And that is the rub. Some suggest, without proof, that the AWB would not have passed. It is true that it would have been close, but it is also true that momentum had been gaining. Some suggest that it was all but dead, but that is simply not true, it was certainly hung up, but it was being pushed very hard and many members of the GOP were very helpful in getting it passed. I believe that it would have eventually passed WITHOUT a sunset clause. I'm thankful that we got the sunset and give credit to the NRA for getting it inserted. Do I think the AWB sucked, you betcha! But I'm glad we got the best deal out of a bad situation. Now we get to fight it again and I can bet there will be no sunset provision inserted this time. We are in for the fight of our lives and the fight to protect future rights.Who is to say the AWB wouldn't have passed anyways and wouldn't have had a sunset provision.
IMHO The NRA is nothing other than a Money Making Machine.
They thrive on Anti-Gun Legislation. If the Anti-Gun Legislation Stops, No more Money for the NRA.
When one of the officers of a "Pro Gun Group says, "No one needs more than a 10 round magazine", you know they are not on our side.
IMHO The NRA is nothing other than a Money Making Machine.
They thrive on Anti-Gun Legislation. If the Anti-Gun Legislation Stops, No more Money for the NRA.
When one of the officers of a "Pro Gun Group says, "No one needs more than a 10 round magazine", you know they are not on our side.
Well Bill Ruger Sr is dead.
He is the one who said that first. Chuck Shumer jumped on it and incorporated a 10 round limit into the Clinton AWB. Bill Ruger Sr was a member of the NRA and the head of a large gun company too. Fortunately his children and those currently in charge of the company he built do not feel the same way.
I find it hard to continue to blame the NRA for the past actions of some of its leaders. There have been a few other leaders inside the NRA who have said stupid things but I believe most of the mindless herd has been culled.
Why did both the NRA and the Brady Bunch celebrate last years' passage of the 'Veterans disarmament act'?
Why did both the NRA and the Brady Bunch celebrate last years' passage of the 'Veterans disarmament act'?
I thought it did not pass. Am I wrong?