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In reply to the discussion: Some Republicans Think the NRA Has Jumped the Shark [View all]Resonance_Chamber
(142 posts)41. The NRA is not radical enough for the RW, GOA is
the preferred mouth piece for the nutters now....
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.
GOA was founded in 1975 by Sen. H.L. (Bill) Richardson (now retired). Richardson continues to serve as the Chairman of Gun Owners of America, bringing his many years of political experience to the leadership of GOA. Richardson is also an avid hunter and outdoorsman.
The GOA Board of Directors brings over 100 years of combined knowledge and experience on guns, legislation and politics. GOA's Board is not satisfied with the "status quo." Americans have lost some of our precious gun rights and WE WANT THEM BACK! This is why GOA is considered the "no compromise" gun lobby.
From state legislatures and city councils to the United States Congress and the White House, GOA represents the views of gun owners whenever their rights are threatened.
GOA has never wavered from its mission to defend the Second Amendment -- liberty's freedom teeth, as George Washington called it.
Over the last 30 years, GOA has built a nationwide network of attorneys to help fight court battles in almost every state in the nation to protect gun owner rights. GOA staff and attorneys have also worked with members of Congress, state legislators and local citizens to protect gun ranges and local gun clubs from closure by overzealous government anti-gun bureaucrats.
http://gunowners.org/protect.htm
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I thought that too until I watched the press conference later after it aired...
OneMoreDemocrat
Dec 2012
#7
Well, yes. The rest can't read and just watch Fox. Or live under rocks and know nothing about this
Squinch
Dec 2012
#30
They brought megalodon back from the dead because there wasn't enough shark to jump here. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#15
I knew from the title that there would be no actual Republican on record saying any such thing.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#23
Staffers are someimes used to gauge how a message is received by both friend and foe alike.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#28
by not allowing guns at this event, the nra does not support the 2nd amendment.
samsingh
Dec 2012
#31
"wherein the NRA would train armed school personnel and volunteers" FOR FREE?
angstlessk
Dec 2012
#33
How can you tell someone else has Jumped the Shark when you've done the same?
undeterred
Dec 2012
#40
Some of those Republicans need to help their NRA Fascists understand the rational difference
patrice
Dec 2012
#43
The objective of all forms of fascism is to acquire power, for power's sake alone. Does this not
patrice
Dec 2012
#45
That would depend upon their purposes for power, how they use it, exclusively or inclusively, for
patrice
Dec 2012
#48
The purpose of which "authoritarian political ideology" is unity & how else is unity acquired except
patrice
Dec 2012
#49