tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post8841286939305841308..comments2024-03-29T03:31:54.220-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: The Day is Coming...Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-17439602189378584482007-11-10T01:45:00.000-07:002007-11-10T01:45:00.000-07:00hazcat re your post“"If it put its vast resources ...hazcat re your post<BR/><BR/><BR/>“"If it put its vast resources behind shooting then why is the Biancki slowly dieing off?"<BR/><BR/>If you are talking about the Biancki Cup then I think I have an answer.<BR/><BR/>I believe most shooters would enjoy a competition that doesn't take a 5000.00 gun, MAJOR sponsorship and full time commitment to practice to even have a pray at being competitive.””<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-73169856597565018202007-11-09T21:17:00.000-07:002007-11-09T21:17:00.000-07:00To Address "Anonymous/10:29 A. M.:The Political po...To Address "Anonymous/10:29 A. M.:<BR/>The Political power that the NRA exerts is in representing it's MEMBERs and by default, other gun owners and users, the "industry", etc.; even it's critics who happen to used guns. They are MY lobbying activity.<BR/>I take it that you're not perhaps a member? I ran into a guy at a sportsmen's show that was crowing about how he quit the NRA because "they wereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-88718648611296108122007-11-09T14:06:00.000-07:002007-11-09T14:06:00.000-07:00"If it put its vast resources behind shooting then..."If it put its vast resources behind shooting then why is the Biancki slowly dieing off?"<BR/><BR/>If you are talking about the Biancki Cup then I think I have an answer.<BR/><BR/>I believe most shooters would enjoy a competition that doesn't take a 5000.00 gun, MAJOR sponsorship and full time commitment to practice to even have a pray at being competitive.<BR/><BR/>For example look at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-86818796826607016972007-11-09T10:29:00.000-07:002007-11-09T10:29:00.000-07:00The NRA's biggest business revolves arund its poli...The NRA's biggest business revolves arund its political power, not training and shooting. When they pump over $20 million into a presidential race there can be no doubt what is their primary work. <BR/><BR/>If it put its vast resources behing shooting then why is the Biancki slowly dieing off? <BR/><BR/>What the NRA started as and what it has become today are 2 different things. I don't recall Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-63030177926556614832007-11-09T08:29:00.000-07:002007-11-09T08:29:00.000-07:00The concern from the NRA (at least what I gathered...The concern from the NRA (at least what I gathered from the NRA and Heller v. DC presentations at the Gun Rights Polciy Conference) was that the NRA is worried about the fallout if D.C. wins. <BR/><BR/>The Gun Owners of America support the case, but wanted it expanded to include Miller v. U.S.<BR/><BR/>I agreed with Gura, the lead attorney, that we have to establish the legal precedent of an Joe Merchant24https://www.blogger.com/profile/07339086169062396440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-21984572306223760222007-11-09T06:44:00.000-07:002007-11-09T06:44:00.000-07:00As a NRA Life member and a gun rights activist I h...As a NRA Life member and a gun rights activist I have watched this case closely. <BR/><BR/>There is no doubt that the NRA tried more than once to scuttle this case. I can't say for sure what their reasoning was but they sure tried.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-57561008946270496592007-11-09T06:29:00.000-07:002007-11-09T06:29:00.000-07:00Oh, great, another conspiracy theory! (Ref.: "Anon...Oh, great, another conspiracy theory! (Ref.: "Anonymous" note #1; 5:37 P. M.) The NRA's biggest business is and has always been shooting! And Training. And now retailing. Having to rise-up and become the worlds largest CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION is a BIG distraction. I think that it also drives people away; those not up to having to fight for what they believe. That's the objective of the "anti's"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-83852896623053697782007-11-09T01:46:00.000-07:002007-11-09T01:46:00.000-07:00FolksEven if we win, and I think we will, the left...Folks<BR/><BR/>Even if we win, and I think we will, the left will never stop. They will do whatever is necessary to disarm all white male republicans.<BR/><BR/>Let us not be fooled...thats who they fear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-32276796606109254342007-11-08T17:37:00.000-07:002007-11-08T17:37:00.000-07:00NRA doesn't want the case to go to the Supreme Cou...NRA doesn't want the case to go to the Supreme Court because their cash cow is on the line, they think. What they won't acknowledge is that this IS an endless fight and they can still make money and pay LaPierre his outrageous salary. Either way it comes out, we win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com