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<blockquote data-quote="Pokem807" data-source="post: 3194124" data-attributes="member: 7378"><p>I read this open letter earlier at Ammoland.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/pro-2a-nra-haters-fyi-for-you/#axzz5cPDspQQk" target="_blank">https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/pro-2a-nra-haters-fyi-for-you/#axzz5cPDspQQk</a></p><p></p><p>I think that Liptak made some good points, but he undermines his own argument with his revisionist version of the bump stock fiasco. He blamed Parkland for the NRA's support for bump stock regulation, but the NRA released that statement after Las Vegas which occurred months earlier. The NRA jumped back on bump stock regulation after Parkland because they saw it as an easy way to compromise without pissing off FUDDs like Marion Hammer (a past president of the NRA). Liptak also claims that we were teetering on the brink of having the <strong>GOP-controlled</strong> House and Senate pass legislation which Trump would have signed. I saw no indication of that at the time, and if anything I was pleasantly surprised at how well most of the politicians on "our side" held up...with the notable exception of Marco Rubio. If anything, Trump took his cue on bump stock regulation from the NRA.</p><p></p><p>The NRA can't have it both ways. When Sandy Hook happened in 2012, the Dems had control of the Senate and the White House. All of their efforts at passing anything anti-2a related into law failed, and bump stocks were deemed <strong>not</strong> to be machine guns by the ATF. Fast forward to 2018. The GOP controlled both houses of Congress as well as the White House after Vegas and Parkland, and now we have Fix NICS and the regulatory ban on bump stocks. How the #$% does that happen? If Liptak had answered that question, his open letter would carry a little more weight.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I think that the bandwagon of "haters" which Liptak takes exception with is having an effect. The NRA knows that it stepped on its own crank a few too many times in recent years. This open letter is proof of that, otherwise Liptak never would have felt compelled to write it. I'm hopeful that the NRA is re-evaluating its priorities and if so I may support them financially in the future. Until then, every time I see them try to fund raise by decrying the regulatory overreach of the ATF I'll take those membership dues and just buy some more ammo.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/10/luis-valdes/marion-hammer-nra-never-wanted-legal-machine-guns-bump-fire-stocks/" target="_blank">https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/10/luis-valdes/marion-hammer-nra-never-wanted-legal-machine-guns-bump-fire-stocks/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokem807, post: 3194124, member: 7378"] I read this open letter earlier at Ammoland. [URL]https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/pro-2a-nra-haters-fyi-for-you/#axzz5cPDspQQk[/URL] I think that Liptak made some good points, but he undermines his own argument with his revisionist version of the bump stock fiasco. He blamed Parkland for the NRA's support for bump stock regulation, but the NRA released that statement after Las Vegas which occurred months earlier. The NRA jumped back on bump stock regulation after Parkland because they saw it as an easy way to compromise without pissing off FUDDs like Marion Hammer (a past president of the NRA). Liptak also claims that we were teetering on the brink of having the [B]GOP-controlled[/B] House and Senate pass legislation which Trump would have signed. I saw no indication of that at the time, and if anything I was pleasantly surprised at how well most of the politicians on "our side" held up...with the notable exception of Marco Rubio. If anything, Trump took his cue on bump stock regulation from the NRA. The NRA can't have it both ways. When Sandy Hook happened in 2012, the Dems had control of the Senate and the White House. All of their efforts at passing anything anti-2a related into law failed, and bump stocks were deemed [B]not[/B] to be machine guns by the ATF. Fast forward to 2018. The GOP controlled both houses of Congress as well as the White House after Vegas and Parkland, and now we have Fix NICS and the regulatory ban on bump stocks. How the #$% does that happen? If Liptak had answered that question, his open letter would carry a little more weight. Having said all that, I think that the bandwagon of "haters" which Liptak takes exception with is having an effect. The NRA knows that it stepped on its own crank a few too many times in recent years. This open letter is proof of that, otherwise Liptak never would have felt compelled to write it. I'm hopeful that the NRA is re-evaluating its priorities and if so I may support them financially in the future. Until then, every time I see them try to fund raise by decrying the regulatory overreach of the ATF I'll take those membership dues and just buy some more ammo. [URL]https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/10/luis-valdes/marion-hammer-nra-never-wanted-legal-machine-guns-bump-fire-stocks/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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