Brady try to re-write history

[Bigkhan]

THE BRADY CAMPAIGN, AND NBC'S KATIE COURIC,

TRY TO RE-WRITE HISTORY

Exploiting tragedy for political gain is nothing new for the media and the Brady Campaign, but this morning's appearance on NBC's Today Show reached a new low. Katie Couric and Sarah Brady used the tragic occasion of President Reagan's passing to shamelessly forward the gun-ban agenda with deliberate misinformation. Led by carefully crafted questions from Couric, Sarah Brady claimed that President Reagan wasn't actually an NRA member, and that he "worked hard" for passage of the so-called "assault weapons" ban.

In fact, President Reagan, the owner of an AR-15, was a strong and consistent supporter of the Second Amendment and the NRA. He was a long time member who actively courted the NRA's endorsement in both of his presidential campaigns, and was the first presidential candidate in history to receive that endorsement. He appeared on the cover of NRA magazines four times. In 1983 he was offered, and accepted, an NRA Honorary Life Membership, the highest honor bestowed by the NRA.

He was the first, and to date, only, sitting president to speak at our Annual Meetings, saying, in part, "The NRA believes America's laws were made to be obeyed and that our constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200 years ago. And by the way, the Constitution does not say Government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution says 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'" In 1986, President Reagan signed the landmark Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA), and he never blamed law-abiding gun owners for the actions of criminals.

Don't allow these offensive lies to go unchallenged! Please immediately contact Tom Touchet, Executive Producer of the "Today Show," to express your outrage and demand that equal time be given for a rebuttal. Mr. Touchet can be reached by phone at (212) 664-3222, or by e-mail at tom.touchet@NBC.com.

[dotcoma]

This is a GOP press release for NECON publications.
http://www.nhspal.org/newsDetail.php?id=91
http://carryconcealed.com/
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2...cyb20031016.asp

Your are not very good at this. CUT IT OUT!

[PatrickHenry]

Bigkhan, you're still new here, but you should know that posting someone else's writing without attribution is plagiarism. There is also a rule here against simply pasting an article(widely ignored, I must admit). At least have the courtesy to provide a link to such propaganda, so that the members can drill down to the sources.

[Liberty Landing]

I read once that Reagan openly remarked about how much he despised assault weapons.

Actually, it was an article about how Republican Presidents have done more damage to gun rights than Democratic ones.

It's very plausible that he did support the AWB and nothing in the article actively refutes it. Lots of gun owners support the AWB, because they don't know what it bans.

Silly goose, it bans scary assault weapons, big bad guns with stuff that helps it shoot faster and more accurately...

...like bayonet lugs.

Hmmm...

[Bigkhan]

The AWB did not ban assault weapons. It baned many guns that looked scary and looked like assault weapons. An assault weapon is a full auto military gun. Which you could still own if you pay for the tax stamp. I know a couple people with these guns and the tax stamps to go with them I just can't afford them myself.

[Anarchist]

Originally posted by Bigkhan, The AWB did not ban assault weapons. It baned many guns that looked scary and looked like assault weapons. An assault weapon is a full auto military gun. Which you could still own if you pay for the tax stamp. I know a couple people with these guns and the tax stamps to go with them I just can't afford them myself.

It's not just the tax stamps that are expensive. These class III weapons are rare. I've seen M-16s go for as much as $11,000(plus the $200 tax stamp, fingerprinting, forms, waiting periods, red tape and bullshit).