The NRA members are easily duped. The NRA doesn't care about gun rights or their members. The NRA just cares about the NRA. JUst ask Alan Gura and the 2nd Amendment Foundation (SAF).

Where's Sade, Marty?

Duped? You mean the sheeple of Maryland? Got it.
The NRA speaks very clearly, and their members endorse the message.

Great, so the government's Department of Digital Propaganda is trying to out propaganda the propagandists. I'll believe the government is concerned with anything other than its own agenda when its legislators listen to their constituents rather than play chess on their laptops.

Oh please. It has been proven that none of the "officials" that have shown up to the town halls & proposed bill discussions have any idea what is even in them. Even the poll numbers are suspect since the questions aren't divulged. The record high numbers of pro second amendment supporters that have attended the townhalls & were in Annapolis the other day really took the administration by surprise. This whole charade is nothing more then feel good, kneejerk reactions that try to take advantage of a tragedy, in order to further the elimination of the God given rights of gun owners.

If you can convince me that a 4 year old created that poster by HIMSELF, just maybe i might believe the rest of your propaganda.
The NRA was not in Annapolis Wednesday, those were the people that elected you to represent them. They spoke of their own free will, something you have yet to tax.

I notice that most of the groups listed are ones that would seem to have a vested interest in reducing the freedom to resist authority - their own, at least. 'Nuff said. I am not an NRA member, past or present, by the way.

We haven't had a good governor in my lifetime. Many of my friends went to testify against his bills. A few of them are good, but its ridiculous to think any of these laws would have saved a single life in Sandy Hook. It only takes 1 second to reload a gun. I'm not and NRA member and I don't have extended mags or AR-15's. Connecticut has the 2nd-4th toughest laws in the nation and it did nothing. Timothy McVeigh used easily obtainable products to kill 168 people, including 19 children. Criminals cannot be stopped, only law abiding citizens can be hindered. We have statistical proof that shows violent crime on islands went up dramatically when guns were taken away and went down significantly when reintroduced. Why? Because criminals didn't have their guns taken away. The police are a great deterrent of crime, but will rarely be there when you need them so I need to be able to protect my family.

Oh my .... stop the presses! ... So just to be clear here Zoe, you say there are at least 15 known groups that have a long standing record of support for Democrats and the progressive liberal agenda along with thousands of other Marylanders (registered democrats perhaps) across our state that support the Governor's unconstitutional gun control legislation. I am shocked! ... Shocked that this is newsworthy or even blog worthy.

I guess since you work for the Governor it is OK for you to make false claims that the NRA's propaganda machine was drowning out these thousands of people supporting the Governor when in fact it was a large representation of real tax paying Maryland citizens that oppose the Governor's attempt to usurp the Constitution with legislation that will have no positive affect. The sad thing is just as you are ignoring the majority of Marylanders who are against the Governor's gun control legislation they were also rudely ignored by the Senators that were too busy playing chess on their computers to actively listen to their 3 minute long testimonies.

So just to make sure I am perfectly clear with the facts here, when a large group of actual hard working Maryland citizens come out to oppose the Governor's legislation they are really just a cog in the Conservative propaganda machine but when a large group of paid union members are bused into Annapolis (sometimes from out of state) to support the Governor they are just concerned Marylanders?

Seriously?

Zoe Pagonis is a professional paid spin doctor and digital windbag for Martin O’Malley.
I'm a lifelong Maryland resident and an NRA member and I am against the current gun control bills being pushed thru the Maryland legislature. Zoe Pagonis would have people believe that anyone that doesn’t support the current crop of gun control bills being pushed thru the Maryland legislature is a victim of propaganda. On the contrary, I believe that the current bills are poorly written, are just plain stupid, will prove to be ineffective in the area of public safety, and a slap in the face to law bidding Maryland gun owners. Spin doctors like Zoe Pagonis have been dragging out the vague and meaningless expression “common sense gun control legislation” at every opportunity for twenty years.
Count me among "and others who want to block any and all gun safety ideas would have you to believe otherwise.", because I believe they are stupid and poorly justified idea.

The current gun legislation goes too far, regardless of what the NRA says. Vote No.
A criminal background check for gun purchases is not unreasonable, but SB 281 goes too far and is too extreme.
• Regarding safety, a safe citizen is an armed citizen.
• Regarding fairness and power, an empowered citizen is an armed citizen.
Politicians should address the sources of crime, not the results of it.
Bring the people legislation that addresses:
• The drug trade
• The mentally ill
• The culture of violence
Bring us legislation that protects the liberty of law-abiding citizens.
Vote against the current gun legislation.

please sign up to attend rally on March 1 10:30 a.m. in Annapolis to support gun safety. see link below. Last Wednesday, there was a 20 to 1 ratio of NRA supporters to gun safety supporters. Everyone needs to come to support gun safety. This is the day when the house holds its hearing on the firearm safety act. Also, please sign petition on take action page of the site.
http://www.marylanderstopreventgunviolence.org/March1

You people don't understand the problem is not the guns it'd the mentally ill people that been foisted on the public because the states don't want to treat and house them.
This stupid gun registration proposal would only apply to the 98 per cent of law abiding citizens.
Let's get to the crux of the problem and not glaze over it by passing feel-good legislation on joe and jane citizen.
People kill people - not guns

Marylanders ARE the NRA, not the other way around. This is an incredibly biased piece where balance isn't even attempted. It's nice that the writer is listed as "Director of Digital Strategy" but for transparency's sake, it would be more accurate to have led with, "Gov. O'Malley's" Director of Digital Strategy.

Preventing gun violence begins with reexamining HIPAA and its deleterious effects on families of the mentally ill trying to get institutionalized help for them. Preventing gun violence has NOTHING to do with stripping citizens of their 2nd Amendment protections (the 2nd Amendment protects us against government). I do not find it coincidental that the American Psychiatric Association is on this list of organizations aligning themselves with "majority of Marylanders".

Review the mass killings of late and you will notice a pattern of mentally ill slaughterers lucid enough to find locations where gun-free zones keep them from being stopped.

Stop fueling this for the purpose of a political platform from which people like the Governor want to move into more national a spotlight. This is a serious issue that needs to be stripped of political agenda. Put the light back where it belongs, on groups like those who have fought to deinstitutionalize the ill.

And stay out of our gun racks.

Do any if the anti gun grabbers realize in Maryland, we already have background checks, 30 rd magazine bans and heavy restrictions against automatic weapons? Tell people the truth and teach the facts, then conduct a poll!

The NRA generates funding that is used to help keep out of control government from intruding into the private lives of law abiding American Citizens...I'm not a member, but I do recognize the critical role that it plays to checks and balances....balance would be in the direction of a solution to most problems associated with failed, out of control government intrusion..

What is meant by "voices that have been drowned out" ?

Could care less what The NRA thinks this about the fact that over 3000 Marylanders showed up in Annapolis to dispute and to oppose SB 281 the Maryland gun ban bill as written. For the first time in Maryland history the Maryland Senate building had to be shut closed sit to the overwhelming response in opposition to this bill. This is the will of the people and the Governor now wants to detract from that fact.

Gov. O'Malley's legislation is anything but common-sense. It is a draconian gun grab that tramples the rights of honest, law abiding citizens and gun owners. Gun owners from across Maryland showed on Wednesday that actions speak louder than words when thousands showed up at the Maryland Senate to voice and some waited up to 9 hours to speak for 3 minutes in front of the the committee. I waited 5 hours just to sign in for the chance to speak, which I didn't get as the hearing shut down at 9pm. These were individuals who took the day off work, some travelling great distances, not the mouthpieces of groups like you list whose job it is to testify at these hearings and get speak first because Sen. Frosh sets up the hearing that way. Individuals standing up for individual rights. Actions speak louder than words - I didn't see overwhelming numbers of members of those groups you mention, just their mouthpieces. We aren't done either. We will be there when this legislation is taken up in the House of Delegates. Your NRA characterization is way off base. We're louder because there are more of us willing to take a stand against the tyranny of the powerful few in the MD legislature. It's not about some skewed telephone poll, it's about who shows up. Thousands of us gave up a days' pay because it is that important. All of those bigwigs showed up with their armed security details, but want to deny us the right of self defense. It's not about hunting and target shooting,

It's a crying shame that the leaders of this country have their hands tied and become sitting ducks when it comes to doing what is right. Citizens of other countries have been laughing at us for years.
We just can't get our act together as a unified nation who is supposed to look out for the health and welfare of its citizens. NRA is as bad as Congress ! It's times like this that make me ashamed of being an American, republican or democrat.

Oh yeah, drag out the NRA Boogie man to justify your unnecessary gun legislation. I really have a difficult time believing anything that comes out of the governor’s office.

Google SB281; you'll be amazed at the restrictions in that proposed bill. This has nothing to do with "support(ing) common sense legislation to prevent gun violence". It has everything to do with taking firearms away from law abiding citizens.

Can someone from The Patch please explain to me why my post is still "Pending Approval" 24 hours after I originally submitted it?

I am not an NRA member, a lobbyist, or even a gun owner, and yet I disagree with O'Malley's proposals. There were thousands of protestors in Annapolis who took time off from work to show that average people are against the proposals, and the response is to call them liars and shills?

Using propaganda against your citizens is unacceptable. I know that many of those who support gun ownership in Maryland are not supportive of O'Malley, and I'm sure that is frustrating to him, but that isn't a reason not to show even a modicum of respect for their concerns. There are others, like me, who are left-leaning conservatives who support the governor's administration on other issues. To see any constituency treated like this outrages me, we all have a responsibility to maintain civil discourse and respect for one another.

We can have a dialogue on gun ownership that does more than dismiss the opposition. We can discuss our mutual concerns, identify our needs, weigh the consequences, and proceed from there. O'Malley wants us to believe that his opposition isn't worth listening to, and that makes dialogue impossible.

What O'Malley's proposing is the opposite of common sense legislation. He's focusing on rifles, which are used in less than 1% of gun homicides in Maryland (2011 Maryland State Police Crime Report) and only about 3% of gun homicides nationwide (2011 FBI Crime Report). He wants to ban rifles with resizable stocks and vertical grips, even thought those things have no effect on the functionality of a rifle and are, in fact, features that allow for better fit and control of a rifle during competitive and recreational target shooting.

He wants to further reduce magazine sizes, which would effectively make smaller, more concealable handguns more prevalent. A small magazine size would also be dangerous for home-defense. Is ten bullets enough to defend yourself and your family if violent criminals break into your home? I don't think anyone can or should make that judgment call for anyone else.

O'Malley also wants to fingerprint legal gun owners. Why? How would that put a dent in crimes committed by illegal gun owners? The only way a database of fingerprints might help is if we fingerprinted every citizen. He wants to charge fees that would make owning a firearm cost prohibitive for lower income people.

What he doesn't want to do is put a stop to criminals plea bargaining down to lesser charges. What he doesn't want to do is increase sentences for violent offenders. O'Malley: tough on law-abiding citizens; soft on criminals.

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There are a lot of Marylanders who do not support the NRA but also do not agree with the legislation presented by the anti-gun lobby. Don't make the mistake of lumping us all into the same pot. Many Marylanders have been fighting hard for the right to carry, and don't want to see that effort being fruitless. I don't like the idea of the state telling me what I can or cannot own. I was born and raised in Maryland, and have seen it become a nanny-state in the worst way. And I have always considered myself a liberal Democrat. And I'm not alone by any means. So when you say Marylanders "know better", exactly what do you mean? If we know better, then why don't you trust us to make our own decisions?

Pointing to every supporter of the second amendment and accusing them of being shills for the NRA is very weak. As a Marylander I do NOT approve of the proposals being brought by Governor O'Malley. They will not bring any end to violence because they do not address the real issues of mental health, poverty, general crime and the punishment of criminals. Instead they try to put the blame on law abiding individuals and saying citizens cannot be trusted and must be disarmed. This bill will make it impossible for future generations to exercise their second amendment right. Every object can be used for either good or bad, you blame the individual for the way he uses that object, not the object. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Governor Martin O'Malley is also saying we are all guilty until proven innocent by making us require licenses for our rights in the US Constitution.

Just goes to show Our Governor doesn't care about what the people are saying. 4000 people show up to testify against the assault weapons ban, 600,000 emails sent in opposition of the ban, but still he clings to this idea that the majority of Marylanders want this. O'Malley's majority either doesn't care or doesn't exist. The majority of what I have seen says the people of Maryland don't want this bill.

Not the NRA, people from Maryland who would like a real solution to gun crimes, and want to keep their right to protect their family.

What common sense legislation are you referencing? What violence will it prevent?

You and your anti-freedom legislators drowned me out on the 6th by not giving me a chance to present my testimony! The fact that you could turn out only 2 grass-roots supporters, compared to the thousands who showed up against, made it all worthwhile!

Instead of mere allegations, why don't you put some details as to what these "lies" are?
By the way, it is absolutely untrue that the NRA " want to block any and all gun safety ideas". Ever heard of the "Eddie Eagle" program?

The Patch seems to be a Liberal lap dog for the Administration (regime) in Annapolis.
Do you think you could have been a little "fair and balanced" in this article.

Great response from the majority of people who want less of O'Smelly and his hench men!
(I'm sure they'll be a fee for what ever he (O'Smelly) rams down our throat in the way of dictates. He can't enough of other peoples money.

For a number of years Maryland has restricted the ability for legal gun owners to defend themselves with equal means of the criminal elements found in this state. Common sense would show that the opposite should be tried for a period of time to see the effect on crime. I for one recently moved here from North Carolina, where crime is lower, and as Senator Cruz pointed out to the Baltimore County Sheriff during Senate hearings, Crime in Dallas, and Austin are 3x and 10x lower than that in Baltimore. Why do you think that is? I know my answer, criminals are punished, and law abiding citizens are given the opportunity to stop the first crime from happening, Criminals are lazy, they look for easy targets, if you make the risk to them so great (aka allowing concealed carry, and firearms that can hold more than 10 rounds) that they will ether seek other sources of income, go to jail, or be made a reduced threat to society by their intended victim. If you really feel this anti rights bill would solve crime, then the day it goes into effect the police no longer need AR15s in their patrol cars, or Glocks on their hips. Im sure they will have no issue carrying a book of laws as a sidearm, and a stern voice as a bulletproof vest.

If the patch is intent on publishing this drivel, they may as well publish statements from Wayne Lapierre. Zoe Pagonis is nothing more than O'Malley's puppet. Paid to distribute propaganda in digital format to further his draconian agenda. She is not balanced in any way and while I am not an NRA member, I am certainly glad they exist to balance out people who would employ the very same tactics they so vehemently decry to further their own liberal agendas. I find it shameful to exploit the tragic death of children to perpetrate this kind of knee-jerk legislation whose real goal is to further our governor's national aspirations. O'malley could care less about the people in this state or their wishes; he is simply a power hungry politician and the constituents in Maryland are just a means to an end.

These are the tyrannical hoplophobes making law.

"We avow the First Amendment. We stand with that and say that people have a right to have a gun to protect themselves in their homes and their jobs, where, and that they -- and the workplace and that they, for recreation and hunting and the rest. So we're not questioning their right to do that." Nancy Pelosi

Wayne LaPierrenoid just got caught telling a big lie.

http://forward.com/articles/170768/israel-has-fewer-guns-fewer-deaths-than-us/?p=1

If we law abiding citizens must purchase and qualify for a license to buy a firearm with a background check and fingerprinting, then that license SHOULD be also a LICENSE TO CONCEAL CARRY if so chosen by the purchaser of the license.

"Support Growing For Former L.A. Officer Accused Of Killing Spree"
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/support-growing-for-former-l-a-officer-accused-of-killing-spree/

It’s hard to believe but there are those out there who sympathize with the man targeting police officers.

One Facebook page is proclaiming Dorner for president. “We propose electing a man who could no longer sit idly by and watch as malicious tyrants abuse the innocent.”

The description on “We Are All Chris Dorner” chillingly says, “Yes, this is war.”

Nearly 3,000 people like the page “I Support Christopher Jordan Dorner.”

CBS13 posted a simple question: Why? Why support a man wanted for at least three killings and the author of a murderous manifesto promising to target cops?

One sympathizer wrote us, “Because something needs to be done about the long known corruption of not only the LAPD, but several agencies.”

Have an open mind and watch this.

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NyYYgLzF6zU

To those who believe the NRA isnt pro gun safety, I ask you to please check your facts, The National Rifle Association provides training on the safe handling of firearms, for people of all ages. The problem you seek to solve is not with those legal, responsible, gun owners, but rather with the criminal fringe of society that have chosen to not use a crow bar to break into your home, but instead use a gun as their tool of crime. Why dont you anti gun rights folks ask yourselves why violence is lower in areas where more citizens have legal guns, are able to defend themselves individually away from their homes. Why dont you support stronger sentencing for the criminals who commit crimes? why is it the same group of people who submit themselves as great community leaders and humanitarians only speak up to deal with gun violence when 20 children die in a school in suburban Connecticut get killed. Meanwhile, the NRA, other gun groups, and individuals who seek safer streets for all of us, as a long term effort have been asking for the right to make the criminals job harder so that all people can walk our streets safely, not just those who live in affluent areas of a New York Suburb. Our philosophies are different, you believe that by disarming those that obey the law, the lawless will follow suit, we believe that disarming the public leads to the types of violence we see in DC and Chicago. We have real world evidence,can you point out a city where gun bans have reduced crime?

That was a nice Town Hall meeting on gun control that the Lt. Governor held on Google+ this morning.

No matter how many are against it, they know what is best for us for example, Obama Care

Isn't MD's motto the Free State? What a joke with the clowns running it. The NRA is the bad guy because they oppose Owe'malley's gun grabbing while the "progressive" lobbying groups (i.e. unions, enviromentalists, trial lawyers, etc) are pure as the driven snow. I hold my breath every year from January to April to see what more harm they will do to this state.

The NRA is a joke. The DISCLOSE Act proved that.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1925-Conservatives-and-Liberals-Angry-over-NRA-s-DISCLOSE-Act-Deal

I kinda feel sorry for the poor Sheeple that give their money to the NRA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7cWv0qmIhjk#!

Man, you all make me LOL...

First on Towson Patch and now here...

Here are some of my thoughts. The NRA isn't about the members. It's gets much less than 1/2 it's funding form member dues. The rest comes from gun manufacturers. The NRA opposes background checks, yet a poll of memebrs shows 80%+ in favor. They oppose anything that would lower gun sales. Face it, they are a lobby for the gun manufacturers... They just happen to do member things on the side.

There seem to be a bunch of people afraid (of govt's, baddies, almost everything...), that the government will try to enter your house, and think having something like an AR15 will stop them. Ever see a Bradley, or Abrams, or Longbow in person? They also think the "gubment" is made up of bad people. The police, the armed forces are made up of people that would not follow or carry out those orders. You need to get over yourselves. It's paranoid. This isn't 1930's Germany, we have free press and the internet, and that just won't happen. And your AR15 wouldn't stop them if they did.

If the object is to keep guns out of the hands of the baddies, background checks on ALL SALES and registration of ownership are tools. Neither of which infringe on on the right to bear arms. But you have to proscute the people that get guns to the baddies.

I am NOT worried about a law abiding, mentally stable people owning anything short of machine guns and SAM's. Banning some types of guns isn't the answer, nor is how many bullets it fires.

But if you think that arming everybody won't have a big body count, you better think again. It will take a while before all the real idiots kill each other, and it will be pretty messy until they do.

Steve, and Just a guy. How do you explain why gun crimes are lower in places with less restrictive gun laws, we dont have to go far look at Virginia, look at Richmond, how did they clean that town up? 10 years minimum if you were found with a gun illegally, and became a shall issue state and allowing people to carry a concealed firearm for defense with a permit and it wasnt the wild west. What is your explanation? As far as fighting the government and this isnt 1930's Germany, I dont think anyone (credible) is arguing that, but isnt it just as paranoid to think that everyone with a rifle needs to be charged exorbitant fees because less than 1% of guns are used in crime?? As far as fighting back against the supurb technology of the government, while I dont support the latest So Cal Ex LAPD officer (who was pro gun control I might add) he did prove that individual members of the government cannot be trusted anymore than any citizen can be, and that even using drones to support the search, he has eluded police.
Cliff Notes: Steve and Just a guy explain why states with more citizen friendly gun crimes have lower crime and cite examples. These must be Domestic because America is unique as is every other nations culture.
Explain why police should be allowed to keep firearms such as the AR15, in light of the situation in California?

Has anyone seen Sade?

Yes, she's on anchor in NYC. What's you point Bonehead?

The NRA is the largest terrorist organization in the United States. Why? Because they are dead set against the U.S. signing an international treay controlling the sales of small arms which today, can be bought by just anyone or any group.The treaty would control mass sales of small arms to groups like Al Quaeda, the Taliban, various mujahadeens, Al Quaeda in the Mahgreb, etc. Thus the NRA favors arming these terrorists and is, in and of itself, a terrorist organization.

To any police officer that supports this. We turn our backs on you.

Chuck asks why the U.S. should sign onto a treaty banning indiscriminate sales of arms on the international market. Simple, It will take the U.S. into a world leadership role of preventing terrorists from easily gaining access to weapons. If we lead by example, why wouldn't the rest of the arms producing nations not follow?

Chuck, now that you've focused on the U.S. "trying to buy the world's love," may I offer you some facts on how untrue your statement is. By causing millions of deaths in Vietnam, not to mention hundreds of thousands more of civilians in Iraq and elsewhere, that's a mighty bad way to spread love. As far as how we spend our money abroad, the U.S. ranks almost last among all industrialized countries in per caput foreign aid spent to help others. In fact the annual expense for the U.S. Peace Corps is less than the annual budget for U.S. military bands.Your overall message here is that we would be wrong to" lead by example" when it comes to helping solve the world's major problems. What a sad thought that by assuming world leadership in efforts such as leading the fight against climate change, the rampant spread of weapons, world hunger, etc.the U.S. would be "foolish."

Missouri Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confiscate Firearms – Gives Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons.

The stupidity continues.

They haven't heard of the 4th Amendment? That would be unConstitutional unless compensation was given. Could MIssou afford it?

To all these gun control do-gooders: firearms and gunpowder are never going to be uninvented. Pandora's box was already opened. You just have to live with it.

The NRA donates lots of money to a shady group which buys up Judges and States Attorneys.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/14/1591381/meet-the-shady-secret-money-group-helping-the-nra-buy-up-judges-and-attorneys-general/

The firm behind the NRA's propaganda machine which keeps it's sheeple in line.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ackerman-mcqueen-pr-firm-has-been-behind-nras-provocative-ads-for-decades/2013/02/13/fedb70b4-7155-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html

The NRA is pretty far out there. Now the President of the NRA is appearing on a 9/11 conspiracy theorists radio show to espouse another conspiracy theory that the United Nations is out to confiscate American's firearms.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/19/nra-president-appears-on-9-11-truthers-televisi/192716

Armed Nutcases!

To the argument that the NRA somehow is about "freedom,", I agree that it is definitely is...about the freedom of gun manufacturers to peddle their wares not only in the U.S., but also around the world, all without interference from we who are demanding reasonable accountability for those responsible for spreading there products which can take lives so easily. Freedom indeed!

I am a USMC Veteran. I was an expert rifleman. We learned to handle our weapons with the utmost caution. We were not allowed to have personal firearms or ammunition on the base unless specifically authorized (MPs). Private citizens should not have weapons of war. Many law abiding citizens own firearms and they are competent and safety minded. The NRA is beholden to the industry and is dangerous to our country. They espouse sales of some of the most dangerous types of weapons. Kids and others continue to die.

Zig, thanks for your service. As an expert marksman, how many AR15s did you use in your active duty service in the Marine Corp? I ask because I was under the impression that the Marines used automatic weapons, which the AR15 is not.

Weapons used by the military are unsuited for many civilians' use. What I used is not relevand. The NRA does not add balance. The 2nd amendment does not give universal rights to all weapons just as the right to travel does not give the right to drive a car to everyone. Ignorance of the background of the 2nd amendment has led to a lot of problems. The NRA is dangerous due to their radical propaganda.

Zig respectfully it is relevant because you insinuated that we have weapons of war, that is not accurate. By not answering or avoiding the question I assume that you concede the AR15 is not a military firearm. Also re the "right to travel" in the constitutions bill of rights does not grant the right to travel or drive. Where as the right to own firearms is a guaranteed right., you can always travel, you can walk.

More die from other things than the rifle in my safe. It's a shame that an expert marksman won't share his knowledge. The NRA supports the second amendment, which is uniquely American, I respect your opinion sir, but your facts are simply inaccurate.