Not a Gun Control Bill, Part 2

GGReporter · 11-16-2007, 06:15 AM

The anti-gunners in this country are so desperate to claim victory over the NRA that they're going to great lengths to declare that the NICS improvement bill is a "gun-control measure." They've even been able to get some members of the mainstream media, including anti-gun hysteric Katie Couric, to parrot their nonsensical claims.

After the U.S. House passed the NICS improvement bill earlier this week, Couric had Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign on the "CBS Evening News." She lobbed softball after softball at Helmke, and he was able to lie about the NRA and this bill in front of an audience of millions.

Couric called the bill "the first major gun-control bill in over a decade." That's baloney. This bill improves the accuracy of the NICS system, while allowing people who've been denied their right to own a firearm to get their rights restored. If anything, this bill's going to lead to MORE law-abiding gun owners, not less.

And Paul Helmke said the NRA supported this bill because of what happened at Virginia Tech. That's another bunch of bull. The NRA's supported these reforms for years, not weeks. If Paul Helmke wasn't so busy trying to rob you of your freedoms, he might be aware of the fact that the NRA has always supported measures to make NICS more accurate and up-to-date, as long as legal gun owners aren't harmed in the process.

Look, I expect the Brady Bunch and other anti-gun groups to try to spin this as a victory for gun control. What do they have to lose? They already have little to no credibility with the American people, so what's one more falsehood?

But this should be a lesson to all of us... you can't trust the media to report these issues fairly. Katie Couric has shown us just how far the media's willing to go to prop up these gun banners, even if it means turning a network newscast into a propaganda arm of the Brady Campaign.

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11-16-2007, 06:15 AM	#1
GGReporter Magazine Staff Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 717	Not a Gun Control Bill, Part 2 The anti-gunners in this country are so desperate to claim victory over the NRA that they're going to great lengths to declare that the NICS improvement bill is a "gun-control measure." They've even been able to get some members of the mainstream media, including anti-gun hysteric Katie Couric, to parrot their nonsensical claims. After the U.S. House passed the NICS improvement bill earlier this week, Couric had Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign on the "CBS Evening News." She lobbed softball after softball at Helmke, and he was able to lie about the NRA and this bill in front of an audience of millions. Couric called the bill "the first major gun-control bill in over a decade." That's baloney. This bill improves the accuracy of the NICS system, while allowing people who've been denied their right to own a firearm to get their rights restored. If anything, this bill's going to lead to MORE law-abiding gun owners, not less. And Paul Helmke said the NRA supported this bill because of what happened at Virginia Tech. That's another bunch of bull. The NRA's supported these reforms for years, not weeks. If Paul Helmke wasn't so busy trying to rob you of your freedoms, he might be aware of the fact that the NRA has always supported measures to make NICS more accurate and up-to-date, as long as legal gun owners aren't harmed in the process. Look, I expect the Brady Bunch and other anti-gun groups to try to spin this as a victory for gun control. What do they have to lose? They already have little to no credibility with the American people, so what's one more falsehood? But this should be a lesson to all of us... you can't trust the media to report these issues fairly. Katie Couric has shown us just how far the media's willing to go to prop up these gun banners, even if it means turning a network newscast into a propaganda arm of the Brady Campaign. More...