NY AG wants to dissolve NRA after 18-month investigation

[Dave Moss]

 

[Dave Moss]

 

[Alpha_TATEr]

uh oh, bfit is gonna flip out. 

[xBMTx]

Gun owner here: NRA is a scam organization. 

[Bill]

Just now, xBMTx said:

Gun owner here: NRA is a scam organization. 

Agreed. It’s a big Wayne LaPierre fund. 
 

Lots of better organizations to give money to.

[mr_hunt]

2 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

 

biden's gonna come for yer gunz just like obomer did!

[Alpha_TATEr]

Just now, Dave Moss said:

 

[toolg]

You know your organization is crooked when Oliver North is the one who calls you out.

 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

 

Right to the scare tactics. I didn’t know a private organization had anything to do with a constitutional amendment.

[Ace Nova]

21 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

 

 

23 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

 

I have no idea what that's about but why continue to throw fire on an already volatile political climate?  The case (if it happens) will likely take years. 

The NRA and the hard right will use this as ammunition to the fullest extent of their power.  Announcing something like this, less than 4 months before the election, seems like an attempt of the liberal left to double/triple down on the idea that "The election is already won and we are not worried about political backlash".  (2016 round 2).

Sometimes I wonder if the far liberal left "thinks" before they act, tbh.  (And before anyone says that they are doing "the right thing" in their opinion, regardless of politics...that does not hold water in 2020 when nearly everything has been politicized).  Announcing something like this will be viewed as an attack on the right and an attack on the 2nd amendment, regardless of intent, imo. 

 

[Kz!]

Not good optics here, the left, especially in an election year.  

[Mike030270]

Don't really care but why dissolve it? Why not just fix the financial issues with it?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Announcing something like this will be viewed as an attack on the right and an attack on the 2nd amendment, regardless of intent, imo. 

 

8 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Right to the scare tactics. I didn’t know a private organization had anything to do with a constitutional amendment.

 

[DEagle7]

The NRA is the PETA of gun organizations.  But giving Trump this ammo seems like a silly move, regardless of how legit the charges may be.  

[Dave Moss]

 

 

[Alpha_TATEr]

1 minute ago, DEagle7 said:

The NRA is the PETA of gun organizations.  But giving Trump this ammo seems like a silly move, regardless of how legit the charges may be.  

this would be something to announce the day after the election. 

 

[JohnSnowsHair]

10 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

 

I have no idea what that's about but why continue to throw fire on an already volatile political climate?  The case (if it happens) will likely take years. 

The NRA and the hard right will use this as ammunition to the fullest extent of their power.  Announcing something like this, less than 4 months before the election, seems like an attempt of the liberal left to double/triple down on the idea that "The election is already won and we are not worried about political backlash".  (2016 round 2).

Sometimes I wonder if the far liberal left "thinks" before they act, tbh.  (And before anyone says that they are doing "the right thing" in their opinion, regardless of politics...that does not hold water in 2020 when nearly everything has been politicized).  Announcing something like this will be viewed as an attack on the right and an attack on the 2nd amendment, regardless of intent, imo. 

 

Yup.

[Dave Moss]

You guys realize they've been investigating for 18 months, right?  They already have a mountain of evidence.  In other words, this isn't a witch hunt.

[20dawk4life]

Great timing 

[DEagle7]

Just now, Dave Moss said:

You guys realize they've been investigating for 18 months, right?  They already have a mountain of evidence.  In other words, this isn't a witch hunt.

I'm not arguing it is.  And I don't even think pushing for accountability in a group with so much political sway is a "fringe left" thing.  I just think it's bad timing on the announcement tosses numbnuts a life line.  It's been 18 months, you can wait a few more.

[Dave Moss]

1 minute ago, DEagle7 said:

I'm not arguing it is.  And I don't even think pushing for accountability in a group with so much political sway is a "fringe left" thing.  I just think it's bad timing on the announcement tosses numbnuts a life line.  It's been 18 months, you can wait a few more.

I guess.  AG of NY is an elected position though.  I wouldn't be surprised if Letitia James has political goals of her own.    

[JohnSnowsHair]

6 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

You guys realize they've been investigating for 18 months, right?  They already have a mountain of evidence.  In other words, this isn't a witch hunt.

It's not a witch hunt. But politically this gives the right the ability to dust off that gun rights wedge and make an issue of something other than COVID-19 and the economy.

It may prove to be less helpful than it may appear, as the shine on the NRA has worn off for many given their obvious corruption.

We'll see.

[vikas83]

3 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

I guess.  AG of NY is an elected position though.  I wouldn't be surprised if Letitia James has political goals of her own.    

If this somehow costs the Dems nationally, especially Biden, her political career is dead. Even if this isn't the cause, if Biden loses, she will have hell to pay.

[Dave Moss]

Just now, JohnSnowsHair said:

It's not a witch hunt. But politically this gives the right the ability to dust off that gun rights wedge and make an issue of something other than COVID-19 and the economy.

It may prove to be less helpful than it may appear, as the shine on the NRA has worn off for many given their obvious corruption.

We'll see.

Do you think NRA members really want to pay for La Pierre’s family to vacation in the Bahamas on his yacht or fund his safaris in Africa?  It should be interesting.

[Dave Moss]

4 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

If this somehow costs the Dems nationally, especially Biden, her political career is dead. Even if this isn't the cause, if Biden loses, she will have hell to pay.

Agreed.