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Originally Posted by Strangelet
why is it not possible to talk about issues without dressing them up in a context of conspiracy of insidious intent?
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If you find the answer, I'd love to hear it.
Meanwhile, I just actually read the National Association for Gun Rights survey that was
linked in the email, and not surprisingly, it's pretty sophomoric. Here are the three survey questions on the "Official NAGR Gun Rights Survey":
1. Do you believe the gun registration and prohibition measures proposed by H.R. 45 violate the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding United States citizens?
Yes No Unsure
Okay, honestly, that's a fair enough question to start with. My personal answer is "No", but Democracy in action and all that...
2. Do you believe dictators, tyrants and despots throughout history have used firearms registration as the first step toward gun confiscation and citizen disarmament?
Yes No Unsure
Now in this case, I'm not really sure what the point is. Asking people if they believe in historical facts? Why? Wouldn't a more appropriate question be something like "Do you believe that tighter gun control laws will ultimately lead to gun confiscation and citizen disarmament?", or something along those lines?
3. Do you believe forcing law-abiding citizens to pass a written examination, submit to a two-day waiting period, release medical and mental records to the government, and pay of fee of $25 to own a firearm infringes on America's most basic freedoms?
Yes No Unsure
Really? They don't want to
"pay of fee of $25"? Lemme guess, with crappy grammar like this on a national survey that represents their organization, it's probably a safe bet that these people were the same ones who were pissed off about Obama urging kids to stay in school, and who hated him as soon as he was deemed an "intellectual". Clearly, getting educationalized isn't too important to these folks.
And then, as if in a conscious effort to remove all doubt about their stupidity, they share these brilliantly crafted, post-survey closing thoughts:
"Only with the financial support of grassroots gun owners can help Nation Association for Gun Rights prevail in the fight to fight for your rights. Please make a generous contribution."
They didn't even spell the name of their own organization correctly. Their dumbness scares me, because they're all armed. Seriously, if there's one thing that dumb doesn't go well with, it's guns.