NRA Bows To The Big Huge Guns Everywhere Lobby

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson1 Comment

 

“The National Rifle Association is walking back comments that were critical of “open carry” protesters in Texas after some major backlash from groups that began accusing the group of not standing up strongly enough for gun rights. During an appearance on the NRA’s radio show Cam & Company Tuesday, the executive director of the group’s lobbying arm, Chris Cox, called the initial statement a “mistake.”

The apology comes after the NRA released a statement late last week that chastised open carry groups for brandishing weapons in public irresponsibly. “Not only is it rare, it’s downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself,” the NRA wrote. “To those who are not acquainted with the dubious practice of using public displays of firearms as a means to draw attention to oneself or one’s cause, it can be downright scary.”

Following that statement, Open Carry Texas responded with a statement of its own, in which it threatened to withdraw all support from the NRA “and establish relationships with other gun rights organizations that fight for ALL gun rights, instead of just paying them lip service the way the NRA appears to be doing.””* Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Michael Shure break it down.

*Read more here from Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/nra-spokesman-calls-open-carry-protest-criticism-a-mistake/

Comments

  1. They are screwing themselves into the ground. This idiocy will have the opposite affect of causing most people to want to regulate this crap a bit more.

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