I'm thinking we need a catch-all thread for LaPierre's and the NRA's raging paranoia, which has kicked into high gear and shows NO evidence of any kind of connection with or to reality ~ ~ Sooz

The Nine Most Insane Quotes From The NRA’s New Apocalyptic Op-Ed
By Zack Beauchamp and Ian Millhiser on Feb 13, 2013 at 6:03 pm

Wednesday afternoon, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre published a bizarre, paranoid screed on the Daily Caller outlining a series of wildly implausible scenarios in which (among other things) the police will cease to exist because of the deficit and al-Qaeda will provoke the government into stealing your guns. Here are the nine most absurd quotes from LaPierre’s piece:

1. Violent Latino Gangs Are Out To Get You: “Latin American drug gangs have invaded every city of significant size in the United States. Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world, and though the states on the U.S./Mexico border may be the first places in the nation to suffer from cartel violence, by no means are they the last.”

2. And They’re Streaming Over The Border: “The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border. So the border today remains porous not only to people seeking jobs in the U.S., but to criminals whose jobs are murder, rape, robbery and kidnapping.”

3. And So Is Al-Qaeda: “Ominously, the border also remains open to agents of al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. Numerous intelligence sources have confirmed that foreign terrorists have identified the southern U.S. border as their path of entry into the country.”

4. And Obama Will Use Them As An Excuse To Take Your Guns: “A heinous act of mass murder—either by terrorists or by some psychotic who should have been locked up long ago—will be the pretext to unleash a tsunami of gun control.”

5. If You Want Gun Safety, You Want Civilization To Collapse: “After Hurricane Sandy, we saw the hellish world that the gun prohibitionists see as their utopia. Looters ran wild in south Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. And if you wanted to walk several miles to get supplies, you better get back before dark, or you might not get home at all.”

6. Thanks To Obama, There Will Soon Be No Cops: “Meanwhile, President Obama is leading this country to financial ruin, borrowing over a trillion dollars a year for phony “stimulus” spending and other payoffs for his political cronies. Nobody knows if or when the fiscal collapse will come, but if the country is broke, there likely won’t be enough money to pay for police protection. And the American people know it.”

7. But The NRA Is Totally Not Paranoid: “Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Riots. Terrorists. Gangs. Lone criminals. These are perils we are sure to face—not just maybe. It’s not paranoia to buy a gun. It’s survival. It’s responsible behavior, and it’s time we encourage law-abiding Americans to do just that.”

8. It’s Just That The Collapse Of Civilization Is Right Around The Corner: “We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.”

9. And We Shall Overcome: “We [the NRA] are the largest civil rights organization in the world.”

LaPierre’s rant after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was of a similar tenor.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/13/1592501/the-nine-most-insane-quotes-from-wayne-lapierres-apocalyptic-new-op-ed/

7. But The NRA Is Totally Not Paranoid: “Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Riots. Terrorists. Gangs. Lone criminals. These are perils we are sure to face—not just maybe. It’s not paranoia to buy a gun. It’s survival. It’s responsible behavior, and it’s time we encourage law-abiding Americans to do just that.”

So how did blowing Hurricane Sandy off the map with your big gun work out for ya, Wayne?

Violent Latino gangs- most of the violence is perpetrated on their own members to keep them in line, or on traitors or other gangs. The biggest threat to you is that they will lure your teenage daughter into prostitution.

Border crossers- no need to cross the border to engage in murder rape robbery- plenty of that in your hometown in Central America. Again, the human smugglers are threats mostly to their cargo, no time or reason to bother you.

Somewhere in time I truly hope Karma bites Wayne in the butt.

I laughed at this thinking somewhere someone must have a dog named Karma.

LOL, John ~ I like "Karma" as a pooch name ~

Sooz

The "NRA brain trust" at work ~ ~ Sooz

NRA Ad Envisions War Between Defenseless Middle Class And Drug Cartels With High-Capacity Magazines
By Aviva Shen on Feb 15, 2013 at 9:00 am

The National Rifle Association has held firm in its opposition to all gun regulation being considered in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. As the public overwhelmingly supports measures like universal background checks and bans on high capacity magazines, the NRA is trying to convince Americans they are up against a lawless future full of criminals who want to kill respectable, middle-class people. On Thursday, the NRA released a new ad arguing that banning high capacity magazines would leave families unarmed against hoardes of “madmen, drug cartels, and home-invading killers.”

The ad intones:


Watch it:



The ad builds on the same apocalyptic narrative in NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Daily Caller op-ed on Wednesday. The op-ed warned that “Latin American drug gangs have invaded every city of significant size” and “foreign terrorists” were planning to invade the country via Mexico. The new ad’s dig at security guards for high-profile politicians and celebrities also echoes the NRA’s widely criticized video blasting Obama for giving his children Secret Service guards.

Thus far, the NRA’s fearmongering has only alienated the public — the gun lobby’s approval rating sunk 10 points after LaPierre’s paranoid press conference a week after Sandy Hook, in which he blamed gun violence on media glorification and called for more guns in schools. Meanwhile, 59 percent of Americans favor a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips like the ones used by Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/15/1598451/nra-ad-envisions-war-between-defenseless-middle-class-and-drug-cartels-with-high-capacity-magazines/

LMAO
These guys are nutso.
How any self-respecting individual can continue sending these nutbars their money is beyond me.

If I ever get a dog, I am going to steal this idea!

Somewhere in time I truly hope Karma bites Wayne in the butt.
Watch ur butt, then.

Of course he's right! All those terrible things will happen if we aren't all armed to the teeth.

I mean, just look at what happened in Australia! Handguns were pretty much banned in the early 1950s and semi-automatic rifles in the 1990s.

The violence is just out of control! In 2010, for example, there were just over 200 homicides nation-wide!!!!!!!

Yep, we need to follow the example of the US and re-arm the citizens to make them more secure! After all, they only have the miniscule number of around 16,000 homicides a year!

Meanwhile, 59 percent of Americans favor a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips like the ones used by Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza

None of who, as LaPierre forgets to mention, were criminals. I'm not sure what the headcount was for the three shooters combined but, with some gun controls, there's a very good chance that number would still be alive today.