National Rifle Association endorses McCain

[peterpressure]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gNHyi-Dusche-SUEbzEpf4fY9JtQD93N03KG3

National Rifle Association endorses McCain
By SHARON THEIMER

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association is endorsing Republican presidential nominee John McCain despite differences with the Arizona senator on gun-show rules and campaign finance restrictions.

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and the chairman of the NRA's political action committee planned stops Thursday in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Colorado and Nevada to talk about the move.

LaPierre said the two agree on many issues important to the group.

"He's cast more than 60 votes in the Senate in support of the Second Amendment," LaPierre said.

The NRA's Political Victory Fund has spent more than $2.3 million opposing Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The chairman of the political action committee, Chris W. Cox, says its spending in the presidential race will grow to "eight figures" by Election Day. Besides ads, encouraging battleground-state gun owners to vote will be a key focus, he said.

The PAC was running an ad Thursday in USA Today accusing Obama of waffling on gun-rights issues and challenging his statements that he supports the right to bear arms. Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment but doesn't think it precludes "some commonsense gun laws so that we don't have kids being shot on the streets of cities like Chicago."

The NRA PAC's future spending will target Obama on gun issues and start publicizing the records of McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, LaPierre said. McCain's selection of Palin was a plus, LaPierre said.

"She's a hunter, she's a Second Amendment supporter and she's a tremendous asset to the ticket," he said.

Palin, an NRA member, received an A-plus rating from the group when she ran for governor in 2006. That compares to an NRA grade in the average range for McCain in his last Senate race. McCain isn't an NRA member.

Palin has been an NRA booster, particularly for its education and safety programs, during her career in government. As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she used $750 from her city campaign fund to upgrade her NRA membership.

The NRA doesn't always endorse presidential candidates. It has backed President Bush but declined to endorse Bob Dole in the 1996 race or President George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Obama has been endorsed by the American Hunters and Shooters Association, which calls itself a "mainstream group of hunters" that supports safe and responsible gun ownership.

Good job AP! Hard Hitting Journalism!

 

[Admin]

I love that last part. The NRA is a bunch of gun grasping wackos and Obama is supported by responsible hunters. Too f-ing predictable.

 

[pdm]

I love that last part. The NRA is a bunch of gun grasping wackos and Obama is supported by responsible hunters. Too f-ing predictable.

Gotta keep to the narrative.

 

[matt1956]

Obama has been endorsed by the American Hunters and Shooters Association, which calls itself a "mainstream group of hunters" that supports safe and responsible gun ownership.

these a**h***s need to get a clue. anyone that owns a firearm and honestly thinks that Obama is a good candidate to endorse needs to pull their head out of their ass.

 

[peterpressure]

Oh you guys did not Know? AHSA supports our gun rights!

http://www.newwest.net/topic/articl..._association_responds_to_its_critics/C41/L41/

(CEO of AHSA) Ray’s wife Nancy is also connected politically. Like many wives of gun owners she is an independent thinker and does not like guns. She took a seat on the board of the Brady Campaign but soon became frustrated with the group’s lack of progress. Ray told her that progress would not be made until gun owners were allowed to bring their common sense perspective to the table. As a result, Nancy closed the family checkbook, resigned from the Brady board, and encouraged Ray to start AHSA.

Many of AHSA’s critics like to mention that John Rosenthal an AHSA founding board member was also the founder of Boston based Stop Handgun Violence, a gun violence prevention group that has advocated some of the nation’s strictest gun laws. John, an avid skeet shooter, came to the shooting world in an unusual way. He’s a very successful urban real estate developer and saw first-hand how gun crime was not only destroying his city but also his business investments. Like Nancy Schoenke, he too served on the Brady board until frustration set in. John quit Brady and helped finance and build AHSA. In the spring of 2007, John resigned from the AHSA board over some fundamental policy issue differences and is now devoting his efforts to Stop Handgun Violence.

good rebuttal: http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/09/ahsa_tries_to_d.php

 

[mikem317]

The PAC was running an ad Thursday in USA Today accusing Obama of waffling on gun-rights issues and challenging his statements that he supports the right to bear arms. Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment but doesn't think it precludes "some commonsense gun laws so that we don't have kids being shot on the streets of cities like Chicago."

Ain't it already illegal for kids to carry guns in Chicago?

 

[kevin9]

AHSA, Fudds with a capital "F".

 

[Bob P]

I love that last part. The NRA is a bunch of gun grasping wackos and Obama is supported by responsible hunters. Too f-ing predictable.

Agreed. Love how she had to 'balance' it. But there's no bias towards Obie in the MSM. Noooooooooo.

 

[MaverickNH]

Too little, too late?

 

[peterpressure]

Too little, too late?

They had to wait a few weeks after McCain picked Palin, they did not want everyone to know that was the ONLY reason

 

[Pete85]

Ain't it already illegal for kids to carry guns in Chicago?

Don't try to confuse people with facts. Facts have no place in the American Election Process.

 

[BruceP]

Don't try to confuse people with facts. Facts have no place in the American Media Selection Process.

Fixed it for you

 

[CRSIII]

National Rifle Association endorses McCain

Like they had a better option?

 

[mikem317]

Barr? Paul? Baldwin?

I know, I know, LaPierre had to pick the "lesser of two evils".

 

[theGringo]

Barr? Paul? Baldwin?

I know, I know, LaPierre had to pick the "lesser of two evils".

Nah. Sometimes they just don't endorse at all.