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10.06.08. What Is The NRA Thinking? |
The
National Rifle Association has just issued its
"candidate's ratings."
Some simply make no sense.
In Oregon, there is one politician whose entire career has been
built on only one concept; the complete destruction of gun rights
for everyone.
State Senator Ginny
Burdick has demonstrated a single minded zeal to end gun
ownership unrivalled by virtually any other politician in the
country, with the possible exception of Chuck Schumer of New
York.
Burdick has spent her entire time in office working night
and day to destroy gun rights. She has introduced bills to jail
gun owners for owning
modern firearms, fine them thousands for having ammunition
magazines, end their right to carry lawfully on public
property and eliminate
Oregon's preemption statute. She has promoted bills to force
you to
lock up your self defense firearms and take away gun
rights for people who have not even been charged with crimes,
let alone convicted of them.
Burdick was the chief sponsor of
Measure 5 in 2000 that criminalized private sales at gun
shows.
With the help of John McCain and three million dollars in out
of state, anti-gun money, Burdick forced government intervention
on every transfer of a firearm at gun shows, even between two
old friends who had known each other for 40 years. Now,
if you share a table at a gun show with a friend and decide
to trade guns, both of you must undergo background checks and
pay the police to simply trade a revolver for a rifle.This attack
on your rights has proven to have
no effect on crime.
But amazingly, the NRA has rated Burdick a "D" while
rating other politicians who have no comparable history of attacking
gun rights "F."
In 2001, the NRA called John McCain "one
of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment."
Now they are endorsing him.
What does it take to get the NRA to recognize when a politician
has a single minded obsession with destroying gun rights?
What legislator could be more committed to attacking your freedom
than Burdick?
If you are an NRA member, you should consider contacting them
and asking how a freedom hating militant like Burdick does not
get an "F" and Gordon
Smith who
promised to vote to renew Bill Clinton's gun ban gets an
"A-" Meanwhile, anti-gun Attorney General candidate
John Kroger is unrated, and vocally pro-gun candidate Jim
Leuenberger is ignored. They even endorsed "D"
rated Peter Defazio while ignoring his pro-gun opponent, Jaynee
Germond.
For better or worse, many gun owners trust and turn to the NRA
for guidance when making decisions at election time. This year,
the NRA has given some bizarre and dangerous candidate's ratings.
If you are an NRA member, we strongly urge you to look at the
candidates and their histories, rather than NRA ratings when
you make your decision in November. |
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