NRA Press Conference (8am)

[njineermike]

The statement about movies and video games gives perspective. Hollywood and the game industry make huge profits off the idea of gun violence, and some it quite graphic and elaborate, but hypocritically decry the actuality of it. If they were so morally opposed to it, why make money of the pretend version?

[CHIEFone]

the video game stuff is to address a mental state in my view. i have a co-worker (in his 30's) who games a lot and talks about how he a wizard and ****, he addicted to the internet, his fb, and goes agro if something aint going his way. mental state of this guy unstable to me. i think that is was the point wayne was trying to draw... but kinda failed at it a lil bit

[Arreaux]

Glad they demanded the placement of officers to the schools before o's committee thinks about it. I'm sure the Dem's will spin it their way...

[truthseeker]

WOW! They actually came up with a plan that even the anti's can't argue against.

[13withinfinity]

Video games harder to get.... Firearms harder to get.... Eh, i dont agree with the whole video game gig but i would rather keep my firearm rights.

[billofrights]

I just read the transcript and I have to say, I honestly teared up with pride as a law abiding gun owner.

We're not the problem- WE'RE THE SOLUTION.

[El Toro]

Now is the time to ask Liberal gun-grabbers to pony-up and support the School Shield program! If they decline to support it, then they're NOT for the children are they?

If you have a friend or co-worker who supports gun bans, ask them to join the NRA to support the protection of our children! The look on their face as they scramble to get their minds around the idea? Priceless!

[retired]

Here is the link to the transcript from the NRA site. It contains both Wayne's and Asa's speeches:

http://home.nra.org/pdf/Transcript_PDF.pdf

[smogcity]

As someone with hollywood friends "in the business", I loved media being called on their contributions to moral decline. Every one of these industry types i know pipes up about "we must ban guns", then I remind them of their participation in the latest murder porn film...

[mif_slim]

Saw only the last minute of it.... checked and no links on the full video.. only of the stupid Anti... Grr..

[randomBytes]

I thought this was an excellent response from the NRA.
They came across as thoughtful, sane and reasonable - a stark contrast to much of the discussion since Sandy Hook.

[H Paul Payne]

In '94 they folded like cheap lawn furniture. They where more about "sporting guns".

Were you there? Because I was! And what you said is not accurate.

The fight over the Clinton Gun Ban was almost three years before I became employed with the NRA, but I was involved in the opposition to it.

To state it simply: WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES NEEDED TO WIN!

This occurred for many reasons including the fact that some of our "friends" abandoned us and voted with Clinton's side. To say that the NRA "folded" or did anything less than the absolute best that anyone could have done is simply not true. And no amount of history revision can change that fact. Like I said, I know because I was directly involved.

BTW, the NRA did have the ability to get the "sunset clause" in the gun ban and that is why it expired in 2004. Even some of the wishy-washy legislators voted for that part. They considered it "splitting the baby."

Oh, and another thing, when the NRA was offered a 20 round mag ban instead of a 10 round limit, if we would just lessen our opposition, we told them NO WAY!!! It's true that we lost and got a 10 round limit. But we did get the sunset clause. We weren't going to make deals when they were taking away our freedoms.

And one more thing: Do you remember the '94 and '96 elections???? The NRA is widely credited for taking away Clinton's majority in response to the gun ban and Brady Bill votes.

"like cheap lawn furniture" indeed!?!?!?!?!?!

Paul

[triggatronic]

Just finished reading the speech. Good stuff. Wish I could have heard the live broadcast because of the protesters. "Get you hand out my pocket!!" Lol. Very well thought out speech though, sounds like a good plan of action too. Glad I joined up.


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[otteray]

The NRA page just has the transcript now. Is a video available yet?

[FastFinger]

RE: Video games.

I recall reading about a study that the Army did post WWII, it showed that a very large % of combatants had opportunities to shot at enemies - but didn't. The % was surprisingly large.

In response they completely revamped training procedures to break down the internal mental wall that kept soldiers from shooting. As a result the % of combatants who did take the shot (and many more shots) in Viet Nam and subsequent wars increased dramatically.

And that effective training (call it a mild brain wash if you want) was just presented a few hours for a few weeks early in their enlistment. I feel it'd be borderline ignorant to not expect to see a cause / effect between being immersed for hours on end in a first person shooter game and having a cavalier attitude about slaughtering others for some people who have certain mental issues.

What, if anything, can or should be done about that is a mystery to me.