Opinion
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Over the last couple of months, I’ve been tough on the National Rifle Association. Not the organization itself, not the fine folks who dedicate themselves to their careers within the halls of the HQ, certainly not it’s cause or its ability to fight for my rights, but rather, stupid stuff, like poor decision making by a select few, ridiculous expenditures that make them look bad, and boneheaded business arrangements that are now crumbling. I’m allowed to do that because I’m a long-time voting member and my dues pay the bills. I believe that entitles me to speak out. If a few at the top don’t like my opinion, well, that’s OK too – but today I’m coming to their defense.
Why? Because I’m a member. Yeah, I want to see some changes made at the top, but that doesn’t preclude me from coming to the defense of the organization when the lefty freedom haters pile on in their daily attempt to put the NRA out of business. My criticism of the NRA comes as a member, a member who wants to see the organization back in its fighting prime – that prime that strikes fear in the heart of every gun-grabbing politician walking the halls of Congress.
We tend to forget when our enemies attack us relentlessly, it’s because we’re good at what we do, they fear us, and we’re right. Hence, they bring out the big guns in their attempt to castrate us and our message. This tactic is nothing new, and the NRA has borne the brunt of the hate-fueled gun grabber attacks for several decades now. But this time it’s different. They smell blood and are circling like a group of well-tuned Orca’s surrounding their prey. Every lefty politician, every useful idiot David Hoggish teenage know-it-all and every progressive Kool-Aide drinker voter now actually believes they can “defeat the NRA.” Heck, Old Man Joe Biden is now making “defeating the NRA” a mainstay of his presidential campaign. Take this from Fox News:
Former Vice President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday to “defeat the National Rifle Association” as part of his 2020 campaign promise to fight for school safety. “As President, he will secure passage of gun legislation to make our students safer, and he knows he can do it because he’s defeated the National Rifle Association twice before,” Biden’s plan, released on Tuesday, read. It stated part of the plan to “defeat” the NRA included supporting legislation that banned “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines.
So there you have it. Joe Biden (and the rest of the Clown Posse) are hell-bent on “defeating the NRA.” But just what does that mean?
As a transitive verb “defeating,” “defeated,” or “defeats” means “to make obsolete, to destroy.” As a noun, the word “defeat” means “frustration by nullification or by prevention of success.” Or it can mean “obsolete–destruction, an overthrow-especially of an army in battle” or “the loss of a contest.” (See Webster’s) The question then becomes, how does Joe Biden aim to “defeat the NRA?” Is he trying simply to defeat it in the battle of ideas, not necessarily seeking its destruction as an entity but instead swaying public opinion to his ideals thereby enabling him to claim “victory” over the NRA? Does it mean he wants to see the NRA obliterated, or as Webster’s defines it, made “obsolete?”
Either way, as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t matter. In my opinion, every one of the Clowne Posse socialists running for president would all stand up and cheer if the NRA somehow folded shop. Every one of them, including creepy Joe Biden. No doubt in my mind. For this reason, whenever we hear this rhetoric heating up, and the left uses the phrase “defeat the NRA,” we must realize, no matter what our thoughts are currently about perceived fiduciary mismanagement at the top of NRA, the left is seeking OUR destruction, our total annihilation. The end of our right to bear arms as we know it. Their reference to “NRA” is simply a euphemism for YOU, the gun owning America public
I remain hopeful that the National Rifle Association can and will overcome its current, albeit, self-inflicted wounds to once again forcefully, swiftly and powerfully strut the halls of Congress striking fear in the hearts of our Socialist enemies (formerly known as the Democrats) who seek to end our way of life.
Mark Walters
About Mark Walters
Mark Walters is the host of two nationally syndicated radio broadcasts, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense with Mark Walters. He is the Second Amendment Foundations 2015 Gun Rights Defender of the Year award recipient and co-author of two books, Lessons from Armed America with Kathy Jackson (Whitefeather Press) and Lessons from UnArmed America with Rob Pincus (Whitefeather Press)
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I’m just stunned that you people take his comment literally. Are you becoming this deaf as a movement? Are you so numbed by echo chambers and Alex Jones conspiracy theories that you have surrendered your ability to think?? Next Swalwell will be an undercover Brit sent through time from the late 18th Century to destroy us all; sadly I would not be surprised to hear this from the Infowars crowd who question the Moon landing and Michelle Obama’s gender. This is not normal, folks; you’re better than this. Your children are watching. He’s making a point, with humor, and it… Read more »
There was no humor in his remark, only venom and disdain, much as in your initial and final statements. Quoting the NYT, Youtube or Snopes does little to bolster any argument. Echo chambers and conspiracy theories are hardly a partisan thing, just think about the Great Right Wing Conspiracy or how, apparently, every non-Communist in the world banded together to deny Shrillary her rightful coronation. Or listen to ALL of the 2020 Democrat candidates and the left-wing press parade their theories of citizen control and who opposes them. Your lack of understanding of the Constitution, weapons, the history of this… Read more »
Barry’s wifes real name is Michael Lavahn Robinson and their early pictures in the Chicago ghetto do clearly show she is a he but nice try we patriots still know the difference between genders and are not confused as to which bathroom to use.
When the insurrection Act is signed by Trump you will see who is on who’s side and it wont be the tranny show you are accustomed to.
Donald Rumsfeld came on TV on 9-10-01, the day before the false flag attack in NYC, and told the world that the Pentagon could not account for $2.3TRILLION. Rabbi Dov Zakheim was the Comptroller of the Pentagon budget at the time, and not too long after he resigned, saying that the job was “too draining”. He was also a bigwig in a company that turned commercial aircraft into drones, and had the “Flight Termination” technology that was in use since the 70’s, where total control of any hijacked aircraft could be taken over by the authorities, and then the plane… Read more »
They murder unarmed babies and now want your guns. Only a fool would think they will treat you better once disarmed………………………………………………………………………..
Yes for sure, the red flag laws are dangerous, and a wide open avenue to , with a little inventiveness, take anyone’s guns…
Don’t forget, NRA is using members dues and donations to fund the lawsuits they are involved in with their pr. company. Each is trying to prove the other one is a crook at members expense. What right do they have to do that? There is no penalty if we don’t contribute to their overbearing neglect of members and their total disregard of members. There are enough other gun groups to defend our rights and lets face it, this one is doing nothing for us. If they were true to the cause we could ask them to defend us against this… Read more »
For now I will remain a member of the NRA but I have also joined the SAF.
I’m a member of USA the original gun club derived from and formed to protect preexisting rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Well – Progressive traitors to the constitution ARE getting elected to power – and they ARE succeeding in passing their citizen disarmament laws – and their laws ARE being upheld by progressive district court justices – and in the end these unconstitutional laws ARE being IGNORED by gun owning American Citizens. MASS NON-COMPLIANCE! No SonOfABitch can look more SMUG about it all than Andrew Cuomo. They accomplished getting laws on the books – they think that they have won – because . . . no one has started shooting them as of yet . . . because . . .… Read more »
Lock & Load….
Colorado fag Governor has set the shooting date to begin Jan 1 2020, just in time to get the war going for the election in which they intend on over throwing USA by putting their President in The White House.
MASS NONCOMPLIANCE is actually the very existence of FREEDOM and we love it, will never surrender it.
Molon Labe!
“Joe Biden, did you wander away from the assisted living nursing home again? Please come back, you know you are confused and lost, come back so the nice nurse can give you your meds and put you to bed so you can take a nappie poo, and when you wale up the nice nurse will give you a enema and walk you to the bathroom so you can go pottie!”
Self inflicted wounds?
Really?
Wayne needs to go wash his hands. There’s N.R.A. Blood on them.
Do you really believe that N.R.A. Executives treating contributions like their own personal piggybank is acceptable?
You’d have to be stupid to let Wayne push out any reform efforts, and pick up where he left off.
My God, he has already taken much more than five million dollars out of the N.R.A in personal compensation, and retirement. What does he have to do to get you’re attention, sell the N.R.A Building?
Never heard of it and it sounds quite liberal but yeah might as well spend those dues on a pedo speedo resort and cut into their super fat checks since they don’t fight off the unconstitutional gun control laws that Article 6 Supremacy Clause does clearly state are unconstitutional. Heck if they followed the real law there would be less desire to send them dues and after all corporate tyranny needs bucks to continue tyranny as it is not free.
Walters is not a fan of la Pierre or his cronies!
I haven’t missed one of his radio programs in over a year and he wants what most of us want.a powerful nra that fights and wins and doesn’t go against our rights.this nra doesn’t exist yet but it will.members are awake and working to fix it
The last thing the leftist want is for the NRA to fold. They’d lose one of they’re easiest “villains” to upon which to take cheap shots.
Uh oh, watch out…Joe Biden is out to sniff our hair, fondle our bodies and try to kiss us , while he attempots to strip us of our 2nd Amendment rights.
‘Pedo Joe Biden could not beat his way out of a wet paper sack with a basebal bat. I believe he’ll crash and burn. We need to totally defeat the DNC. And jail them for the treasonous seditous bastards they are. All legally and by the law of course. Let’s defeat the DNC! TRUMP 2020! MAGA
How come the title has nothing to do with the content of the article?
Joined NRA, late 70’s. Became Life Member.
Pray for WISDOM, SHALOM for all members and gun owners!
Seek the KNOWLEDGE from above. The war is raging in the spiritual NOW!
BYTW, look up to TOTAL definition of SHALOM !
“Defeating gun owning America” looks like today’s Venezuela. That is what Progressives and Socialists have been working toward for over 70 years. Some of us are not jumping on that train.
nor will we walk onto the auto transport cars when they tell us to, to be transported to some desert “realignment camp” for warehousing until they decide what to do with us. No, we will NOT go quietly and meekly to the “Off Switch Camp” for “processing”.
We have read about how the residents of the Warsaw ghetto in Poland behaved… according to their government “owners” despicably, but according to the universal principles of liberty and life and justice, they acquitted themselves admirably.
Until LaPierre and Cox are gone I refuse to support the NRA! LaPierre and Cox are the enemies of gun owners and they have proven it many times over!
Those two are no different than Biden, Warren, Sanders, et al.
Word. Swamp creatures. Perfumed princes. Definitely part of the problem.
Mitred Peacocks, strutting about ! Trying to woo the Fancy Nancy and the Not-So-Fine-Stein.
DITTO !!!
Amen!
I like the force and direction of Mr. Flatt’s comments, however, I have yet to see the GOA in action. Maybe I’m uninformed. I’d like the GOA to be a bit more vocal so us hicks in the sticks can decide to join ‘em and support ‘em or add them to the valued but impotent ranks of several gun groups who will remain unnamed.
Go to their website and do some reading. Ammoland routinely publishes articles from them. They don’t waste money advertising or throwing parties. It takes more work than hearing from the NRA, but it’s worth it.
Join your state Citizen’s Defense League – try a search with that and your state name to find it.
The NRA seems to be strangely silent on Lizzie Warrens Joesph Stalin quote about disarming Americans!
Mark, l know you speak from the heart and make very empassioned and valid points in favor of the NRA. Knox’s article speaks to the seemingly unknown direction the NRA is headed in. That’s just it. Nobody seems to know what the heck is going on except for the wasteful spending and what can only be viewed as endless litigation over AK Mac. Put an end to the BS, get rid of Wayne, reduce the size of the BOD, form a new mission statement, and run it like a lean mean corporation. You’re a business man. If the NRA was… Read more »
What Does “DEFEATING” Gun Owning America Look Like?
It looks exactly like intentionally altered American demographics:
If you want to retain rights, any rights, you should be screaming to get the National Origins Act reinstated as it stood in 1924.
Whomsoever controls the NRA are the ones responsible for the NRA’s predicament. Is that the members?? NO. Is it the fault of the people at the top? YES. Because the rank-and-file membership do not have the power to force change at NRA HQ. People like WayneLaPierre have insulated the upper echelon from all accountability within the organization, by modifying the bylaws and rules. Everyone who has EVER been an NRA member is entitled to gripe, but first I must ask: Since when has the NRA ever been in its’ “fighting prime”? I would argue NEVER, because the NRA has compromised… Read more »
You are right on! Before there is gun confiscation or Socialism in this country there will be civil war. Our side has 100 trillion bullets, their side is still trying to figure out which bathroom to use. Anybody been arrested for using a bump stock lately? Had there been, I’m sure the dumb-o-crats and their liberal left wing media would have front page coverage. Who’s going to confiscate the guns? Will the American military turn on it’s own population? I seriously doubt it. “The tree of liberty, needs from time to time, to be nourished with the blood of patriots… Read more »
Heed The Call Up
Because voting for corrupt politicians is about as effective as renewing your NRA membership.
No, the Military won’t turn on the Citizens. But you can be darn sure that local Police and SWAT will follow orders and go house-to-house to confiscate. It’s their job. Red flag and confiscation laws? Just another day at work. They’ll ‘Protect and Serve’ anybody who signs their paycheck.
To think otherwise is to ignore History, and it’s occurring today in a few States.
I wish I thought that you were right, but I’ve talked to Military LE that said that they’ve been told that under some circumstances they would have to disarm civilians. One of my ex-friends was adamant about it.
@Dave in Fairfax, That is funny. I plan to get our logistics from them!
The confiscators will come from the ranks of the newly arrived invading army of economic free loaders. Over 100 Africans crossed the border a couple days ago. In the middle of April, there were 1400 Africans who had a mini riot at the immigration center at Chiapas, Mexico. Where the rest of them are now is anyone’s guess. They may be crossing the border at various places now. You can bet that if they get in, a million more will follow. What happened to Europe will happen to us.
The confiscators will enter the country from the north, west of the rocks and east of the Rocky Mountains, into Minnesota and North Dakota. UN troops, will occupy the hundreds and hundreds of UN vehicles built here and planted all over the country by the Obama administration.This is flat country, sparcly populated, and a killer in the winter time.This plan is not just democrats, it is a very corrupt 535 all together. The planes will land at Winnepeg MB, So if someone comes for your weapons, shoot em in the face…..Pray that nothing happens to the Donald.
Interesting how Wolves hunt. Pay close attention to their Tactics, and where they strike. They go for the lower limbs first.
-The goal is to immobile the target (Prey).
-Those Wolves are pretty smart Mammals. Inside or out of their Family Pack, being Predators, they will save FACE for later on.
– Brings new meaning to the term “Ankle Biter”
-Remember, your fellow Man, also has two lower limbs.