare that goes with it), and some groups of gun owners
and industry types are finally doing something about it.
However, gun control advocates shouldn't jump for joy just yet-
The coaltion of groups that make up the FPC have a better track record
at winning court cases and getting less-restrictive firearms laws passed than
the NRA has of late
http://www.firearmspolicy.org/
For too long, our Second Amendment civil rights have been shackled to partisan politics, leveraged, horse-traded, misrepresented, and misunderstood. That frustrating history is why we created FPC – because your fundamental individual liberty deserves better.
What makes FPC so different? Our product. Put simply, FPC delivers. From landmark federal lawsuits like D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago to our highly-successful STOP SB 249 Campaign to stop a new gun ban in California, our Coalition members all have something in common: defending Second Amendment rights – your rights – has been and will forever remain the priority.
What makes FPC so different? Our product. Put simply, FPC delivers. From landmark federal lawsuits like D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago to our highly-successful STOP SB 249 Campaign to stop a new gun ban in California, our Coalition members all have something in common: defending Second Amendment rights – your rights – has been and will forever remain the priority.
http://www.firearmspolicy.org/about/
About Us
Firearms Policy Coalition is effective and modern Second Amendment advocacy.
Technology provides an opportunity for gun owners to more easily make their voice heard by policymakers, the media, and others within our culture. In an age where families connect on Facebook and news breaks first on Twitter, we simply cannot rely on an inefficient, decades-old model of firearms policy activism and a tired, partisan message. That’s why we created FPC: it’s time to move our cause – and our culture – forward.
Our fundamental right to keep and bear arms is not determined or qualified by race, class, wealth, or political affiliation.
A project of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and The Calguns Foundation (CGF), the Coalition strives to offer a modern, effective vehicle for advocacy, education, and grassroots advocacy for our Second Amendment civil rights.
Firearms Policy Coalition is effective and modern Second Amendment advocacy.
Technology provides an opportunity for gun owners to more easily make their voice heard by policymakers, the media, and others within our culture. In an age where families connect on Facebook and news breaks first on Twitter, we simply cannot rely on an inefficient, decades-old model of firearms policy activism and a tired, partisan message. That’s why we created FPC: it’s time to move our cause – and our culture – forward.
Our fundamental right to keep and bear arms is not determined or qualified by race, class, wealth, or political affiliation.
A project of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and The Calguns Foundation (CGF), the Coalition strives to offer a modern, effective vehicle for advocacy, education, and grassroots advocacy for our Second Amendment civil rights.
I, for one, would be quite happy to see the political wing of the NRA go the way of the Whigs
or the Know-Nothings- however, I will wait and see before joining the FPC.
January 3, 2013
Hmmm, can't get a ban through the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature of what is
arguably the most antigun state in the US?
Cue the acting out in 3...2...1...
(Illinois) Democrats pull plug on gun, ammo bans
Reposted from GD:
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/democrats-pull-plug-on-gun-ammo-bans/article_32f17fc4-55db-11e2-a7a7-001a4bcf887a.html
Democrats pull plug on gun, ammo bans
2 hours ago • Kurt Erickson
SPRINGFIELD — There’s not enough support in the Illinois Senate to impose tough new restrictions on semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
In a setback for gun-control advocates in the wake of the killings of school children in Connecticut, the Illinois Senate was poised to adjourn Thursday without voting on two pieces of legislation aimed at limiting access to certain kinds of weapons and bullets.
Although the two proposals could emerge again when the legislature reconvenes next week, the lack of action shows the General Assembly remains divided on how to balance Second Amendment issues...
2 hours ago • Kurt Erickson
SPRINGFIELD — There’s not enough support in the Illinois Senate to impose tough new restrictions on semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
In a setback for gun-control advocates in the wake of the killings of school children in Connecticut, the Illinois Senate was poised to adjourn Thursday without voting on two pieces of legislation aimed at limiting access to certain kinds of weapons and bullets.
Although the two proposals could emerge again when the legislature reconvenes next week, the lack of action shows the General Assembly remains divided on how to balance Second Amendment issues...
Hmmm, can't get a ban through the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature of what is
arguably the most antigun state in the US?
Cue the acting out in 3...2...1...
January 3, 2013
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/ColtRifles/ColtMatchTarget.aspx
Colt Match Target® Rifles
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/ColtPistols.aspx
Be sure and keep us informed how your effort to expel Colt workers from the UAW goes, eh?
What's the matter, don't you support your fellow UAW members?
http://www.uaw.org/page/where-we-workIn manufacturing, UAW members produce well-known consumer products including Kohler bathroom fixtures, Lennox home furnaces and air conditioners, Miller beers, Colt firearms, Master Loc locks, Land O' Lakes butter, Folger's coffee, Libby's and Crosse & Blackwell canned foods, and Planter's nuts.
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/ColtRifles/ColtMatchTarget.aspx
Colt Match Target® Rifles
Colt’s Match Target® line of rifles is a direct descendant of the original Colt M16 supplied to the U.S. Armed Forces decades ago. Available with many different options, there is one that is perfect for any shooting need. From the 24” full floating stainless steel barrel on the CR6724 to the 16.1” chrome lined government profile barrel on the MT6400R, each rifle comes standard with a flat top receiver which allows for mounting an optic to match the shooting conditions. Their unmatched accuracy, performance and durability make Colt Match Target rifles the favorite of hunters, plinkers and competitive shooters everywhere.
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/ColtPistols.aspx
Be sure and keep us informed how your effort to expel Colt workers from the UAW goes, eh?
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