Sunday - March 18, 2007
The NRA is Worthless
I've been a member of the National Rifle
Association, mostly because they have a big name, but not because I've been
impressed with anything they've done. As supposed supporters of the Second
Amendment, they've done nothing to advance the cause of this precious right in
the courts. They have almost exclusively acted in the legislature and have
never brought a case to court to affirm the right to keep and bear arms. They
have, in their century and more of existence, allowed the myth of the
"collective" right to bear arms to become established in the minds of many
people in this nation. Not once did they take a case to
court.So why do they exist? Well,
pretty much they exist to take your money. I only pay the minimal dues, but I
get bombarded almost daily by expensive mailings begging me for more money,
threatening that congress is going to take my guns away if I don't give them
more and more money. I'm glad I refrained from rewarding their do-nothing
policy. The defenders of the Second
Amendment just got a tremendous boost in the courts this month. The District
Court of the District of Columbia ruled that their three-decade old absolute gun
ban is unconstitutional. No thanks to the
NRA.So how did this happen? One
man acted, alone, with his own money. Robert Levy attended law
school at the age of 53 and decided enough is
enough.The NRA has been shown up.
Publicly on display as not being willing to do with the backing of millions of
members what one man with principle was able to
do.They won't get another cent of my
money. Ever.Of the two political
parties, the republicans have recently been more in favor of gun rights, but the
end result of this decision is likely to help the democrats more than the
republicans. Here's how:
Since 1994, the democrat party has gotten
hammered by the electorate for many issues, but the biggest loser for them has
been their attempt to confiscate and eliminate gun ownership in our great
republic. As a party they have avoided the issue like the homely girl in school
before a Sadie Hawkins Dance, but they have a hard core fringe that won't let
them avoid the topic completely. Since their stand on most issues is
anti-American, they need every fringe vote they can get. This is the reason for
the severe irrational reactions to almost anything the opposition does, even
when it is exactly what they've advocated in the
past.
If the Supreme Court upholds this
decision, and I suspect they will do that and more, that will eliminate gun
control as a viable platform for their party. They will no longer have to kow
tow to the fringe on this issue, they can simply shrug their shoulders and say,
"See? We tried, but the court has spoken and we can't pursue this any further."
This decision, if upheld, frees them
to pursue the rest of their adoption of the communist manifesto and the
furtherance of Hanoi Jane's and Murtha's dreams.
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