And then there was last week, one of those exceptions that proves the rule—especially for the Main Stream Media. Da Tech Guy has some thoughts on conventional wisdom, Benghazi, the IRS, and gun control.
The NRA is not the only civil rights organization opposed to the Senator Reid’s universal background check bill. Now, the ACLU is piling on, citing severe privacy issues. The problem is the retention of transaction records for private sales. Buying a gun at retail requires a background check, but the record of the check is normally destroyed with 24 hours. The Reid bill would require that the record of a private transfer be maintained, and there is nothing in the bill that would prohibit the Justice Department from using those records to create a gun registry.
The last time I remember the ACLU siding against the Democrats in the Senate was during the filibuster over the Civil Rights Act during the ’60s.
While I was getting dressed this morning, I heard the newsreader on NPR mention that among the items listed on the search warrant for the Lanza house was an “NRA certificate.”
Oh, horrors! The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter had a certificate from the NRA.
Gimme a break.
The NRA teaches courses in firearm safety, and Connecticut recognizes them as adequate training in safe gun handling for an applicant for a concealed carry permit. While Adam Lanza was only 20 when he committed his infamous crime, he might have taken such a course if he intended to apply when he turned 21. Or maybe he did some rifle shooting at summer camp when he was a kid and achieved some Junior Marksmanship rating. There are numerous reasons why someone might have an “NRA certificate.”
I have one. It says “Life Member.” Neither Adam Lanza nor his mother were members of the NRA.
WaPo says that the NRA is winning.
Not many people know that the oldest civil rights organization in the U. S. is the National Rifle Association. Even fewer know of its informal working alliance with the NAACP in the South during the ’60s.
Here is a some history about how the NRA helped the members of an NAACP chapter in Monroe, NC, defend themselves. The money quote from the post (emphasis mine):
When the Klan arrived, instead of finding the good doctor alone with his family they found the house fortified with sandbags and guarded by armed men who knew how to use their weapons. A firefight ensued.
The Klan and their police support were no match for the local NRA members. The NRA members drove off the attackers inflicting unknown causalities on the raiders.
But, of course, these days we can always trust the government to protect us.
That’s the headline for this post over at The Lid.
Read the whole thing, but before you go, please allow me to point out that VP Biden is often confused when he is nowhere near the facts.
On Meet the Press yesterday, Wayne LaPierre said that if it’s crazy to call for police in every school, then call him crazy.
The call for cops in the schools isn’t crazy, the need for them is, but we’ll need some sort of protection for school kids until much of what has caused our social fabric to unravel is repaired.
Sigh.
The Daily Caller points out how the MSM is responding with one voice to Wayne LaPierre’s press conference today. (H/T, The Other McCain).
That voice is rather ugly.
UPDATE—Some of the MSM reporters’ comments at the scene were caught on a hot mic. Opps. (H/T, @kesgardner)
My son spotted this car in the parking lot of the shooting range we used today.
Say what?
… a Luger and a Lugar. The NRA knows, and it’s giving its endorsement to Dick Lugar’s opponent in the Indiana Republican primary. (H/T, Shall Not Be Questioned)
BTW, I’m looking for candidates who know the difference between a burro and a burrow. One is an ass; the other is a hole in the ground.
