Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Tue May 24, 2016, 08:14 AM May 2016

Gun safety advocates pray for NRA members holding annual meeting in Louisville

As tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members continued their annual meeting in Louisville this weekend , a group of gun control advocates gathered at a local university to pray for them, asking God to “open their minds and their hearts”.

“We gather this morning, your children, to pray for peace, to pray for an end to gun violence that takes away too many lives,” the Rev Dr Peggy Cecil-Hinds told a group of more than 150 in a quiet auditorium filled with folding chairs.

“Lord, we pray this morning for our brothers and sisters that are at the NRA convention, for they too are children of God,” she said. “We pray that you will speak to them this day … and that you will open their minds and their hearts to see the good in all people, to value the lives of every man, woman and child.

“Not all the people who are part of the NRA are people who want violence, and many, many of them agree with us that commonsense gun laws are important and necessary.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/gun-safety-advocates-pray-for-nra-members-holding-annual-meeting-in-louisville/

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Gun safety advocates pray for NRA members holding annual meeting in Louisville (Original Post) SecularMotion May 2016 OP

Which are we supposed to hate worse Religion or the NRA? ileus May 2016 #1

Thank you! No kidding! NT pablo_marmol May 2016 #3

I am an acknowledged Gun Safety advocate. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #2

Usual false choice from The Controllers pablo_marmol May 2016 #4

Shows the desperation.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #6

I'm praying that you'll spend your time more productively, SecMo....... pablo_marmol May 2016 #5

Just as abortion safety advocates pray for Planned Parenthood members friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #7

Power of prayer? Why not just pray people stop killing themselves and others? jmg257 May 2016 #8

pray gejohnston May 2016 #9

good song beergood May 2016 #15

Safety advocates pray, gun rights advocates send death threats. nt flamin lib May 2016 #10

Except for the times when it's the "safety advocates" issuing the death threats: friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #12

The reply is deafening sarisataka May 2016 #16

completely unrelated beergood May 2016 #17

most nra gatherings beergood May 2016 #11

Not all that many praying there DonP May 2016 #13

Misleading title on the article. ManiacJoe May 2016 #14

ileus

(15,396 posts)

1. Which are we supposed to hate worse Religion or the NRA?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 08:30 AM

May 2016

What a bunch of goofy turds...

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)

3. Thank you! No kidding! NT

Reply to ileus (Reply #1)

Tue May 24, 2016, 10:47 AM

May 2016

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)

2. I am an acknowledged Gun Safety advocate.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 09:34 AM

May 2016

Let me say it again, so the words sink in.....

I am an acknowledged Gun Safety advocate.

I have taken hundreds of hours of firearms training. I have been a certified instructor. I have taught firearms and hunting safety in many venues.

My firearms are safely handled, and stored safely when not in use.

I have never had a negligent discharge, never been taken to task for any unsafe handling.

I also advocate common sense gun regulations.

I live in New York, which has handgun registration and licensing. I do not feel this is necessarily appropriate for all states, but I have no problem living in a state which has such regulations.

I undergo a telephone background check when I purchase a firearm.

I would lose my right to own firearms if I broke certain laws.

Therefore we have common sense gun regulation.

Misuse of firearms is a separate topic to my rights.

ME giving up the right to own/carry WILL NOT MAKE ANY HUMAN BEING ON THIS EARTH SAFER.

PERIOD.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)

4. Usual false choice from The Controllers

Reply to CompanyFirstSergeant (Reply #2)

Tue May 24, 2016, 10:50 AM

May 2016

Be a safety advocate, or NRA supporter/member. After all -- the NRA has been promoting unsafe handling of firearms since forever, dontcha know.

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)

6. Shows the desperation....

Reply to pablo_marmol (Reply #4)

Tue May 24, 2016, 10:59 AM

May 2016

Kind of like calling a mugger who wants to take your money...

a financial consultant.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)

5. I'm praying that you'll spend your time more productively, SecMo.......

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 10:56 AM

May 2016

.......and send a letter to Kamala Harris asking her why she's been such a hypocrite w/regard to gun violence.

http://213ajq29v6vk19b76q3534cx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Special-Feature-K-Harris.pdf

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

7. Just as abortion safety advocates pray for Planned Parenthood members

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 11:05 AM

May 2016

Same mindset

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

8. Power of prayer? Why not just pray people stop killing themselves and others?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 12:31 PM

May 2016

Seems much more direct.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)

9. pray

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 12:43 PM

May 2016

beergood

(470 posts)

15. good song

Reply to gejohnston (Reply #9)

Tue May 24, 2016, 06:25 PM

May 2016

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

10. Safety advocates pray, gun rights advocates send death threats. nt

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 02:13 PM

May 2016

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

12. Except for the times when it's the "safety advocates" issuing the death threats:

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #10)

Tue May 24, 2016, 04:05 PM

May 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025861647#post2

2. I have often wondered about that, it should be assumed that they are potential terrorists

Maybe if a few of these jackasses get taken down maybe some of the others stop being such assholes.

Gun owners in general are cowards, one or two times should be enough to have them cowering under their bed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5861726

Takes mere seconds to un-sling and shoot.

I say shoot them on sight , just to be safe. No sane person would carry a rifle around a grocery store. Only the insane and the criminally motivated. So, again, I say shoot them on sight, let their bodies rot in the streets as a message to other hell-bent gunners.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5861731

Nonsense.

That gun can be readied and fired in only seconds. Best to just shoot them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=118&topic_id=142250

During an address at an anti-gun rally in front of Chuck's, Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina's Church, exhorted the crowd to "drag" shop owner, John Riggio, from his shop "like a rat" and "snuff" him. Rev. Pfleger went on to tell the crowd that legislators that vote against gun control legislation should be "snuffed" as well.

sarisataka

(18,663 posts)

16. The reply is deafening

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #12)

Tue May 24, 2016, 06:32 PM

May 2016

It sucks when soundbite meets reality...

beergood

(470 posts)

17. completely unrelated

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #16)

Tue May 24, 2016, 07:18 PM

May 2016

but since we're all sharing good songs here's a good one

beergood

(470 posts)

11. most nra gatherings

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 03:04 PM

May 2016

open with a prayer and The Pledge of allegiance to the the US flag.

i bet they had more than 150 people praying for gun rights. probably closer to the thousands, and their are hundreds of nra gatherings a year across the US.

so which one does god listen to? asked rhetorically

DonP

(6,185 posts)

13. Not all that many praying there

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 04:25 PM

May 2016

"In 2016, the disparity in size between the two groups was even more glaring. The NRA’s attendance surged by more than 10,000–to an excess of 80,000 attendees–while Moms Demand’s attendance fell to what The Courier-Journal described as “around 40” gun control proponents."

Last year she had an estimated 140 to 150 people with her.

So, what happens when you get 40 dedicated gun control supporters together, backed by a billionaires checkbook?

Answer: Absolutely nothing.

Boy, that is a big drop for her over prior year's attendance and she even had a "big movie" to premiere this year.

80,000! That's a big jump up for the evil NRA.

How can that be, since everyone agrees we need more gun control?

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

14. Misleading title on the article.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 04:37 PM

May 2016

Not gun safety advocates, but Everytown for Gun Safety.

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