This is an interesting one:
So first up, Wayne LaPierre is paid to sell guns? How is his payment linked to gun sales? It isn’t. Of course he’s paid to represent members of the NRA and keep the organization running, which has nothing to do with gun sales. That part is just simply a lie.
Now onto the police chief. He’s paid to protect and serve. But who? Note that police chiefs are high ranking officers of the police force that serve at the pleasure of the politician that runs their jurisdiction. They aren’t elected like sheriffs are, and they don’t simply climb up the ranks like other officers. They’re appointed. So who do they “Protect and Serve”? Why the politician who can drop them back to the lower ranks whenever they feel like it. In this case the Mayor of Baltimore.
So each person has an agenda, but Wayne LaPierre is speaking for the millions of NRA members, Jim Johnson is speaking for ONE man, who is open about his hatred of guns and the second amendment.
Who do you trust, indeed?
Weerd,
I think you missed a huge point.
Who am I going to believe?
a.) The Head of a National Organization who has spent years interacting with thousands of people across the country learning what works and doesn’t work.
b.) The Head of a Local Law Enforcement Agency with the 3rd highest homicide rate in the country (2012 Wikipedia)?
If background checks work so well; why does Arlington Texas have a homicide rate of 4.5/100,000 and Baltimore have a rate of 34.9. Baltimore has higher rates of rape, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, etc.
Which state has more restrictive gun control laws again?
VERY good point. If you take them at their word, and LaPierre IS just a massive gun Salesman, and Chief is indeed a loyal servant and protector of the people of Baltimore. Well one of them is REALLY good a their job, and one is an abject failure!
Also *if* LaPierre IS just a massive gun Salesman… he spends a lot of time defending a competitive advantage the used gun market has over the new gun market.
If he’s really a tool of the mfgs then why is he against private sale bans? New guns already have to go through universal background checks.
Well… maybe he’s a shill for the FFLs. The gun shops do a brisk business in the used gun market. Wait… every gun *they* sell used or new has to go through the same system.
Huh… so if he IS an industry advocate then he’s taking a stance and pushing for laws not out of short term gain for the industry but due to consumer demand.
And if he is just a gun salesman, why does the NRA oppose import restrictions? Is he also paid by the Chinese to sell guns?
Of course! ALL gun sellers are part of the same shadowy industry! There is even the shadowy “Private Sale” industry that gives kickback money to LaPierre while they plan deaths of millions of children with glee!
Duhh!
So once again the antis advocate putting *faith* in agents of the state clamoring for more power and restrictions of liberty.
And even if a law would make things easier for the police… is that a good thing?
There’s actually a term for the type of State where the Police can do whatever they want.
Just thought of the other point to make about that graphic; Baltimore Maryland, right?
The city in the state with the A- rating from the Brady Campaign on restrictive gun control laws. The 4th highest ranked state in the country according to the Brady Campaign.
And we are supposed to believe that just one more law will work?