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WillyT

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Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:06 PM Jun 2015

WOW !!! - 'Knee-Deep In Blood: We Are All Being Held Hostage By Wayne LaPierre’s Children' - RawSto [View all]

Knee-deep in blood: We are all being held hostage by Wayne LaPierre’s children
TBogg - RawStory
18 Jun 2015 at 16:14 ET



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Jesus.

Here we are again, talking about this again.

Let us state for the record that there is critical mass of Americans in this country whose very existence is based upon ignorance, paranoia, racism, seething hatred, bitterness, and bigotry. They can’t get up in the morning unless they have someone to hate or look down upon, because that is what lifts them up and makes their world seem not so shitty.

And occasionally this animating animus bubbles up to the surface and racist all-cap rants on Facebook won’t make the pain go away — and there is the NRA is standing by with, as they say at the hardware stores: “the right tool for the right job.”

Because Wayne LaPierre’s terrorist-enabling organization does their damndest to make sure weapons are unregulated, cheap, and plentiful, practically any U.S. citizen can settle any trifling argument with as little as three pounds of pressure on a trigger.


•The mother of Adam Lanza — who had severe emotional problems — kept her home stocked with multiple weapons and thought it would be a good idea to bring her son out of his shell by teaching him how to shoot. How did that work out? 26 people dead at Sandy Hook — 20 of whom we’re children 7-years-old or younger. Also: Nancy Lanza. Adam Lanza brought a shotgun, an AR15 assault weapon, and two handguns with him to the elementary school.

•Elliot Rodgers of Santa Barbara couldn’t get laid and hated women. His solution: he killed 6 people and wounded fourteen others. His weapons of choice: 3 handguns, all purchased legally under the benevolent gaze of Wayne LaPierre.

•Craig Stephen Hicks had a parking dispute with some Muslim students near the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He executed all three of them with a shot to the head. He liked to carry his .38 on his hip, because he was an open-carry enthusiast.

•Another open-carry enthusiast –Alex Kozak — sexually harassed a woman at the mall where he worked. After losing his job, he returned to the mall with his 9mm and shot 20-year-old Andrea Farrington 3-times. In the back.

•And now Dylann Storm Roof sat in a predominately black church in Charleston, South Carolina, before opening fire and killing nine African-Americans, explaining, “You rape our women and you’re taking over our country — and you have to go.” Dylann had a history of brushes with the law, was arrested in February on drug charges in addition to being kicked out of a mall for acting “weird,” and was described by his uncle as a “loner” who stayed cooped up in his room. He was given a .45 handgun in April for his birthday. By his father.

The NRA is not solely to blame here, although they certainly believe they are 100 percent in the clear because, hey, who can possibly know what people are going to do with a fine piece of machinery designed to kill? You also have idiot parents who think weapons can be therapeutic or might make swell gifts for their oddball kids.

But the NRA, under LaPierre, has its blood-soaked hands smudging-up every attempt at passing laws that might slow down our national genocide, including recently stopping a law that would have kept guns out of the hands of domestic abusers in Louisiana.


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Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/knee-deep-in-blood-we-are-all-being-held-hostage-by-wayne-lapierres-children/



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he's the head of the terrorist network called the nra and with it are millions of sleeper Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #1
sleeper cells and lone wolves do actually describe a great deal of their membership.... villager Jun 2015 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author EL34x4 Jun 2015 #14
NRA may have been a good organization at one time but now they are one of the worst organizations. Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #2
Isn't there a sane alternative gun club? It sort of reminds me of AIPAC. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #16
If the radical thinking members who could influence the higher ups to drop Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #19
Yep, it took me several years to persuade the NRA to remove my late brother from their list. classof56 Jun 2015 #35
Yawn. Kablooie Jun 2015 #4
Follow the money. tavernier Jun 2015 #5
Yep. If there was only a way to make these events hurt someone rich in the pocketbook. Kablooie Jun 2015 #8
Over 80,000,000 Americans own guns, and some 75% believe 2A is an individual RKBA. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #26
As bad as the NRA is (and they're pretty bad), Gun Owners of America is worse friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #32
Yes, indeed. Frankly, the NRA has a tiger by the tail. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #42
I am going to the beach TNNurse Jun 2015 #6
If you do decide to write about it, you may find it tremendously therapeutic. calimary Jun 2015 #29
Shut them down... SoapBox Jun 2015 #7
speaking of gun free zones SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #9
Not this shit again. GGJohn Jun 2015 #30
K&R napkinz Jun 2015 #10
The picture in the OP is hauntingly accurate world wide wally Jun 2015 #11
catering to the whims of COWARDS Skittles Jun 2015 #12
Hello, suicidal person. You have problems? Let me teach you how to tie a noose. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #13
Sucidial only people only wants to harm themselves, homicidal people wants to kill others. Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #20
It was meant as an illustration of a parallel. As a ridiculous situation where Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #21
One slight error in this article. EL34x4 Jun 2015 #15
Thats not the only thing. beevul Jun 2015 #31
It is more then just the nra og1 Jun 2015 #17
Yes. The problem is the right-wing mentality that views violence as a solution. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #22
You've hit the head of the nail - Teaching Peace. The problem is that the very people who could Hestia Jun 2015 #36
Thanks. Beautiful memory. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #43
La Pierre has earned this merit badge on numerous occasions. geardaddy Jun 2015 #18
THIS. IS. IT. calimary Jun 2015 #23
Amen! KitSileya Jun 2015 #27
The Second Amendment can be repealed friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #33
Fugging YES!!! malaise Jun 2015 #24
. Rex Jun 2015 #25
America has always reveled in its "wild west" persona DebbieCDC Jun 2015 #28
Total Madness colsohlibgal Jun 2015 #34
For a reason tiptonic Jun 2015 #37
Excellent article. (nt) Paladin Jun 2015 #38
Except collecting all guns, what gun law would of prevented these killings? nt Logical Jun 2015 #39
As told to me on a previous thread concerning guns packman Jun 2015 #40
Really appreciate TBogg's columns ewagner Jun 2015 #41
here's what poses as 'gun safety/education' on the nra website's mainpage spanone Jun 2015 #44
Sadly LaPierre is more powerful then ever and the anti-gun crowd helped him. aikoaiko Jun 2015 #45
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