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Hallett Newman of Las Animas writes:

What ever the life form was that inked the “cartoon” about the NRA must have a sad life. For anyone who feels that that is a depiction of the NRA and their feelings must not see the light of day. The NRA works and fights for every law abiding Americans rights under the Second Amendment, even the left wing socialist anti rights people. They are against criminals and criminal use of fire arms.
To think that the NRA feels that school shootings or any criminal act is nothing more then a need for more lobbing money is criminal in itself.

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Before the name calling/NRA bashing, marrying your cousin comments etc. begin think about the following: According to the Harvard School of Law many developed countries with gun bans have higher rates of murder than the U.S. Japanese Americans have a lower murder rate than Japanese living in Japan. If crime in Japan is so rare then why do they have a death penalty (by hanging)? 36% of the homes in Finland have guns in them, what is the crime rate there like? Source: Harvard Journal of Law and Policy. And finally, before somebody calls me a "redneck conservative" I donated $500.00 to Democrat Bill Ritter's campaign.

Gun owners nationwide are applauding the patriotic, though accidental, exercise of Second Amendment rights by 8-year-old Timothy Cummings Tuesday.
"Timothy is a symbol of American heroism," said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre from Cummings' bedside at Norfolk General Hospital, where the boy is in serious but stable condition from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "While praying for his recovery, we should all thank God that his inalienable right to keep and bear arms has not been infringed."
The incident occurred shortly after Cummings returned from school and found that his parents were absent from the house. Displaying what Second Amendment-rights groups are calling "good old-fashioned American ingenuity," Cummings placed a pair of phone books on a stool to retrieve his father's loaded .38-caliber revolver from its hiding place on a closet shelf. After a preliminary backyard investigation of his constitutional rights claimed the life of Pepper, the family's cocker spaniel, Cummings fell on the weapon, causing it to discharge into his left thigh.
"The framers of the Constitution would be so proud of what my boy did yesterday," said Cummings' father Randall, 44, who originally purchased the handgun for home defense. "If 8-year-old boys discharging loaded firearms into their own legs isn't necessary to the maintenance of a well-regulated militia, I don't know what is."
Doctors worked for six hours to reconstruct Timothy Cummings' femur, which shattered from the impact of the high-velocity teflon-coated slugs, and to graft his remaining muscular and circulatory tissue over the fist-sized exit wound below his left buttock. Although the boy lost a great deal of blood, attending physicians say they are confident that he will recover sufficiently to resume active use of firearms, though his chances of walking again are slim.
"For years, the people who want to take away our freedoms have said that we're not smart enough or responsible enough to own handguns," Randall added. "Timothy is proof that even a child is capable of using a handgun for its intended purpose."
Gun owners nationwide have flooded Cummings' hospital room with flowers, letters of congratulations and invitations to "come shooting." Area firearms enthusiast and family friend Lloyd Stone showed his support by donating 18 inches of vascular material to help rebuild Cummings' left femoral artery.
"He may be just a boy, but this use of the Second Amendment was a man-sized undertaking," Stone said. "Timothy may need a wheelchair for the rest of his life, but with every step he doesn't take, he'll realize what the Constitution really means."
Although Cummings has yet to deliver an official statement on the incident, he regained consciousness long enough to discuss his immediate plans.
"Please, I want to run and play again," Cummings told doctors Tuesday night. "My leg hurts bad. Please make it stop."
Although gun-control advocates have criticized the boy's gun use, the NRA was quick to respond, calling Cummings' use of much-protested, teflon-coated "cop-killer" bullets "a victory for America."
"Timothy should be held up as an example to people who think we don't need these bullets—or fully automatic assault weapons, or concealable handguns which are impervious to metal detectors, for that matter," said NRA president Charlton Heston, who plans to congratulate Cummings in person as soon as he is through lobbying for Senate repeal of recently passed legislation mandating background checks for gun buyers.
"If we ban teflon-coated bullets, automatic weapons would be next," Heston said. "Then all handguns. Next thing you know, the law would deny our citizens' children the personal freedom to blow holes through their own legs."
NRA lobbyist Tom Korologos agreed. "Timothy's heroic accident happened because we live in the greatest country in the world," he said. "Had he grown up in Japan, England or Russia, he wouldn't be where he is today."
"Restrictive laws would have kept him 'safe' at home—and they would have justified it by telling us it was for his own good," Korologos added. "That's not the type of country I'd want my children to grow up walking normally in."
"Timothy is a shining example to gun-owning families everywhere," Cummings' mother Suzanne told reporters. "I am proud that my boy has followed in the footsteps of the many thousands of patriotic children who have already demonstrated their commitment of the U.S. Constitution in this same way."

The reason the Democrats are mad at the NRA is because Bill Clinton wrote in his book that he lost the House and the Senate in 1994 because of the NRA.Most political experts agree that Al Gore lost at least 5 states because of his push for gun control.If not for the NRA he would have been president.The Democrats claim they believe in the Constitution but are against the Second Amendment because they are cowards and fear being shot.They hate the US so they back all terrorists rights.They are trying to close talk radio so we can't get the truth to the public.The NRA is fighting to keep free speech on talk radio and to protect our gun rights.Join today 1-877-NRA-2000.

Some IMAGINATION by poster Chuck Heston. He writes it as if he copied and pasted an actual news story. The flat out nonsense and inuendo of the NRA supporting a child shooting himself shows this posters ignorance.

This person is pushing an agenda that is anti second amendment. Trying to imply that gun owners are heartless and insensitive. That gun owners just do not care about life in general. All WRONG.

The cartoon artist got the facts wrong? That's OK, the folks mindlessly nodding their heads in agreement with it really don't care what the facts are anyway. It's very hip to bash any pro-gun group.

I wouldn't be surprised if the cartoon was inaccurate, but I haven't seen it so I can't comment one way or the other. Does anyone have a link?

Hey I was serious in my post above! You bastards can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead steely hands until then it is the right of every man, woman and child to oen a gun, a bazooka and grenades..the 2nd amendment ( the ONLY Amendment) sez so! I pledge the allegience to the NRA of the United states of Amnerica...and god damn the rest of YOU. I'll be damned if I play Moses again!

When guns are outlawed, only the government, oops, I mean only criminals will have guns. Yes, lets take away the right to own guns, and we will be treated just like Sadam Hussein treated those he disliked. We could be just like Germany at the time the Nazis came to power too.

This thread isn't nearly as funny as I thought it would be...

Chuck, what do you think of Colorado's shall-issue concealed carry law. It sure has been a problem for four and a half years, hasn't it?

I'm amazed that morons like yourself try to legitimize
your viewpoint by making stories up.

Let's hear a story about Ted Kennedy. After all, his car has killed more people than my gun.

Do you suppose Mothers Against Drunk Driving would have had the same success if they'd ignored the real problem, and instead tried to ban the automobile?

God Bless the NRA and God bless our guns! It's what we believe in in the good ol USA, and the ONLY thing that we on the right believe in. .It is the only one of the Bill of Rights that is worth a damn, the rest of 'em you can take away and piss on as Bush and the Republicans have started yo do already thank god! Freedom of speech, legal writs, illegal search & seizures, illegal wire taps should be used , so quit your libreral bitching...the other amendments are all garbage. All a man needs is a few guns, some AK-47s, a few grenades and a bazooka and he has all that matters in this life, and can make any damn amendment he wants. My gun is MY Bill of Rights! . Screw them sissies who think different! Ricky Lee if your gun hasnt killed anybody yet, then you are just too chickenshit to use it for what a real man uses it for. That thing aint there for decoration sonny!

LOL, Ricky Lee by focusing on the problem, would that be not regulating guns, but simply being sure that psychos like you and An American cant own them? Sure, Im in favor of that. Little Timmy doesnt scare me wbut you lunatics with a gun in your hands sure does ( unless you can hopefully shoot yourselves first)

Chuck, you're a funny guy. Would you care to engage in a serious debate, or is theatrical sarcasm the best you can do?

11:56

Better get out of Colorado before all those lunatics with CCW permits (tens of thousands) go crazy because they have a concealed weapon. It's gonna happen any time now, as soon as the sky begins falling.
Yep, your position holds a lot of water. Tell us about all the trouble the state has had with concealed carry......oh, wait, there have been
ZERO, once again, ZERO problems with the CCW law. But you'll make up lies to try to brainwash people.

Do you idiots think that making up stupid stories (lies) advances your gun-grabbing adgenda? Keep it up, dumb-ass, anyone with a brain can see how stupid you really are.

While you're at it, put a big sign on your front door that says "Gun Free Household"

LEAVE COLORADO NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN

...or, come meet me tonight at The Longmont Theatre Company's opening night of
DAMN YANKEES,directed by yours truly. Tickets 303.772.5200.

Richard Lee Landrum II
Longmont

Help fight the anti-gun posters above join the NRA today.If you are a soldier the membership is FREE !!! 1-877-NRA-2000.The NRA is the reason you have concealed carry in this state.Ask your friends in California what happens to your gun rights when you don't fight.I know I lived in California for 40 years and I waited until it was too late to fight !!

Ringo,

Nice try, but I doubt our friend Chuck, or any other gun control advocate, will debate you.

The anti-gun crowd can’t seem to formulate logical, factual arguments to support their case, so mocking sarcasm or throwing around insults is the best they can do. The last thing they want is a serious, honest debate.

If you are already a member of the NRA you can make a donation to the ILA or PVF.This money goes into the fight against anti-gun legislation and anti-gun politicians.You can sign your spouse up as an associate member for just $10.Call 1-877-NRA-2000.

Andy and Ringo, hey fellows I'm on YOUR side. I'm all for guns, so pass the ammo over please! I'm all for taking these damn nambie pambies out and doing it NOW! You guys codle these damn anti-gun guys too much. I say its time we just frag the bastards! Gimme my gun baby, thats all the 'rights' A REAL Man needs in this world!
Ringo, I cant wait to see that show tonight, "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo...." "You gotta have Heart!" "What lola Wants".... DYNoMITE!

Andy and Ringo, hey fellows I'm on YOUR side. I'm all for guns, so pass the ammo over please! I'm all for taking these damn nambie pambies out and doing it NOW! You guys codle these damn anti-gun guys too much. I say its time we just frag the bastards! Gimme my gun baby, thats all the 'rights' A REAL Man needs in this world!
Ringo, I cant wait to see that show tonight, "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo...." "You gotta have Heart!" "What lola Wants".... DYNoMITE!

Andy, you hit the nail on the head. But that’s pretty much what I figured would happen anyway.

Chuck.
Good to see you're a bit cultured and know something of the performing arts.

I'll buy you a beer at O'Shay's Ale House
across the street from the theater. Then we can have an intelligent debate, unlike the one you're offering up here. BTW, one of the bartenders there is vehemently anti-gun, so you'll have an ally in him. (yes I get along just fine with him)

I'd like to say there's some skill involved, but they're all so predictable, I couldn't miss.

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