NRA Can No Longer Stay Silent

Agreed.  The NAACP is right to call the NRA to account.  This isn't 'wait til all the facts are known on this case before the law.'  This is core principles.  And about some cases that are fully adjudicated and part of history and a distinct pattern.

SAY something NRA.  Even if it's a weaselly, "We disapprove of cops shooting folks of any ethnicity that don't need to be shot."

I know you have been working long and hard behind the scenes to get the general police population on the same side as the Second Amendment.  I remember the late 70s and early 80s when cops said on the news we shouldn't shoot back and take the law into our own hands.  And I remember in the 90s when it was only the upper echelons of law enforcement that pushed such dribble, and now when only some big city police commissioners spout it.  I understand.  It is great that cops are generally on our side.

But that's not mutually exclusive.

But say something.  There is a trend at this point.  The NRA can gain valuable new friends without alienating old allies.  Cops don't like shooting people that don't need shooting, and don't like it when other cops do it either.

Wait, I'm the NRA!  Like the old magazine ads said.  I'm the NRA.

"We disapprove of cops shooting folks of any ethnicity that don't need to be shot."

You don't even have to make it racial.


"We disapprove of cops shooting folks of any ethnicity that don't need to be shot."

There, now it is Americans.  And it is inclusive.

But say something, NRA.  There is a trend at this point.  You don't have to come out like Wayne LaPierre is the reincarnation of Malcolm X.  The NRA can gain valuable new friends without alienating old allies.  And you know what about them allies?  Cops don't like shooting people that don't need shooting, and don't like it when other cops do it either.

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Note:  I'm not fan of the NAACP.   Their left lean on many issues unrelated to their core mission is not palatable, and this complaint about the NRA is probably in the service of the leftist causes rather than the NAACP cause.  But taken alone, they are right, either way.  The NRA dropped a ball they did not have to drop, and can still pick up without humiliating themselves.  It's all I'm saying.

You can even say I'm selfish.  I don't want the cops to air me out because I KNOW I will never need shooting.  If cops are trained better in not shooting black good guys they'll also be better trained at not shooting T-Bolts.  So just blame it on that.