Matthew Hill received an endorsement from the NRA this week, along with an A+ rating from the organization.
Hill’s A+ rating, according to the endorsement letter, is based on his response to the NRA-PVF candidate questionnaire and his “strong and vocal support of our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.”
August 1, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Has Matthew ever shot a gun?
August 2, 2008 at 2:21 am
He’s certainly shot himself in the foot plenty of times.
August 4, 2008 at 6:06 pm
What a coincidence — both the National Rifle Association and the Klu Klux Klan were founded in the same year (1871) for similar constitutional firearm ownership issues: the NRA was focusing on re-establishing gun ownership for Southern whites during the Reconstruction while the KKK was innfringing and removing the constitutional right of Southern blacks to own firearms.
August 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
NRA and the KKK???????? Wow…..
I thought the KKK was more interested in infringing and removing the entire black race, not just their gun rights.
Regardless, the comment does elucidate the very valid point that gun control is rooted in elitist and oftentimes racist machinations, i.e. ‘those who are different, or poorer, than us should not be trusted with anything that could be used to destabilize the status quo’.
Following up on Elmer’s scholarly research…… in 1871 the first ‘major league’ baseball game was played….. by white guys…… wearing white uniforms……hmmmmmm
August 6, 2008 at 11:49 am
“I thought the KKK was more interested in infringing and removing the entire black race, not just their gun rights.”
Jesus man, Elmer made a point in comparing the two organizations similiar foundations. Originally the KKK was formed to re-establish white supremacy in the south and one of the groups primary concerns was to make sure blacks could not be armed. This conspiratorial ideation you have about gun control is Tim McVeigh scary. I would wager the two of you would agree on more than disagree….hmmmmmmm
August 8, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Hey Solon,
Solon,
The portion of my quote “not JUST their gun rights” implies my AGREEMENT with ‘Elmer’ on the point of the KKK’s obscene ideologies regarding a minority person’s right to self-defense.
The only thing similar in the foundations of the KKK and the NRA was merely their nascence. Well, that and their easily remembered acronyms. Imagine if it were KKKK…you and Elmer would have to write it down.
August 9, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Wow other mark!!! Got any more two dollars words to compensate for your sophistry? If you agreed with Elmer (which would be a first) then why would you respond by expanding on Elmer’s original assertion in the manner in which you suggest? I’m sure Elmer appreciates your agreement with him only to insult his intelligence in your last post. Don’t B.S. me. Your entire point was to show that Elmer’s assertion on the origin of the KKK was misguided.
Have I correctly surmised from reading past posts here that you are in medical school? May I suggest you pursue an ironic path and specialize in proctology. Of course a specialization in Psychiatry may assist you in self treatment of paranoid delusions about some conspiracy to take your guns away. BTW, do you personally know anyone who has had their guns forcibly taken from them? Tell us all about it Dr. McVeigh…er….Other Mark.
August 9, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Solon,
I will do it for him. Post-Hurrican Katrina, many residents had their guns taken away. It has nothing to do with conspiracies. It can happen, and the NRA is a group that helps to fight against the removal of gun rights. It happens in places like DC and Chicago.
August 10, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Thx Josh.
Solon, the videos can be found on the web. The situation is fully documented. Rather than tell you about it, I’ll let you look it up. It is not a delusion if it happens, Solon.
If the Democrats openly state they don’t believe in personal gun ownership and they vote that way, how is it a delusion?
If I desired to work with you all day, I would indeed become a proctologist.
August 11, 2008 at 12:54 pm
You two are hilarious. I asked a specific question which of course you side stepped by pointing to a situation in which a state of emergency existed and there was essentially anarchy in the streets. Again, do either of you personally know anyone who has had their guns forcibly taken from them? Has anyone taken or attempted to take your guns away for that matter? It’s folks like you who believe in no common sense regarding this issue. No infringement right? I guess if Charlie Manson was released tomorrow you would have no problem with him being able to legally obtain a damn gun. Or would you?
As for your fallacious argument concerning “the democrats openly stating they don’t believe in personal gun ownership” well, that is a perfect example of a sophism. You and I both know there are SOME Democrats on the far left fringe who espouse such drivel, but to assign that to all Democrats as you have done is disingenious. For your statement to have any validity you must prove to me that ALL Democrats have openly stated a non belief in personal gun ownership and all Democrats have voted respectively in accordance with the above statement. I’ll not hold my breath for either of you to do that.
By your reasoning, as evidenced by your posts, I must conclude that you are in total agreement wth the ideology of people like Timothy McVeigh. I’m sure you don’t approve of his actions (at least I hope you don’t) but obviously you share a delusional and conspiritorial view regarding this issue. BTW, you may be interested in case law dating back to the early 1800’s in Tennessee which, would show you that there were crazy godless liberals regarding this issue back then. And all along you thought it was the modern hippie liberal who tried to “take my guns away” (out of your cold dead fingers right?….yeee haw) Common sense guys, that’s all. I don’t agree with banning personal gun ownership, I own several myself. I do recognize a common sense approach regarding public safety. That’s where we differ.
Oh yeah, Other Mark, sorry but I can’t oblige you there. If it takes examining me all day to assist you in realizing your true path you’ll just have to settle for the Psychiatry speciality. Self diagnosis isn’t always bad. Unless of course, as in your case, one finds they are bat $h!t crazy
August 11, 2008 at 7:06 pm
As a matter of fact, I know people who live just outside of DC who are not allowed to have guns in DC. This is not taking guns away, but it is not allowing them to have guns.
People who commit gun violence (ie Manson) have no business being out of jail. I do not believe that you should have to have special permission to exercise a right. The government has no right to take away a right that it did not give. According to logical thought in the Constution, rights are not social contracts. Rights are natural.
While I do not know if in the natural course of history that the right to bear arms would be taken away, I would rather make sure that there is not even the smallest infringement.
I have also found that people that want to call people names are usually doing so because their arguments are lacking.