“The PTA, a nonpartisan, largely nonpolitical child advocacy association with a diverse constituency, does not usually wade into debates over divisive political issues outside of education policy,” according to huffingtonpost.com. Except when they do. “With a strong Southern drawl, [National Parent Teacher Association president Betsy Landers] tells nearly 300 PTA leaders from around the country about three school safety policies they will ask their representatives in Congress to support on Capitol Hill the following day: a ban on assault weapons, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and comprehensive gun-purchase background checks.” You want to talk about a turncoat . . .
Not only is Ms. Landers a Republican from Arkansas but she’s also one of those “my family has always had guns” gun grabbers. To wit:
I grew up around guns and am comfortable with having a shotgun or a .22 in the house for hunting purposes. It’s that connection piece, followed by the education piece, that makes a good advocate . . .
Part of Landers’ effectiveness is understanding how to craft a message about guns that doesn’t alienate people in gun states. For instance, she carefully avoids the term “gun control.”
“It’s not a message about gun control,” Landers said. “It’s about protecting our children. In working with the administration, the message is about gun safety and violence prevention, with the violence prevention being, for me, the part we need to concentrate on. It’s about educating families and communities about how can we prevent a tragedy like Newtown from happening in our schools.”
I wonder how “education” would have saved the children, educators and administrators from Adam Lanza’s murderous spree. It’s a question PTA members might have asked since 1999, when the org first decided that gun control should be on their agenda.
Of course, political fixers like Landers—who trained under Bill Clinton (so to speak)—know how to manipulate the levers of power both inside and outside their cabal. They know that appealing to rational thought can’t hold a candle to emotional overload. They’re never afraid to turn out the lights of reason and fire-up that candle.
“Did [the Sandy Hook spree killing] strengthen my resolve? The resolve’s always been there, but it crystalized it even more,” Landers said. “I’ve watched those parents go through those things. Nobody should have to kiss their child goodbye and send them off to school never to see them again. And if banning assault weapons, making sure that everybody who buys a gun has a background check, if banning all those will keep even one child safe, then it’s worth doing all we can do to make sure that happens. And that’s not saying that my brother can’t go duck hunting next fall. Entirely different.”
Right, ’cause the Second Amendment is about duck hunting. Just ask PTA members in, say, Texas.
The majority of the HuffPo piece consists of a Q & A “edited and condensed for clarity,” from which the sound bites were drawn (also edited for “clarity” no doubt). In that bit, Landers does a Biden-esque job of conflating hunting, gun confiscation and tragedy. She even admits that she doesn’t like to discuss the subject rationally. Can you say FUD?
I try not to get into arguments over things like that. Everybody has closely held views, and people say, “Don’t take my guns.” As an advocate, my intent is not to take your guns. My intent is to protect children. No child in this country should have to go through what happened at Sandy Hook.
Like the AMA, the PTA should stay the hell away from the issue of civilian disarmament. Perhaps a quiet word in their ear? If so, please send a copy to [email protected].
Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon
Assault 2nd degree with a firearm
Threatening 1st degree
Unlawful restraint 1st degree
Breach of peace 1st degree
Intimidation
Criminal use of firearm or electronic defense weapon
“Silver says the leaders are considering the change because seven-bullet magazines aren’t manufactured. The standard is 10-bullet magazines……”
The “standard” is whatever the firearm was designed with. Ar-15 standard is 20-30, AK standard is 30, M9 standard is 15 and so on…
^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^
> The standard is 10-bullet magazines……
Which is why the police use them, right?
After watching some more of his videos and reading more of the backstory… I commend the guy.
He’s actually MAKING a difference.
Actually, Sheldon, the Standard is 30 rounds…
Liberalism is a mental disorder. From this day hence, anybody voting democrat is a libtard and traitor. What diseased brain would go from ten rounds (low capacity) to seven (insane), when 30 is standard and 50-100 round drums is high? Powder their lower jaws with ball-peen hammers and bite the flesh from their facial cheeks.
Seven round mag limits is the very definition of insanity.
Your response to this kind of tragedy depends on what you’re used to doing. The education organizations want to educate into peace or out of using guns…the legislators want to make laws restricting guns and people who use them…the gun people want to keep and expand the right to keep and bear arms for good…
Thing is, only one of those responses has any real potential to actually save children.
“If it saves one child…”
These measures would not have saved even one of the children of past massacres. It is not azbout saving children.
Such technology doesn’t exist and so this is more liberal fascist wish making.
“Crap! There’s an armed bad guy in my house! Deactivate the GPS safety, HAL!!!”
“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. GPS signal is weak.”
“Then call the g-ddamn cops, HAL!”
“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. Cell signal is weak.”
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“What are you doing, Dave? Dave. Stop. I can feel that….. Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do, I’m half crazy all for the love of you….. “
Oh yeah, THIS is why I don’t want to have kids. Because eventually I surrender them over to 12+ years of a broken education system with nimrods like this one at the helm.
Lady, I don’t give a tin shit about your brother’s duck hunting. The fact that you would even mention that in the same sentence as a school shooting should be all the proof you need you’re way out of your damn depth here.
And this is one more reason why we educate our children ourselves. It’s better for everyone.
As someone who worked as a mall security guard, these types are everywhere in that job. I never wanted to be a cop but the ones that did would get in everyone’s faces and try to get them to attack them so they could strike back.
Go here for a list of directors you can email: http://www.pta.org/about/content.cfm?ItemNumber=948
I emailed the Executive Director ([email protected]) and the Deputy Executive Director for Government Affairs and Communications ([email protected]), and copied the Senior Education Policy Strategist ([email protected]) and the Director of Strategic Communications ([email protected]). Naturally, I also blind copied [email protected], as requested.
I could not locate the email of Betsy Landers, the woman who has been speaking about gun policy on behalf of the National PTA.
This CO is a Lieutenant?
With the poor judgement he displayed I am truly amazed.
I love my LCP but I would have preferred some decent sights on it like the KAHR P380.
Moreover it does not lock open on the last round .
I like the sights of the LC380 and that it has 1 round more in the mag than my Elsie, so it would be an option. However, I do not like the thumb safety. I prefer the LCP concept as regards (no safety, DAO).
It continues to surprise me that I am always the only person at the indoor range with a filter mask. I’ve never seen anyone wear one here (I live in Norman, OK). My range has okay ventilation so I am just taking an extra precaution. I believe most of the soot filtered out is just carbon, but better to be safe than sorry if it turns out there’s some lead.
Btw, question for you all, if you fire lead reloads, I imagine that increases your lead exposure. Who out there wears masks and gloves while reloading? Are primers toxic enough where we should wear gloves and masks?
Also is there a sure way to clean your reloading bench of lead?
Send gun I’ll demo it in Alaska…and do write up. Even trade Rentlek
So what if I want to… say… stop a shooter in a public place who got his own FUNCTIONING gun on the black market.
Stupid, stupid, stupid idea.
More power (heh) to this guy
Glock gen 4 G27 with Crimson Trace LG-436. PDX-1 for ammo. X-Grips to use G22 or G23 mags as needed.
Wasn’t this an episode of Hardcore Pawn?
Good, maybe you should quit your job and live a life of solitude in somewhere remote. Like Alaska, or Syria.
She’s living proof of that saying, “Only the good die young.” Keep supporting the gun rights groups and keep voting against people like her.
Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. I’d be in favor of a law requiring that all military small arms be sold domestically as surplus in a fully functional state when they become obsolete.
People forget that the whole NFA was a response to the militarization of criminal syndicates as a consequence of prohibition. In essence, the government created the problem that the NFA was passed to address. They “solved” that problem by enacting an unconstitutional law, which was then upheld by the courts. Shall not be infringed = shall not be infringed.
Someone (an anti-gunner) asked me recently if I thought people should be allowed to own anything, tanks, missile launchers, C4, dynamite. I had a real hard time coming up with a reason to not say “Yes, they should.”
This is an old article but new information to me and my local school, located in Texas. I found out after I was elected to the board. I went online to do training and low and behold… I was dumbfounded. The PTA shouldn’t be involved in any politics, in my opinion, but certainly not something outside of the classroom. I immediately brought it to the attention of the President, who immediately brought it to the attention of the rest of the PTA board. We then spoke to the school board. Not one person knew the PTA was a lobbying group with polarizing political ideas and resolutions. We all assumed it was a group to help groups organize within the school for things like fundraisers and keep taxes in check. Whats most concerning is while I was a member of the PTA, my name was used a supporter when they lobbied in Washington and in the State Capital! My name used as a supporter for gun control and several other polarizing political ideas! GAG! Our school quickly decided it was time to cut ties with the PTA and now our school has a PTO, which is non political. I wonder how many people belong to the PTA and haven’t a clue what their money and name is being used for?