NRA BOARD MEMBER ENDORSES ANTI-GUN CANDIDATE
We hear almost daily horror stories about qualified persons being delayed or denied firearms purchases because the existing background check system regularly provides either bad, or no information on a buyer. As a result, the Oregon State Police routinely place excessively long delays on many buyers and have even informed dealers that they are at risk if they obey the law and allow the transaction after the 3 days. Both Oregon and Federal law allow a firearms transfer to take place if there is no denial within three days, but because of the false information the State Police have given many dealers, few are willing to risk the transfer, although it is lawful and they CANNOT be held liable if the transfer was done lawfully.
Yet the NRA is insisting that this failed system be massively expanded with HR 2640. That’s bad enough, but now a prominent NRA board member has endorsed an openly anti-gun candidate for president. NRA Board member and second vice president David Keene has endorsed Mitt Romney in spite of Romney’s repeated attacks on gun owners and his promise to do so again if elected.
As Governor of Massachusetts Romney supported and signed a ban on semi-auto firearms. In a recent interview he said he would support a similar ban nationally. He also claims he would ban weapons of “unusual lethality” which could be any hunting rifle you have. He supports the gun registration that comes with background checks and believes that the current system is “instant,” something too many Oregonians know to be nonsense.
David Keene, according to NewsMax, will automatically become president of the NRA in three and a half years.
OFF does not endorse or oppose candidates, however we believe it is critical that gun owners know that an important and prominent leader of the National RIfle Association has endorsed a candidate who is responsible for some of the worst gun laws in the nation and promises to support more in the future.
Sadly here we have another NRA board member,Joaquin Jackson, who argues against civilian ownership of modern firearms:
Here with the help of an NRA interviewer he tries to backpedal on what he said to Texas Monthly: