“The intersection of guns and health care is undeniable. As the Firearm & Injury Center at the University of Pennsylvania concluded, ‘Healthcare providers thus have a vital role in preventing firearm injuries and their impact on patients, families and communities.’ And that’s why the group Doctors for America, which Murthy co-founded, applauded Obama’s gun violence imitative (sic) last year.” – Media Matters for America’s Eric Boehlert in More Guns, Less Health Care: How The Right Wing Is Making America Less Safe [at mediamatters.org]
In the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia, the state legislature tried last year to give Oakland local authority for firearms laws, because of their particular problems. Governor Moonbeam vetoed it.
Berzerkely asserts their Charter City status when creating local street designs, traffic control devices, and traffic movement laws. But plenty of other cities pass local firearms laws (e.g. confiscatory bans on ammo and magazines and firearms) without Charter City status, so I’m not sure why Oakland thought they needed the state to give them permission to infringe.
The NRA is not a political group. It is a not-for-profit organization. The NRA-ILA IS a political group. But, the story I read says the gun club made membership in the NRA mandatory, not the NRA-ILA. I don’t see the conflict.
So this means that they will start banning showers and tubs since such a large number of injuries result from falling in the bathroom right?
I’m going to write a book called “how to make money in the USA” It will have have three chapters. 1. Suing people for profit, 2. start a ‘nonprofit organization’ to crusade against something stupid people don’t understand, and 3. learn to lie, kiss ass, and manipulate others *aka how to become a politician*.
We should ban health care, seeing as how death and injury from malpractice and infections dwarf those from firearms.
lol that is a great idea actually. Toss that in that self important jerk’s face. How many people die to malpractice each year…. doctors should be banned. Maybe they should have to take countless hours of training and have to be licensed….. oh wait…. all that and they still kill people by the thousands. Maybe it could be that some people are just worthless and there is no way to know until they actually DO something wrong.
If we keep removing people because of ‘what ifs’ then you are 100% correct, remove all doctors.
I find this attitude tiresome. Why are leftists compelled to intrude, forcefully if necessary, into others’ lives? Why is every intrusion a good thing? Why is nearly every intrusion then discovered to be ineffective, harmful at times, but still the leftist response is more of the same crap. It’s like an addict who believes only larger doses will save them from their addiction. (For the addict, this eventually “frees” them from their addiction).
Thanks for letting me vent.
“Why are leftists compelled to intrude, forcefully if necessary, into others’ lives?”
There are two simple answers that cover 99% of leftists:
(1) “Benevolent” leftists think of everyone as toddlers who have no idea what is good for themselves and will quite literally perish without intervention from the leftists. Being the pillars of virtue and knowledge that they claim themselves to be, the leftists believe they have an obligation to “intervene”.
(2) “Malevolent” leftists think of everyone as a resource to be exploited, consumed, used, and abused at their pleasure … and rail for the means to accomplish that mindset.
Both Doctors for America and Media Matters are partisan political organizations that work directly with the Obama White House. Any policy they advocate is based on politics, not science.
Perhaps we should start having doctors inspect our vehicles since they cause far more injuries than firearms. They could lay down on a creeper, inspect pur brakes, check our tires, etc., since they are the experts in public health they must be the most qualified mechanics, right?
The ACLU, Jesse Jackson & his Kid, Al Sharpton does more harm than good. What happened to MLK.
I’ve been to Durango Many, Many times over 50 years. Almost moved to the area. Its turned into nothing but a Preppie-ville, tourist attraction. The Arizona and California Preppies have ruined Colorado.
I have quit the NRA myself after supporting them for 30 years. They have gotten off track. But I buy Guns and a lot more Ammo.
This statement just in from the Firearm & Injury Center: “Citizen! Do your part toward Injurystop! Only participate in party-sanctioned activities at the indicated appropriate times! Those in possession of or interest in firearms are perpetrators of thoughtcrime and will be dealt with accordingly!”
Guns as a health issue means protective stupidity.
Sorry that the NRA did not come to the Rescue for gun owners in the State of New Jersey. However, sometimes you have to bow to the absurd. You see, it is not the rest of the countries responsibility to protect you from your own stupidity. “You Can’t Fix Stupid”.
You voted these people into power. You allowed for your state to become the most corrupt Unionized State in the “Many States United”. If you cannot live with the laws your elected officials have imposed upon you…. Try voting for responsible leadership. Stop paying dues to, and supporting of, the SEIU/NSDAP!!! Stop doing the same stupid thing, over and over, in hopes that something positive will some day come from it. The 2nd Amendment is not about YOUR right to keep and bear arms… it is about your responsibility to the Security of a Free State where everyone gets to have these rights.
We would like to help protect you from that bolt of electricity… but if you refuse to take your finger out of that socket… It will only shock us too when we try to help.
You might consider moving to a part of the “Many States United” where the Constitution still exist… but here in Texas we have found that most of the idiot/morons that move from those states simply want to force their communities here to change to be like the ones they just moved away from. So, if you decide to move to the Free States, please do not bring your SEIU/NSDAP Crap here.
Thank you.
The NRA can’t afford to fight in NJ. They are too busy fixing up ranges in Colorado. You know, really important stuff.
Stupid arguement. I do not support the manner in which the NRA appraoches certain things, but make no mistake, the only reason we have not lost our 2A rights in this country is because of the NRA. If you are a gun owner and value freedom, you join the NRA, or you are irresponsible. Join the others as well if you like, the state level groups are great, but a gun person belongs to the NRA, period.
Politics is the art of the possible. The NRA is the single largest, most well funded, and effective gun rights lobbying organization in the USA, in addition to all the other things it does to support the shooting sports nation wide.
Bitch and moan all you want about what they haven’t done for you in your particular little niche. If you don’t like living in CA or NJ, and if you feel SO strongly about your gun rights, then leave.
The NRA has scored major victories in the past several years. Ever hear about Illinois?
I’m a life member of the GOA, the Second Amendment Foundation and the NRA (Benefactor).
Put up, or shut up.
So healthcare providers should be asking patients if they belong to a Gang? Which Gang? Have they considered getting out of that Gang? What are the things preventing them from leaving the Gang? Do they talk to the parents about their boy being in a Gang?
Is “NANNY BOY” an insult? Feel free to use my description.
The NRA is far from perfect, but they are the biggest force in the Pro-2A camp. The anti-gun groups have to focus all of their attention on them.
Besides, it has to drive the anti-gunners insane (more insane?) when they read how many members the NRA has. I like to think I’m contributing to some sleepless nights for Bloomberg and company when they think about the NRA having 5 million members and MDA having what? a little over 100K members.
Can you tell me where the data is that suggests the ‘reality’ that a police officer is 4times more likely to kill a friendly gun control advocate than a concealed carrier is?
How many friendly gun control advocates have officers killed?
Ima Sig fan, but of that one, not so much. I prefer the understated arms that are built for shooting.
I have also felt this way about the NRA in the past but sometimes a person should look at how certain states continue to vote I personally don’t want the NRA to waste money in liberal majority states. If you live in one of these states why don’t you take all this energy and use it to get people to vote these communists out of office. Maybe if the NRA sees this start to happen they would be more willing to spend everyone’s money there.
I pay my dues to the National Rifle Association for what they do at the national level. That’s their charter.
The state chapter in my state decided to mostly support hunters and abandon the rest of the gun owners. So I pay dues to an independent state gun rights group that works for all gun owners, even hunters. And even open-carriers.
Anther way to go would be join the state organization and vote the narcissists out. But I have only so much money and less time.
I think she meant, “to serve their unions and to protect their pensions.”
Nice article. One very minor quibble for clarity though:
“The entire premise of his argument was that he felt safe walking down the streets in England, but not as safe when walking down the streets of his American hometown. And for that DISPARITY, he blamed the prevalance of guns.”
Calling it a disparity gives the idea credence, I think. Better to call it “false disparity” or “incongruence” or maybe even “psychological fear projection.”
+1 dwb…I see loads of black folks buying guns locally.(Illinois & Indiana). They’ll never join the NRA, vote Republican or GET WHO fights for their RTKBA. It’s the whole entitlement mentality. “Obama doesn’t want to take my guns.” Willfully ignorant.
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lol ban, did she say ban?
i understand that we have a freedom of speech in this country but this bitch is pushing it!
how about this….
how about we come to your office and arrest you for the breaking your oath of office, you treasonous bitch!
Obummer isn’t going to do that. He has already alienated the democratic party and there is little chance he would do this before an election. DF is still butt hurt about her grand vision get washed out to sea like a dead fish.
The SOTU was a bunch of lip service, that’s it.
Can’t smoke, can’t drink over-sized sodas, gotta wear our seat belts and motorcycle helmets, mustn’t let our children play confrontational games … We all grew up, went off on our own and now the government wants to be our mommy, controlling all aspects of our lives. They’re a couple short steps from wiping our noses and asking about the condition of our underwear. I can’t decide if the founding fathers would be taking up arms or laughing at us. The sissification of our nation is rolling on. It’s a real word. You could look it up. But don’t.
What I think is interesting is her statement:
“Finally, assault features — which would be illegal if added to a foreign-made weapon — are added to the now-American-made weapon, rendering the weapon an assault rifle for all practical purposes.”
Where she seems to have mistakenly used “assault rifle” (which has specific meaning) instead of “assault weapon”. Normally DiFi is careful about that slip-up, at least in written press, in keeping with the strategy of conflating the two in the minds of the uninformed (like “automatic” with no qualifiers)
Perhaps the small parasitic alien in her brain (the only possible explanation I can think of for her and Queen Nancy) has finally eaten too many brain cells? (Or they are the lizard aliens from V…can’t you just see Pelosi ripping off the mask one day?)
Steyr M9-A1 in a Fricke Holsters IWB with a Zero Tolerance 200 folder.
Commander length 1911 or 9mm S&W Shield depending on clothing.
SIG P250 SC or P232.
LCR .38 when I can’t reasonably conceal my M&P 9… which, in Texas, is most of the year.
Naa 22 mag, ITP (in the pocket) Titanium framed 38 special when I go to town.
G-20SF loaded with Underwood 135’s in a GlockTech MIC. Surprisingly comfortable to carry and shoot.
S&W Mod 66 4″.
The NRA is fighting on a national level to free the commie states some of you people CHOOSE to live in. Politically there is almost no hope to free some of your states from the inside–it is going to take Congress and the Supreme Court to get the job done. You whiners remind me of some of the French or Dutch complaining in 1944 that it was taking the Allies too long to liberate them–except here you VOLUNTARILY chose to live under totalitarians. No one invaded and subjugated you–you choose to pay taxes to these tyrants. Who is less useless than you?
A Beretta Nano 9mm in my front pocket and an extended magazine in a rear pocket. The Mrs. carries a Kel-Tec P-3AT 380.
Are there any statistics as to the number of “comment moderated” actions for posts concerning DiFi vs. any other category of post? She does inspire a bunch of unacceptable comments, doesn’t she?
Please STOP hunting down and kill poor defenseless animals just for fun/sport and trophy photos. Please STOP all kind of hunting. Those animals have done absolutly nothing to harm or hurt you. They all just want to live a peaceful life in secure freedom. Animals have exactly the same rights to live like humans.
I own one and love it to death. Got it for $1,550 and consider myself very lucky but you can find some on Gunbroker for about $1.6K. I was waiting for a review to see how TTAG felt and glad I made the right choice. 🙂 Although, I didn’t know 77gr bullets had that effect as I’ve been shooting mostly M193 so I gotta try that later whenever I get more funds.
We liked our Medicaid but we couldn’t keep it!
Fnx 9mm – when I can wear jeans with a hangy shirt. I need a smallie for shorts n shit.