Why a 53-Year-Old Big-City Lawyer Who Has Never Shot a Gun Joined the NRA – IOTW Report

Why a 53-Year-Old Big-City Lawyer Who Has Never Shot a Gun Joined the NRA

American Thinker– I am a 53-year-old lawyer who lives in a trendy neighborhood in a large diverse city with my wife and three kids. I have never owned a gun. In fact, even though I grew up in Louisiana (“Sportsman’s Paradise”), I have never even pulled the trigger of any weapon except a BB gun.

Yet, last week, I became a proud member of the NRA for the first time. I did so because the anti-gun hysteria that I’ve witnessed is dangerous, alarming, and ignores the facts. I’ve joined the NRA to stand up for them when they are viciously attacked, since the organization is a convenient scapegoat, not a cause of what happened in Florida.

I’m fed up. Here’s what I have discovered.

During the 1970s there were years between school shootings.  Today the average is around five school shootings a year. In the early 1980s, violent video games first hit the streets (I remember — I was a teenager in the early 80s), and since then school mass shootings have steadily increased. (The Columbine shooters reportedly loved “Doom.”) Our entertainment culture – movies and TV — also are increasingly violent. I believe it is hypocritical that Hollywood hates guns in the hands of law abiding citizens, but glamorizes and profits from gun violence in their productions.  more here

3 Comments on Why a 53-Year-Old Big-City Lawyer Who Has Never Shot a Gun Joined the NRA

  1. “The enemy of those that call me enemy, is my ally”

    In the early 1980s, violent video games first hit the streets (I remember — I was a teenager in the early 80s), and since then school mass shootings have steadily increased.

    See? He’s an idiot. But, he’s a useful idiot — as he intends to attack those that intend to attack me. So, I’ve got his back — his stupid, stupid, back.

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