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Title: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Ben on January 05, 2016, 11:03:17 AM
Here we go again  - just like Palin and the target, but only if non-progressives do it.

In this case, the photo makes perfect sense since it talks about two lawmakers and their (incredibly stupid) attempt to limit ammo sales in NY state.

http://twitchy.com/2016/01/05/is-this-photo-from-the-nra-an-act-of-terror-mayor-de-blasio-seems-to-think-so-photo/
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: 230RN on January 05, 2016, 11:13:01 AM
I don't think it was a very smart image.  Period.

I'm surprised NRA's PR people didn't put the kibosh on it.

Haisoos Aitch Kristos, we're in a PR war and they put up something like that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you could stretch it by saying they're related subjects, that wasn't their intent, at least we didn't put crosshairs on it, etc, but I still think it was dumb.

That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it.

Terry
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: brimic on January 05, 2016, 11:37:17 AM
I don't think it was a very smart image.  Period.

I'm surprised NRA's PR people didn't put the kibosh on it.

Haisoos Aitch Kristos, we're in a PR war and they put up something like that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you could stretch it by saying they're related subjects, that wasn't their intent, at least we didn't put crosshairs on it, etc, but I still think it was dumb.

That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it.

Terry


I'm tired of political correctness.
2A isn't about hunting.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Andiron on January 05, 2016, 12:10:05 PM
Yep.

And the left does worse to us on a daily basis.  Not thrilled about the pic but don't really care that "they" are offended.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: TommyGunn on January 05, 2016, 12:39:52 PM
I don't think it was a very smart image.  Period.

I'm surprised NRA's PR people didn't put the kibosh on it.

Haisoos Aitch Kristos, we're in a PR war and they put up something like that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you could stretch it by saying they're related subjects, that wasn't their intent, at least we didn't put crosshairs on it, etc, but I still think it was dumb.

That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it.

Terry



I disagree.   It's a perfectly decent image.   The idea it is terrorism is BS.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: zxcvbob on January 05, 2016, 01:01:20 PM
I like it; it's a "dog whistle".  (let's you know who the dog is)
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Ron on January 05, 2016, 01:08:07 PM
I wish our politicians feared the people a bit more.

Actually I wish the people were of such character that they inspired fear in would be tyrants. Americans actually welcome the chains.

Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 05, 2016, 01:36:05 PM
I'm sorry, and this is probably a matter of perspective, but I don't consider random rounds scattered on a flat surface to be a threat, especially not when the article is talking about ammo.

Ammo, by itself, is just a thing that doesn't do anything.

A threat would be names etched into the bullets or something.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: brimic on January 05, 2016, 01:45:12 PM


A threat would be names etched into the bullets or something.

A threat would be large numbers of  black flag waving jihadis  assembling mortars outside the gates of your embassy.
Those would also be the terrorists...
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 05, 2016, 01:53:15 PM
A threat would be large numbers of  black flag waving jihadis  assembling mortars outside the gates of your embassy.
Those would also be the terrorists...

I need the link for the little boy saying "that's racists!"

Also, we really need a gif for religious discrimination, but more catchy than "religious discrimination" because the whole inappropriately labeled prejudices have gone on long enough to have lost the "it's so stupid, it's funny" cachet. 
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Ben on January 05, 2016, 01:55:34 PM
I'll tell you what's 1000 times worse than that image: The legislation those two boneheads want to push that limits ammo purchases to “twice the capacity of a gun owner’s firearm during a 90-day period.”
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 05, 2016, 01:59:23 PM
I'll tell you what's 1000 times worse than that image: The legislation those two boneheads want to push that limits ammo purchases to “twice the capacity of a gun owner’s firearm during a 90-day period.”

I wonder if they realize that most 20 round boxes of ammo (at least for pistols) are the hot "killer" rounds?
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: RocketMan on January 05, 2016, 03:02:45 PM
Not worth getting my shorts in a wad over it.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: MechAg94 on January 05, 2016, 03:10:36 PM
I guess the picture is blocked here like the rest of twitter.  Sounds like I am not missing anything.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: AJ Dual on January 05, 2016, 04:27:46 PM
Honeybadger approved.

I sure don't like Trump as a candidate, but we can sure as hell learn something from him on several other fronts in the "culture war".
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Firethorn on January 05, 2016, 04:42:08 PM
I wonder if they realize that most 20 round boxes of ammo (at least for pistols) are the hot "killer" rounds?

Most criminals get into all the trouble they're going to get into with 2-3 rounds, less than 1% of my typical range trip.

edit:  And how the hell would they handle my 20 gauge shotgun?  Restrict me to 24 rounds a year?  It's a single barrel single shot.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: brimic on January 05, 2016, 04:49:06 PM
Most criminals get into all the trouble they're going to get into with 2-3 rounds, less than 1% of my typical range trip.

edit:  And how the hell would they handle my 20 gauge shotgun?  Restrict me to 24 rounds a year?  It's a single barrel single shot.

The answer is to trade the single shot in for something belt fed.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: freakazoid on January 05, 2016, 05:01:33 PM
I'll tell you what's 1000 times worse than that image: The legislation those two boneheads want to push that limits ammo purchases to “twice the capacity of a gun owner’s firearm during a 90-day period.”

Technically, for most guns, that would only amount to 2 rounds, exeptions would be things like revolvers and double barrel shotguns.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 05, 2016, 07:02:03 PM
Technically, for most guns, that would only amount to 2 rounds, exeptions would be things like revolvers and double barrel shotguns.

Oh i didn't even think of the revolvers...


Do they even make 12 round boxes of ammo? You'd have to buy ammo by individual round.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 05, 2016, 07:08:29 PM
The answer is to trade the single shot in for something belt fed.

It's New York.  Aren't they limited to 7 rounds or some such nonsense?

Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 05, 2016, 07:33:22 PM
Oh i didn't even think of the revolvers...


Do they even make 12 round boxes of ammo? You'd have to buy ammo by individual round.


One 20-count box. Every 6 months. 'Cuz it's best if all the CCW folk in New York get no practice, ever. Maybe the NYPD is pushing this - they're tired of being the worst marksmen in the state.
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: MechAg94 on January 05, 2016, 09:55:12 PM
Question on that proposed legislation:

Can I buy ammo equal to half the capacity of ALL of my guns?  That might add up to more than I normally buy.  I would have to actually count.   =D  Then again, that would mean I would have to register all the guns I own which isn't going to happen. 

Maybe we could get it to allow half the capacity of all of the magazines you own. 
Title: Re: NRA Terrorists
Post by: grampster on January 06, 2016, 10:35:56 AM
To define terrorism according to the parameters of the NY Times, then the NYT is a terrorist organization.