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The NRA, and the tactics of fear
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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... "I get many solicitations for membership and contributions in the mail, but I found this one to be particularly alarming. While it promised me an 'NRA rugged duffel bag' for joining, its main pitch was to scare me and the thousands of other persons receiving it into signing a 'National Petition to Protect Our Rights to Keep and Bear Arms' and joining the NRA. Signing the petition was important the letter explained because 'the Obama-Biden-Bloomberg gun ban machine and their anti-gun media allies are waging all-out war on our gun rights!'" ... |
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Millwright66
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Since when has reporting of documented overt acts by public officials, bureaucrats and government agencies - spanning decades - on the public record become "tactics of fear" ? In another age doubtless this individual would proclaim similar about ads for replacing open candles with kerosene lamps ! Or perhaps its the offer of "free stuff" as enticement to joining the NRA ? Like the government doesn't offer far better 'enticements' like cell phones, EBT cards, housing and medical care for 'voting the right way' ?
The NRA is offering opportunity for individuals to express their self-reliance, freedom and independence, (as symbolized by that duffle), in a nation where personal freedoms, privacy and opportunity are rapidly shrinking. |
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