Word: nra
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...accorded this post Cabinet status, but doesn't even allow Bennett to attend Cabinet meetings. He banned the import of semiautomatic assault weapons, the firearms of choice of drug lords, only to subsequently refuse to ban domestic manufacturing of such weapons. Of course, Bush's membership in the NRA, which somehow seemed less disconcerting to the electorate than Dukakis being a "card-carrying member" of the ACLU, may have a lot to do with these incongruous and contradictory policies...
Unfortunately for Rowan, that's the argument that the NRA has been making for years in its mailings, namely that our society cannot or will not protect average, law-abiding citizens from dangerous criminals, and that we must therefore defend ourselves, preferably, NRA gunslingers say, with our own Saturday Night Specials...
...Rowan would be the first witness for the prosecution in a misdemeanor court. Instead he now faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon and up to 10 years' imprisonment. Had he killed or permanently disabled the teenager, Rowan would obviously be facing far more serious charges, and the NRA would be a lot less enthusiastic in twisting the incident to fit its own absurd propaganda...
Family members and friends of such victims probably regret, as Rowan should, the fact that the handgun ever was in the closet or on the bedroom table, so easy to reach at a moment's notice. Funny thing, the NRA never mentions these cases in its brochures...
Outside of such domestic accidents, there are plenty of other examples where handguns have not been used by law-abiding citizens acting in self-defense, but rather for far more malicious purposes which the NRA would rather not talk about. Several times this winter, Boston police were fatally shot or wounded during drug busts, or just while sitting in their squad cars...