| | NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 25, NUMBER 33 |
| | | | | It's sometimes said that insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If that's true, it doesn't speak well of gun control advocates' mental health, insofar as they repeat the same ritual after every high-profile firearm-related crime, with little or no lasting impact on public opinion or national policy. Their standard procedure is: immediately misreport basic facts of the incident; unleash the indignation of antigun politicians and celebrities on social media; condemn the NRA and anyone else who offers thoughts and prayers while awaiting reliable information; demand the same types of gun controls that failed to prevent the incident; insist that the gun debate has reached a turning point; and abruptly stop talking about the incident when emotions cool and facts emerge that show how existing gun controls failed. |
| | | | Dick's Sporting Goods has admitted that Chairman and CEO Edward W. Stack's repeated attacks on law-abiding gun owners could be having a negative effect on the company's bottom line. According to a press release reporting the company's second quarter earnings results, "consolidated same store sales decreased 4.0%." The document stated, "Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to… negative reactions to our policies related to the sale of firearms and accessories." |
| | | | Planned obsolescence is a term usually applied to design and economics and refers to intentionally building a limited lifespan into a product to ensure sales of future versions of the same thing. For example, electronics manufacturers have been accused of putting products on the market for which they have already developed "superior" versions or that cannot effectively run constantly updating operating systems so consumers will quickly be forced to "upgrade." |
| | | | The Fourth Conference of States Parties (CSP) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) concluded August 24th after yet another week of discussions on little more than administrative procedures and bureaucratic policies. Now, almost four years after it entered into force, the ATT continues to try to expand and remain relevant despite lacking the membership of major arms exporters China and Russia, importers such as India, and having a body composed of States Parties either unwilling or unable to comply with its most fundamental obligations. |
| | | | In what might come as a shock to the legacy press, it turns out there are plenty of young people who value their Second Amendment rights and are willing to fight for them. Case in point: 18-year-old Hannah Brumbles of Deer Island, Ore. Last week, the Beaver State's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) ruled in the young woman's favor after she challenged a Walmart policy that denied shotgun and rifle sales to young adults ages 18 to 20. |
| | | | Initiative1639.org exposes how an extreme gun-control ballot initiative in Washington will add new restrictions on Second Amendment rights. |
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