Comments on: NRA’s Top 5 Gun Industry Donors

By: Arnold_Laine

Arnold_Laine — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:20:00 +0000

“MidwayUSA, a distributor of high-capacity magazines”

First off, Midway sells a massive variety of gun products, such as cleaning kits, brushes, bags, etc. They are like Amazon or Walmart. Their business really wouldn’t be affected much by any of the proposed bans.

But, get to the heart of the matter, do you know why they were the biggest contributor? When you “check out” there you have an option to round up your purchase to the nearest dollar and contribute it the the NRA, or just make a donation. Also, Midway reached their one million active customer mark last year, and to celebrate that they gave one million to the NRA.

So that’s it. Grassroots money and a million dollars are your scary “gun industry” partners. Not nearly the massive amounts of wealth implied, is it?

Now, lets compare that to the nutcase billionaire, Bloomberg, who spent 12x that single one million dollar donation by Midway on a single election last year to get a pro gun rights candidate out of office. And he has spent god knows what on a new propaganda campaign in 12 states to push his agenda on the people there.

Who really represents the people now? Midway or Emperor Bloomberg?

By: Katstiles

Katstiles — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:01:00 +0000

What is the intended purpose of the product? Guns and other weapons are made to kill living beings. You can’t compare weapons to anything else that is manufactured unless it’s purpose is to kill people. Cars, knives, baseballs bats, etc. are not intended to kill but people use them to commit the act. Guns are made to kill or wound. Therefore, gun makers have a special liability and responsibility to make sure their “products” are sold and distributed and used in as safe and secure way as possible. They should be joining lawmakers in making sure guns are only sold to law abiding citizens without a history of mental illness or defect. They should make sure the dealers they sell weapons to only sell to law abiding citizens. There are many things they could do to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerously ill people but they don’t do anything! They fight common sense gun safety laws every step of the way because they would result in a loss in sales!

By: P.j. R. Thomas

P.j. R. Thomas — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:46:00 +0000

I don’t think that you can hold a company responsible for what their tools do. I’m on the side of more heavy legislation but I wouldn’t hold Boeing responsible for 9/11 or hold a company who makes chainsaws responsible for when someone attacks somebody with one. Yes guns are meant for killing, but that doesn’t mean that the company is to blame when this happens. There’s not enough blame being placed on the evil S.O.B’s who did these awful crimes and too much on every other ’cause’ or ‘why’.

By: Richard Hart

Richard Hart — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:38:00 +0000

Roger Kaufman

This is bullshit in every possible way. I am an Australian shooter, and the facts are these:

1. Guns are not banned. Semiautos and handguns are banned unless you have a professional requirement for one. Hunting rifles and bolt action military rifles are perfectly legal for pretty much anyone without a criminal record or mental health issue.

2. I have personally taught more than 1,000 young people to shoot on rifle ranges in this country since our gun control laws were introduced in 1996.

3. We do have common sense laws about gun registration, shooter registration, secure storage of guns and weapons in the home, and so forth. These are things that the fruitbats from the Amercian NRA resist tooth and nail, but things even the most ardent shooters in Australia agree with.

4. We had 30 gun homicides last year and not all that many stabbings. Our annual death toll from all form of weapons would be reached in a few days in any one large American city. We are one of the safest countries in the world – now.

Get YOUR facts straight ‘DUMB ARSE’.

By: Morgan James Davies

Morgan James Davies — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:50:00 +0000

” high-capacity magazine clips”?

Jeebus, but you’re a cretin. If you’re going to babble bullshit, at least do some research.

By: Roger William Kaufman

Roger William Kaufman — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:10:00 +0000

I own a lot of guns including AR types, served 28 years, believe what you want, but your government doesn’t want you to have any weapons to protect yourself from them or criminals. Look at Australia. No guns…no mass murders…violent crime through the roof. You need to wake up “DUMB ASS”!

By: Michael Ross

Michael Ross — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:15:00 +0000

Fabulous. This is exactly the information that anti-gun activists need.

The only language the NRA understands is money, so the only way to get their attention is to hit them in their wallets. So take note everyone: Write down the five names and tell everyone to boycott them and anyone that carries their sorry-ass products.

Only when the NRA’s top financial contributors shrivel up and disappear will we even have a prayer of getting those pricks to listen to reason.

By: onedonewong

onedonewong — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:38:00 +0000

Responsible gun safety?? The current rules and laws are sufficient. What is lacking is the will to pin the tail on the donkey as it relates to mental disease. Every doctor, hospital and or Psychologist should be required by law to place anyone they are treating for ANY mental illness on the Federal Background register so they can neither buy or own or possess a gun.
The liberal cry babies don’t want to”stigmatize” the nut jobs but have no problem going after those who play by the rules and enjoy guns.
If obama’s kids have armed guards then all school children should enjoy the same level of protection

By: highpckts

highpckts — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:11:00 +0000

Amen and well said!!

By: ROBERT C HASTINGS

ROBERT C HASTINGS — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000

If we want REAL progress on gun violence, then we should take into account what occurred when the Federal government went after the tobacco industry. The courts identified tobacco as a public health hazard, restricted its sale and required manufacturers to put on their packages distinct warnings about the consequences of tobacco use, required the industry to spend large amounts of money on training and to change their marketing AWAY from the young. The FDA FINALLY is getting authority to regulate tobacco. After Prohibition, we did some of the same things with alcohol. Should we not be doing likewise with guns? If one is the victim of a gun assault, are there not consequences to his health? Are we all so paranoid that we MUST HAVE our guns for protection, even though common sense tells us to avoid situations that MIGHT involve guns? Have we not realized that not everyone is responsible enough to safely handle a firearm? It seems like there is a lot of fear being propagated by the industry, in order to create huge profits, but little or no effort to behave like good, responsible corporate citizens.