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applegrove

(123,030 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:55 PM Apr 2013

"Anheuser-Busch resigns life-long NRA membership" by David Daley at Salon

Anheuser-Busch resigns life-long NRA membership

by David Daley at Salon

http://www.salon.com/writer/david_daley/

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“One only has to ask why the NRA reversed its original position on background checks. Was it not the NRA position to support background checks when Mr. (Wayne) LaPierre himself stated in 1999 that NRA saw checks as ‘reasonable’?”

He continued: “I am simply unable to comprehend how assault weapons and large capacity magazines have a role in your vision,” he said. “The NRA I see today has undermined the values upon which it was established. Your current strategic focus clearly places priority on the needs of gun and ammunition manufacturers while disregarding the opinions of your 4 million individual members.”

An ardent hunter and environmentalist, Busch has been an NRA member since 1975.

An NRA spokesman told The Huffington Post, “We disagree with his characterization, but we wish him all the best.”


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"Anheuser-Busch resigns life-long NRA membership" by David Daley at Salon (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2013 OP
Good for him! freshwest Apr 2013 #1
ALL DECENT PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE THE NRA Skittles Apr 2013 #2
Yup. I hope more NRA members follow. Maybe Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly could lead applegrove Apr 2013 #3
I'll have a beer! defacto7 Apr 2013 #4

applegrove

(123,030 posts)
3. Yup. I hope more NRA members follow. Maybe Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly could lead
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:19 PM
Apr 2013

a new type of gun lobby for ex NRA members. Who wouldn't want to follow Giffords and Kelly. They are natural leaders for gun owners.

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