I write today to urge you to not broadcast NASCAR’s NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13th. This race, which is being sponsored by the National Rifle Association (NRA), is going to take place during the Senate’s consideration of legislation to reduce gun violence. The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race. This celebration of guns is inappropriate in the immediate wake of the Newtown massacre. But most importantly, broadcasting this race, which will highlight the NRA and its radical agenda during this time, sends a harmful signal to the families affected by gun violence, as well as the millions of Americans who support sensible gun control measures and enjoy your sports programming . . .
The horror that unfolded on December 14th at Sandy Hook Elementary School has sparked a national conversation about the adequacy of our gun laws. Considering your support of sane gun control measures and the extreme nature of the NRA, I urge you to not broadcast this race on April 13th. Inserting Fox Sports in this debate at this critical time will give credence to an extreme organization that is opposed to reasonable policies to stem gun violence.
MO= State of ‘Misery’.
Where are the ‘Miserable Missourian’ people saying loudly “we object!” ?
Disgusting.
What? Only private sales do not require checks(in some states), new sales do. The manufacture doesn’t get a cut if the gun is resold.
Here, here.
+1
And of course Murdoch, being an Aussie-style “conservative”, is firmly on the gun-grabber bandagon.
I’m hoping that this massive over-reaching by the grabbers will provoke some sort of reaction from the low-info voters who apprently now decide our elections, God help us all. I mean, your averager Fudd may not care about scary black rifles, but doesn’t he care about NASCAR?
This is just ridiculous.
I have been a NASCAR fan for more than 30 years.
My response to Senator Murphy: FOAD
“as well as the millions of Americans who support sensible gun control measures and enjoy your sports programming” what about the millions of Americans who do not support their government infringing on their rights who also enjoy the sporting event? Oh that is right they are evil and do not get a voice.
If I was to guess, I would say there was far more overlap between race fans and infringement opposition than between race fans and those “who support sensible gun control measures.” But what do I know, I’ve only been a NASCAR fan my whole life.
Keep waving the bloody shirt, Douche.
Snivel snivel.. Get over in the immediate wake of?? Stomp on those dead children’s bodies ab bit more why don’t you.. NASCAR fans would revolt if they didn’t get to watch their race, guns or no guns…
It could have been worse. Smokey the A$$hat could have sent all the info to Al Qaeda.
Maybe next time.
There was a time I wouldn’t have stopped to consider whether the US government was a more harmful and evil entity than Al Qaida. No longer.
The race . . . brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, [and we can’t allow the American public to be exposed to any ideas except the ones that we’ve decided on and packaged up for them.]
… the NRA and its radical agenda …
I realize that someone could be a radical conservative (or obstructionist, if you prefer) in never wanting anything to change, ever, but in my mind the word “radical” is almost inextricably linked to “change.” And right now, the NRA is fighting change in the form of massive new regulations. So from where I’m sitting, I don’t see them as radical.
As Jeff Cooper said, “Robbers should be shot.” But that’s hard to do when your a law-abiding disarmee in a town trying to keep robbers safe from you.
Great op to show some Colion Noir vids too
This kind of stuff drives me crazy. First of all, I’m pretty sure that the only guns one can buy without a bg check are used guns so expanding background checks would really only hinder the market of used guns and maybe take away an edge of convience that buying a used gun would have over a new one so an extension of background checks would probably be good for the business of selling new guns.
Also, wouldn’t gun manufactures have a ton to gain from restrictive regulations. Didn’t the 94 ban give birth to an entire market of small size small capacity handguns because they were new a fit within the requirements? Wouldn’t car manufactures have a lot to gain if they made a law that all cars on the road had to be at least hybrid?
I know that gun manufactures usually are big supporters of the rkba but the notion that they hav a ton of financial interest in keeping regulations out of the used gun market is just incorrect.
I’m not really a big fan of NASCAR but I’ll be watching this Saturday…
I hope they give the crowd colored squares so the crowd can hold them up in a huge NRA pattern.
“. . . it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race. This celebration of guns is inappropriate in the immediate wake of the Newtown massacre.”
So, no shooting of guns should ever be televised ever again because of a tragedy that was caused by one person? Does that about sum it up?
Quit mistaking a coffin for a soapbox, douche!
Nice turn of phrase.
No live shooting of guns, huh? Tell that to the gangbangers. “You can wave your guns around, but live shooting would be inappropriate.”
F^ck you, asshole.
“Fudd-fluffer”? Jesus, I didn’t need that visual.
Ah, hunters. With friends like them, who needs enemies?
Not surprising, since suburban America is hip-deep in pet-eating coyotes and garden-destroying deer, and rural America is wading through feral hog dung. I expect that we’ll soon be seeing signs in backyards all over the country that say “Hunters Welcome. Please shoot something.”
NASCAR should invite him onto the track to give a speech regarding his views. Preferably right in the middle of the 15th lap.
Here here! (as I raise my beer up in the air to toast your suggestion)
Immediate wake? only if you want to keep the trajedy alive for your political gain. Otherwise it’s dead & buried. I can’t blame the clown for trying, thats a pretty f’d up circus he’s running though, Randy
By millions of Americans, he means the 999,999 he made up.
By NRA radical agenda, he means upholding the 2nd.
Politicians are gonna be saying “in the wake of the Newtown disaster” for the next 20 years im sure. Because whenever you want to hurt something, the rules of time suddenly don’t exist, making what will be say 20 years the same as a single day.
I will watch my first NASCAR race.
I’ve watched one NASCAR race in my entire life. However, since the NRA is sponsoring one and d-bag from Connecticut doesn’t like it I’m gonna watch it.
If the race was sponsored by the Mayor of New York, or any other of the occupied cities and states? That would be OK I bet.
Radical agenda?
I’m sure King George also thought so!
Drones that detect guns? I suppose they’ll be judge, jury and executioner too. Hey DHS, I got your drone right here!
Dear prosecutor. I really don’t believe all the stuff I post on the web. Now get that stupid thing to stop orbiting my house!
What this guy is going is what many on the left, and even a few on the right, do. He trying to establish a victim-perp dilectict. Otherwise known as good guy vs bad guy. Nuance and perspective must get lost in this and calling millions of Americans bad guys does not wash so it is the NRA, not average Americans, that profit from being bad guys (or at least arming them). Forget the fact that the same companies arm cops and the military – and good people who use guns for good things.
The aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting is a decent and recent example of this. To many, the Martin or Zimmerman is all bad or all bad. It is pretty obvious that people are trying to pidgeon-hole these two people into alread established archtypes. But people do this because, whether they realize it or not, most people are platonists (think in archtypes).
The perception of victimhood is powerful especially when accompanying a narrative (even an already established narrative). The left in academia has used this w/ gangbuster success over the last 70 years. Obama has been all over this hence why he picks on the NRA and gun manufacturers but tries to through average joes a bone. Individuals can vote corporations and NGO’s do not. Remember victim-perp . . . It was the best tools of the collectivist.
They still have not explained how his medical information came to be in the possession of the police department in the first place. Or how the medical information of the other David Lewis came to be in the possession of the police. There is more to this story that will hopefully come out to the light of day
Probably in a similar way to how DHS and Social Security Administration got the list of CCW holders in Missouri.
The direct loss of profit comes because closing the current gaping loophole in the background check system will shut off sales to criminals and the mentally ill who are effectively free to buy all the guns they want at gun shows and through private transactions.
That doesn’t even make sense. Gun companies won’t make any money off private sales, and all new guns sold at a gun show are sold by FFLs, and must go through a background check.
Why didn’t those evil shop owners tired of getting robbed just call 911 like they’re supposed to? Chicago, police are only 10 mins away.
As a long time IT guy, I am a little dubious about the ” unable to read the encryption” statement. After a little googling, I see Missouri does encrypt back up tapes. But, it would be unlikely the IT folks would send the backup tapes without the encryption key. So, probably more to it.
However, it does seem to me the SS administration would have violated HIPPA rules to perform a cross check of mental health data with any other data. I also believe the HIPPA rules are the major impediment to making mental health info available as input into a NCIS background check?
Anyone deep into HIPPA compliance knowledge that would be able to sort this out?
I wrote Sen. Murphy a love letter. 🙂
http://djstucrew.livejournal.com/
The gun grabbers will say any old thing. It doesn’t even have to make sense to an intelligent rational human being. Don’t bother with logic, fact or historical proof, just keep beating the drum.
So long as the mantra includes the propaganda points in the gun grabber’s playbook it’s all good: “Ok folks, now look into the TV, watch the spinning bobble, repeat after me: Guns bad, high-capacity magazines bad, Second Amendment bad, More..laws..could..prevent We..must..do..it..even..if..it..saves..just..one..life Do..it..for..the..kids.”
So has anyone purchased one of these yet? Impressions is it worth the $1500? I am planning to buy one to go with my soon to arrive gap10.
Ha!
I hope it pisses them all off…
For once, Go NRA
Immediate wake, Really???…
1)The amount of haters on this post is shocking. Let’s see some of your kids respond while put on the spot.
2) This is why gun owners will never be united.
3) He should be carrying on campus regardless.
As it becomes increasingly clear that all their blood dancing, name calling, and wasted money was all in vain, they’re going to start getting really nasty. This will seem calm and reasoned compared to others that will come out before (and after) Reids bill dies.
“The race… brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race. This celebration of guns is inappropriate…”
That’s weird. Here I thought they were only concerned about crime and saving children. Sounds like he just hates guns and the NRA.
I’d just like to go on record saying I’d support a constitutional amendment guaranteeing my right to keep and drive a Ferrari.
Ban vicious assault vehicles! For the children!
https://www.facebook.com/BanTheFordMustang?fref=ts
Given a chance, many in government would outlaw cars as well as guns.
It is sad how many few people can even drive standard anymore.
Ferrari for thee but not for me.
At least he admits the personal protection bit.
I stopped voting a long time ago. Why would I cast my ballot on an electronic machine, the internal workings of which are controlled by the individuals I want replaced??? On paper ballots, with a recount, you can see the actual paper that was punched. With electronic voting machines, no such transparency.
Mr. Farago, I believe any possibility of a fair election was stolen from us long ago. I’d throw that letter in the trash. Buy an extra bottle of CLP. Make sure you’re powder is dry.
To my mind, men who hit women have reserved for themselves their own extra-nasty corner of hell. Too bad this scumbag wasn’t in the klink long enough to get one hell of an attitude adjustment… Oh and Mrs Lovett: please keep that pistol nearby as you build a new life. One without a certain sorry excuse for a man. Next time he might muzzle you instead of his patella. DON’T stick around to find out!
Yeah, that “we’ll vote you out” thing has worked great with that miserable collaborator Eric Cantor, hasn’t it? I’m not saying don’t try it. I’m asking you what Plan B is.
Both of the VA senators will sell the constitution down the river for a chocolate bar.
Do you worry about your house’s previous owner, do you worry about your car’s previous owner?
That police check of the S/N would be useful before handing over the cash. If the gun had been stolen previously, and then discovered by the police, your “new” gun would be returned to the original owner, and you’d have to collect your money from the guy that sold it to you.
Holy crap, a beaver killed somebody!?!?!?
…and not via Beaver Fever either! Which, btw, is a real thing! (giardia)
Another possibility could be the Pitts police are rallying for full auto. Around the world cops regularly carry buzz guns. Here it is the special units. It goes to the whole “we can’t let the cops be OUTGUNNED” argument the police make. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them make the request.
Definitely a win-win for gun owners.