NRA chief stresses common ground with McCain

LOUISVILLE (AP)— A top official of the National Rifle Association said Republican John McCain has been a reliable ally of gun owners despite divisions with the powerful lobbying group on some issues.
"We've had our disagreements, everybody knows it," NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. "I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on those. We're not foolish enough to ignore the vast areas of agreement in which John McCain has been a friend to gun owners."
McCain is scheduled to address the NRA convention Friday in Louisville
The likely Republican presidential nominee has voted against a ban on assault-type weapons, but has broken with the NRA in favoring a requirement for background checks at gun shows. McCain also has voted to shield gunmakers and dealers from civil suits.
"It was so much red tape there would never be another gun show, which is why the bill was voted down in Congress," LaPierre said of the background checks.

LaPierre also criticized the campaign finance law championed by McCain, calling it a form of "speech restrictions."
But his harshest words were directed at the Democratic candidates. LaPierre accused Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama of "mouthing pro-Second amendment words and pandering to gun owners" on the campaign trail.
"They try to say one thing in the heartland of the country and they vote another way back in Washington," he said. "And I just think the public sees through it."
LaPierre was reluctant to talk about former Republican Rep. Bob Barr, a staunch gun-rights advocate who is seeking the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination.
LaPierre said it's premature to talk about Barr because "it's not even certain he's going to be on any ballots."
When pressed about Barr, who has been an NRA board member, LaPierre said, "Bob has been a Second Amendment supporter in Congress." Barr, who quit the Republican Party two years ago, will seek the Libertarian nomination at the party's national convention later this month.
LaPierre said one of the biggest issues for the NRA is the prospect of the next president making nominations to the Supreme Court. The NRA is closely watching the high court's review of a challenge to a handgun ban in Washington, D.C.
LaPierre argued that the 4-million-member-strong NRA has shown its political muscle in past presidential and congressional elections.
"It's simply bad politics to be on the wrong side of the Second Amendment at election time," he said.
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OklahomaShooter
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Good article about McCain in current American Rifleman


I hope you all will read the article in the most current (June) issue of American Rifleman where Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox of NRA-ILA sit down with John McCain. He answers issues that have been brought up lately regarding his stand RE guns and 2A.
There is one thing that sets him drastically apart from the other 2 candidates, Obama in particular. How would any of you feel to be banned from owning a gun in YOUR OWN HOME? That's what Obama stands for, that's what he's voted for consistently, that's what he wants to do if elected president. That's not even addressing that he wants to overturn ALL rights in ALL states for conceal carry. At least McCain, while he may not be the R all we Rs would hope he would be, at least he's FOR law abiding citizens not being punished or prohibited from protecting themselves. Ya'll read the article, look at Obama's history of votes. Think about it, what if - like in DC (the highest crime rate in the country) we were all banned from even owning a gun in our own home to protect ourselves? That's about the time I ain't staying here no more. That is a sickening thought to me, that I would be forced to sit in my home unarmed and if a BG wanted to break in, well, hey, here ya go, take whatever you want because I am a helpless sitting duck.

McCain may be far from ideal, but he isn't Obama who is of the ignorant belief that banning guns makes the US a safer place. McCain, as most intelligent people realize, says that gun bans only help criminals because they're the ones who don't abide by the laws.

Read the article in American Rifleman, it is eye opening. It's not posted yet on the NRA website, but when it is I'll post the full article in here for those who may not get American Rifleman.

The AR article is quite telling, and sets a hard line between the two. But then again, we in the gun community have known that from the outset.
On this issue...He's the lesser of three evils.

I've been trying to convince bro Tom of this...but he's from a gun-control state.

And this is the issue that has my husband standing more on the red square. I can try and pull, but he's not budging.

Btw, good picture of Two Guns!

Can't see the pics!!