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Byte1 08-07-2020 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by LoisR (Post 1813882)
Real men don't need guns, especially automatics. And this is from a former state rifle champion and former NRA member.

Real men don't need guns? Funny! Tell that to your military and law enforcement. Tell that to all the FEMALES that have and carry guns. Do they believe that "REAL MEN" don't need guns?
I don't NEED an AR15 but I don't care if someone else owns one. I have plenty of other weapons, including several semi-automatic rifles and pistols. I am amused but concerned about all these "experts" on guns that never held one before and think that they know what everyone else "needs" or doesn't need. Of course, we don't NEED a gun. I carry one to protect my family and anyone else that needs protection, when their "I don't need a gun" family member refuses to protect them. Remember that often abused saying that goes something like this: I carry protection when three seconds might mean life or death, when a COP is at least three minutes away.
Just because someone does not like guns, does not give them ANY RIGHT to demand that others not have them.
The gov will never be able to take everyone's guns away. As soon as they announce confiscation, guns will be hidden. If you wish to see a pandemic of crime and brand new influx of criminals in this country, try taking guns away from normally law abiding citizens.

Dahabs 08-07-2020 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by noslices1 (Post 1813811)
You will not find many “Criminals” who are members of the NRA, so your allegations are false.

Agreed. However, you don't need to be a member to benefit from their lobbying.

theruizs 08-07-2020 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1813656)
It sure seems like a bogus lawsuit with an agenda to me. There are thousands of nonprofit organizations that are just as corrupt or more corrupt than the NRA. Why isn't the NY attorney general suing them?

You have to start somewhere, right? Or because there are so many corrupt nonprofits just ignore them all and do nothing?

KRM0614 08-07-2020 08:22 AM

They’re as bad as planned parenthood Actblue and BLM

ChickenDinner 08-07-2020 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 1813740)
No responsible firearms owner needs assault type rifles. The reason these firearms are protected is because they are a line of defense against the moonbats going after hand guns and hunting rifles. Once the anti-gun moonbats get rid of assault rifles they will set their sights on their next target, and then the next, and the next, until only criminals possess firearms.

Responsible firearm owners would gladly have assault type weapons become illegal if it came with an iron clad agreement to end all further crusades against other types of firearms.

A slippery slope argument, in logic, critical thinking, political rhetoric, and caselaw, is often viewed as a logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.

airstreamingypsy 08-07-2020 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1813656)
It sure seems like a bogus lawsuit with an agenda to me. There are thousands of nonprofit organizations that are just as corrupt or more corrupt than the NRA. Why isn't the NY attorney general suing them?

She did. Since politics are not allowed here, I can't name two big cases she prosecuted and had shut down.

Taltarzac725 08-07-2020 08:49 AM

Dislike what the NRA has become. They did good work before they became something else entirely.

LowOnCash 08-07-2020 08:49 AM

I'm not a fan of automatic weapons but making them illegal means only crooks and terrorist have them. These slobs who kill with them don't buy their guns at gun shops!

airstreamingypsy 08-07-2020 08:51 AM

The prosecution in NY has nothing to do with the second Amendment, it has to do with people donating to a "charity" and the people running the charity using the donations to secure expensive yachts, hotels rooms for their families etc..... IOW living like kings on your donations. That's illegal.

Lindsyburnsy 08-07-2020 09:01 AM

The other charity that had to be dissolved was another high profile grifter from NYC. She is doing her job that has been long overdue.

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1813656)
It sure seems like a bogus lawsuit with an agenda to me. There are thousands of nonprofit organizations that are just as corrupt or more corrupt than the NRA. Why isn't the NY attorney general suing them?


Gizemo33 08-07-2020 09:01 AM

Retiredguy, your logic is completely flawed. From what you feel or said nonprofits can do all the illegal things in the world and it's OK.

I saw an expose yesterday of the millions and millions that the top four people of the NRA have pilfered. But I guess you and the rest of the Second Amendment people will just continue to send in your membership fees and make "" charitable donations " to the NRA.

Get the true details and maybe you will might change your mind. Oh and by the way nobody is trying to take your guns away -- they're just trying to establish sensible gun ownership.

Indydealmaker 08-07-2020 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1813648)
I don't own a firearm but I do support 2A, and I support the responsible ownership of firearms by responsible owners.

I also supported the NRA until 1993 when they lobbied for the Dickey amendment, which prohibits the CDC from using its funds to research gun violence in the USA.

I've been against the NRA ever since. The "organization" is nothing more than a very profitable lobby group now. And apparently a corrupt one that has put membership money into the pockets of its officers instead of spending it on its own causes. They never should've gotten their non-prof status in the first place. They can re-create themselves if they are dissolved, but their current incarnation is spoiled and unrecoverable, in my opinion.

The CDC has no business researching anything except disease.

Number 10 GI 08-07-2020 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LoisR (Post 1813882)
Real men don't need guns, especially automatics.

Haven't had my full dose of caffeine yet, "Real men don't need guns", what does that mean?

Garwood1 08-07-2020 09:56 AM

I am not a member of NRA but this is the first step in eliminating any and all things they don’t agree with and where does it stop or does it keep going until they have total domination of us all ?

golf4dns 08-07-2020 10:00 AM

So make a donation to assist them in more good works...and tell them to use some of your well intentioned money to take a much deserved vacation.


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