Say NO to the "Petition to Forbid Support of the NRA on this Site." Here is why:

[sunwyn]

54. Let me start by saying I hate guns.

I hate the noise. I hate the smell. I hate what they do to any living thing when the bullet rips through a living thing. Assault weapons are made for nothing else but to kill other living things. You can't get away from that fact. And another thing I hate - the NRA. The bullshit that spews from that org is enough to make me puke on a daily basis. But I am also a gun owner. Not by choice but by necessity. I live in the country and do my best to raise as much food of my own as possible. But I had to face the fact years ago that I have to protect the creatures under my care from the other animals that see them as food. I am amazed at how easy it is to get a gun in this country. No one told me I had to get a background check (I bought a rifle). No one told me I was required to take a gun safety course. No one asked about my mental health. Nothing, nada, nil. While I don't think we should ban the NRA, we definitely need to start changing the discussion on guns in this country and how we view them and how they effect our society. The only way to stop the NRA is to change the attitudes of people in this country thus making the org irrelevant.