tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post3882812222015846583..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Is The NRA Making A Grand Trade Or Merely Punting?John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-17857260761161502612017-10-09T12:18:57.137-04:002017-10-09T12:18:57.137-04:00I have to admit, when I first heard the NRA was as...I have to admit, when I first heard the NRA was asking the BATFE to re-examine their finding on bump-fire stocks, I was ready to pile on the hate.<br /><br />However, the more I think about it, the more I find it's a brilliant move by the NRA:<br />- It buys time, allows emotions to die down and cooler heads to prevail.<br />- It dares the BATFE to admit it was wrong and that bump-fire stocks should be regulated ... and then have to either offer an illegal (i.e. not allowed by the Hughes amendment) amnesty on existing ones or try to collect them all, and in both cases <b>without</b> being able to prosecute their owners for buying what at the time was a legal, unregulated product (my guess: BATFE will re-examine and opt to NOT reclassify; mass-shooting or no, it <i>still</i> doesn't alter the basic mechanical function of the firearm [it's still semi-auto], plus the legal ramifications are too great).<br />- It's a bargaining chip for reciprocity, and possibly the SHARE Act, too (though I wouldn't be surprised if the NRA scuttles SHARE over the HPA). Cox had it right: first let's pass reciprocity, <i>and then</i> we can talk about regulating bump-fire stocks (assuming the BATFE doesn't reclassify them).<br />- It makes the NRA appear to be the reasonable party, willing to compromise. If they refuse to bargain, the <b>Democrats</b> become the party of "no".<br /><br />Brilliant move. Whether it was intentional or accidental remains to be seen.Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-17461722679678403392017-10-06T03:59:09.397-04:002017-10-06T03:59:09.397-04:00Punting. They have been compromising our rights aw...Punting. They have been compromising our rights away since the NFA in '34 and GCA in '68. They helped write both of those, and bragged about it in the August 1968 American Rifleman, effusing about how reasonable they were being in compromising our rights away. Just as they did with helping to write the Lautenberg Amendment.<br /><br />They are in it for the money and the prestige of being the "gorilla in the room" of protecting - supposedly - gun rights, the Second Amendment. Try the GOA. It is smaller, but is getting bigger, and it has done more for the Second Amendment than the NRA has for quite a few years now. They don't compromise. And Congress _does_ listen to them. Harry Reid use to complain about them often, when he was still around screwing us all over.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-38476058289615053072017-10-06T00:08:17.241-04:002017-10-06T00:08:17.241-04:00I wish it was a trade but my money is on punt sadl...I wish it was a trade but my money is on punt sadly<br /><br />- BAP45 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-40604705699183321822017-10-06T00:07:44.112-04:002017-10-06T00:07:44.112-04:00PUNT! With the holidays starting Monday maybe some...PUNT! With the holidays starting Monday maybe something else will be on the public's attention. Let's see now. Trump vs Iran, Kim Jong Un acts up, Kim Kardashian goes shopping wearing a mini skirt and no underwear. Maybe we can run out the clock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-1128741195030849992017-10-05T23:58:33.555-04:002017-10-05T23:58:33.555-04:00Bump stocks and trigger cranks are stupid.
But he...Bump stocks and trigger cranks are stupid.<br /><br />But here is what I'd trade them for: National reciprocity; Repeal the Hughes Amendment, and SHARE.Fidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623013337654868540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-69575378544864897982017-10-05T21:55:12.051-04:002017-10-05T21:55:12.051-04:00Gun banners won't agree to a trade, they canno...Gun banners won't agree to a trade, they cannot help themselves. It's already starting: All the pundits on TV say must ban semi-autos, etc., not just bump fire. <br /><br />Meanwhile NRA looks reasonable and willing to compromise. It buys time, and time is the enemy of gun prohibitionists. dwbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799793864068767226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-42827713069924338072017-10-05T16:36:29.500-04:002017-10-05T16:36:29.500-04:00If the NRA gets something useful in return, I will...If the NRA gets something useful in return, I will accept even if the people they are bargaining with are completely untrustworthy. If it is just a giveaway, I will not forgive. The left will just check this off on the list and move on to the next items. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416410052064018322noreply@blogger.com