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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGun lobbyist: ‘Healthy fear’ of getting shot keeps lawmakers and Piers Morgan in line
By Travis GettysWednesday, March 5, 2014 13:29 EST
Pro-gun lobbyist Larry Pratt outlined the role he thinks firearms should play in the U.S. system of checks and balances during a radio interview over the weekend.
The executive director of Gun Owners of America told Cincinnati talk show host Bill Cunningham that the media is biased against the Second Amendment because they understand its original intent, reported Right Wing Watch.
Its real purpose is to serve as a restraint on government abuse, and since they want to be involved in government abuse, they kind of take it personally, I think, Pratt said Saturday during an interview on WLW-AM.
He also suggested that the constitutional right to bear arms might somehow trump the freedom of speech that journalists enjoy under the First Amendment.
The Second Amendment is intended for people just like them or perhaps we could say, like Piers Morgan those who know better than we, those who were born to rule and we were born to be ruled, Pratt said, specifically naming an anti-gun host fired last week by CNN. And for us to have guns kind of upsets that order of things that they think ought to be, so I think they take it very personally.
Pratt said it wouldnt be necessary to shoot his political opponents, because he thought the mere threat of gun violence was enough to keep them in line, based on a conversation one of his organizations members had with a lawmaker.
I knew the guy well enough to know that almost certainly he was mild-mannered, he was just explaining our position, and apropos of nothing, the congressman congresswoman, actually said, You want to shoot me, dont you, Pratt said.
That perception of fellow gun owners didnt bother him at all, he said.
Thats probably a healthy fear for them to have, although that was not the guys he wasnt saying anything like that, it wasnt in his demeanor, Pratt said. But you know, Im kind of glad thats in the back of their minds. Hopefully theyll behave.
Listen to the audio clip posted online by Right Wing Watch:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/05/gun-lobbyist-healthy-fear-of-getting-shot-keeps-lawmakers-and-piers-morgan-in-line/
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Gun lobbyist: ‘Healthy fear’ of getting shot keeps lawmakers and Piers Morgan in line (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2014
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villager
(26,001 posts)1. Tells you all you need to know about that side of the issue
n/t
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Hello, FBI?
Secret Service? We've got another loony tune on our hands.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Aw come, they're just responsible, law-abiding gun owners...
Not fringe nutjobs who have Congress by the cojones and shaking in their boots.