I’m standing outside the press room here at the NRA Annual Meeting, and there is a series of portraits hanging off the rafters showing various influential NRA members with their firearms. But if you look for a minute, you notice a distinct trend going running through these portraits. With one notable exception. Can you spot it? . . .
It’s coming. I don’t really want it to come, but it’s coming. The writing is on the wall.
To those who say that the we cannot stand up against the might of the US military or the Federal Government I have this to say: Don’t impose your own cowardice upon us.
Finally, uncle Ted!
Yep, that’s what I’m going with.
AS I note, it’s not urban metrosexuals who own the guns: http://guardamerican.com/index.php/blog/38-protect/619-1-3-of-country-expecting-armed-revolution
I’m with Daniel Silverman on this. The thing to realize is that the elites lerv chaos.
It works for them. We must not be played.
I always thought Karl Malone was white.
The moment someone uses the words “common sense” when speaking about firearms legislation, you just know they are suffering from a rectal/oral inversion.
Come on get down with the sickness.
It’s missing a photo of Crazy Joe Biden with a shotgun. 😉
Until someone starts louding telling people that the 2A doesn’t have a damned thing to do with “sporting” “hunting”, whatever, we are always going to be at a loss.
One guy (2nd to last on left) has a lever gun, the woman next to him looks to have a target rifle, and the guy right of Ted has a scoped rifle. But yeah, WAY too many Biden shotguns in those pictures.
American public school churning out college material idiots since 1979.
As a current Sheriff’s Deputy who is rapidly winding up a career,I was and am appalled.The Fouth Amendment of the of the Bill of Rights was suspended in Massachusetts.Knock,knock.Hello officer.Show me your hands! Now! Place your hands on your head,inter-lock your fingers.Now,move out of your home while we search .Sir, your M-4 makes a compelling argument.Please leave a copy of the warrant on the kitchen table.What warrant,we have exigent circumstances however long it takes until we either capture or kill this terrorist.
Perhaps citizens should be issued RPGs or LAWS rockets to repel boarders.
Except for the first and last photos, I don’t recognize a single person.
Karl Malone looks a lot like Jesse L. Martin
Seriously needs more black people.
And really needs more Hispanics too.
Also more women.
So basically what a lot of people (including TTAG) have been saying all along.
I find it odd there is only one AR, and no handguns. Also the one token black guy is barely helping. I mean…are they trying to enforce the stereotype that only white republicans are NRA members? And Ted Nugent being the only one holding an AR is definitely not helping! Go to a 3-Gun Contest, take pics there, find those kids who shoot better than 99% of grown men, find those pink pistol people or whatever. In fact try and make it feel like they couldn’t find anyone who matched the usual gun nut stereotype. Maybe get someone in a gay pride rainbow shirt with an AR. It would help.
Ain’t it just so. Stress, adrenaline, fear. Ask 5 people that were in the same incident and you’ll get 7 different stories, none of which matches what you think happened. Get help as soon as possible. Medical, legal and above all else STFU. If at all possible call 911 before the shooting starts. Be damn sure you’re the first one to call 911.
It’s College Humor, relax. Taking that seriously would be like getting your news from the Daily Show or the Colbert Report.
Also, it would be nice if you didn’t lump all college students in together. That’d be like saying all Americans hug their guns constantly. It’s just factually untrue.
Why, that set of pictures looks like it could be the US Senate’s Democratic delegation.
Oh wait… no it doesn’t. Want to know why? Because the NRA’s picture up there has a black man in it.
Socrates is supposed to have said the human race couldn’t continue with the low quality of the younger generation. Not his exact words, but you get the picture. What was that 3 thousand years ago?
You are supposed to be experimental, outspoken and questioning the established order when you’re college age. Liberal even. Eventually, most grow out of this phase and become more moderate and willing to see both sides of the issue.
And before you know it, this generation of college kids will be shaking their canes and yelling”get off my lawn.” The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It made my pockets feel significantly lighter. A bunch of overpaid civil servants with unfunded pensions and health care plans, dressed up like they’re playing at being tough guys, riding around on single-bidder, (therefore over-priced) vehicles intended for …. what?
What a feckless waste of the taxpayer’s money. And that taxpayers are cheering this on… they deserve what they get.
I got 50/50 FioS running it on non-HD and still getting buffing. I almost want to cry with the 10 seconds of live feed to the 1 min of buffing.
So the Times Editorial Board is apparently (collectively) smarter than its opinion columnists.
Doesn’t mean they’re ever going to get off the gun control wagon, but at least it’s good to see them actually defending a constitutional right.
It was a sad showing, I had to go over and harass them.
“However, the protesters appear to be congregating behind any camera they see to make their numbers appear larger.”
I once saw an overhead shot of a protest like that, taken from the roof of a nearby building. On the ground below were two or three “pie wedges” of about 15-20 people each, with a news camera at the tip of each wedge. From the camera’s view, there was a large tightly-packed crowd of people. From above, not so much.
I’m far more concerned with HB 700 (open carry). It’s not looking so good right now.
The irony is I own guns to protect myself from people like them. Leftist are and always have been the most violent, despicable sub-humans on the planet.
It’s mind-boggling how they claim violence is all the fault of guns…then go on to portray how humans (at least their ilk) will always be violent scumbags,
I suppose I can’t really get too indignant with them, though. After all, I wish all leftists like them a violent, painful death.
I SERIOUSLY considered a snow-cammo make-over for my AR!
Go TED!!!
I wipe my ass with polls. Got no use for them. If and when the time comes, I’m ready.
We counted about 40 of ’em around 2:00pm this afternoon – very impressive!
You can’t blame people that age for being stupid and ignorant. They have no real life experience and believe the brainwashing they’re fed.
It’s when they become adults and still have that mindset that you can blame them for being stupid.
Small wonder America equates the second amendment with hunting, it is what the NRA displays. Now we can see where Joe Biden gets his speaking points from. “You don”t need an AR-15, get a Double Barrel Shotgun.” No one need wonder where the idea that OFWGs are the typical gun owner comes from either. The NRA mindset has obviously not evolved with the rest of the country. Talk about shooting oneself in the foot.
Buy a shotgun…buy a shotgun. Looks like they listened, except the Nuge
In 2009 (the only year I could collect all the data) there were:
138 fatal accidental shootings of children (Children’s Defense Fund)
3,533 children drowned in pools (CDC)
3,588 non-fatal accidental firearm injuries of children (Children’s Defense Fund)
8,631 serious brain and spinal injuries to children playing football (Center for Injury Research and Policy)
21% of contact sport injuries are brain/spine related (CIRP)
If a Cricket rifle is a thing of evil, so is Little Leage, Pee Wee football, Youth Hockey, and virtually every other physical activity that adults can intorduce their children to.
I’ll admit, some of the stuff CH post is kinda funny, but nowhere near funny enough to tolerate their liberal bullshit.
Alright, I need to explain something about the shotgun image you people are slagging on here:
Yes, there are lots of AR’s sold in the US. The number of people who use those AR’s in serious shooting sports… is probably in the at most 1+% of those owners. Let’s say there’s 5 million AR’s in private hands. 1% would be 50,000 serious shooters. I don’t think there’s 50K serious AR shootists out there. Most people buy AR’s and then use them in a desultory manner.
Want to know where you find the highest number of casual and high-level competitors? Shotgun sports. There are more people in shotgun sports (not just hunting) than in all rifle disciplines combined. Go out to the ATA Grand American and look at the number of people there sometime… and then realize that is just trap shooting. That doesn’t include skeet, 5-stand, sporting clays, Annie Oakley shoots.
OK, want some more figures? Here’s some more figures for you: The 2013 Grand American trap shoot is expecting:
– 7,000 shooters
– 100K+ spectators
– 120 trap fields, spanning over three miles
– 1,000 camp sites
Shall I keep going? No other event with rifles – not Camp Perry, not anything – can match that level of participation. Camp Perry comes the closest, with about 6,000 shooters.
At the state level, state-level ATA shoots are very well attended. The Wyoming State Trap shoot usually has over 500 shooters here, with people coming from all over the Rockies and midwest. The last time the state trap shoot came through my town, there was over $13K in prize money split up. There isn’t any state-level competition in rifles or pistols that comes close to having 500 people show up in Wyoming. And, remember, we’re the state with the highest proportion of people who own guns, over 60% of households have guns here. The closest rifle competition that has more than 500 people show up is the Quigley Shoot up in Forsyth, MT, with about 600 people showing up to shoot Sharps, Borschardt and High Wall black powder cartridge rifles. Most of those single-shot rifles are worth at least two tricked-out AR’s. Some of the iron sight sets on those rifles are the price of your Glock.
Oh, and one other detail: Let’s talk about the prizes for being the top trap shooter at the Grand Am: $100K. There’s a $50K prize for the winner of the ladies-only class. I know of no rifle or pistol disciplines that offer money remotely approaching $100K prizes for being the highest overall shooter.
Our local trap shooting league started this past Wednesday. There were, oh, 20+ shooters there, braving what passes for spring here. My shotgun (a Browning over-n-under) was one one of the cheapest in the rack. Most guns there were probably in the $3K to $8K range, including new Cesar Guerini’s, a Fabarm semi-auto, Ljutics, Browning BT-99’s, etc. Guys who own a rather inexpensive hunting rifle, a mundane carry pistol and some .22’s will own a $5K trap gun. I see it all the time. There’s a shotgun range in most all small towns here in Wyoming. If you want to shoot 3-gun, IPSC/USPSA, benchrest, etc – you usually have to drive hours to one of only a couple locations in the state. Only shotgun sports provide a local competition that everyone can shoot every week during the summer without getting in a car and driving for hours.
Money talks. There’s lots of money in shotguns and shotgun sports.
Aside from the obvious….that only one person appears to be holding a firearm that is NOT a shotgun…there is only one African American.
Perhaps, given the images, the NRA needs to change its name to:
The National [Generally] Old White Guys’ Shotgun Association
In the last six months Wayne has gotten to be less “shrieky”. Before the election I found him to be quite annoying, but having heard him speak recently I became a member again.
That being said, a tag team member might not be a bad idea. A well prepared female speaker of the NRA talking points might be a good idea. Emily Miller might even be a good choice.
Wayne is hit or miss.
His CPAC speech and last appearance on Meet the Press were brilliant. Other times he stumbles badly.
Having said that, if you don’t like Wayne, you really, really aren’t going to like James Porter.
The NRA should just let Chris Cox do the public appearances.
Let him do the behind the scenes work he does well (or so I’ve heard).
Don’t let him open his mouth in front of a camera for anything longer than a one-liner.
the nuge would shake things up!
It may not be time to replace him, but it is time to start grooming an eventual replacement. We will need someone (old/young/black/white/man/woman, whatever) who can win the media game, and they are tough to find, so we should start searching now.
That said, the NRA needs more new media/meme/pop culture savvy talent in house, and you could hire a team of 20-30 somethings for a fraction of Wayne’s salary. That should be done asap.
Explosions and gun never gets old for me. Yep, the show is completely unrealistic, the drama is contrived, and a lot of the stunts they pull are a bad idea. Whatever. Blow some more stuff up. thanks.
Hey, ya do what ya gotta do, but don’t mess with my travel plans! Have a little consideration!
Personally I thought he did quite well after the Sandy Hook shooting. Proposing to put armed guards in schools was pure genius. The left didn’t see that one coming and scrambled to explain why protecting our money and our politicians was good but protecting our children was bad.
I see two things here:
1) Yet, still again, a person with a mental issue tries to do harm, the focus goes to the gun and not the shooter
2) Once again, someone with a mental issue perhaps unable to easily get help
But yet, the focus will be about the gun
Eh. Intelligent satire will make even the target smile. This is largely lazy phoning it in.
I with those above hope it never goes to armed conflict. I would advise nullification pursuits, and defensively prevent enforcement. Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
Since it is a pre-1898 repro it seems to me that it would fall under the ‘antique’ repro definition and not be subject to FFL requirements, BG checks, etc. Am I correct?
A long article yes, but amidst all the heated argument about guns and the rights of all to keep and bear them, this is the best I’ve read EVER! This is how a rational person makes a case for the Second Amendment rights of all and what could happen if these rights are trampled by those don’t know what they are talking about or who seek to mislead everyone on purpose! Read it and pass it on its that important!
Snell has cogently stated just about everything I’ve been thinking since Sandy Hook . If you kick a tiger in the ass,you better worry about the teeth.
Totally agree, RF. That guy could talk himself in circles.