“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.” –George Bernard Shaw
The NRA came out swinging (wildly) yesterday, as it so often does, to launch an attack on Representative Gaby Giffords in retaliation for attempting to try to pass modest
gun reform.
Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, joined her husband, Mark Kelly, and several members of Congress to mark the introduction of a House bill for the 114th Congress.
"Stopping violence takes courage," she told a packed room. "The courage to do what's right, the courage of new ideas. ... Now is the time to come together and be responsible. Democrats, Republicans, everyone. We must never stop fighting. Fight, fight, fight. Be bold, be courageous, the nation's counting on you."
The NRA clearly felt a bit touchy, and like a bully in a bad children's cartoon, fought back with this zinger:
Gabby Giffords: Everyone Should Have to Pass Background Check My Attacker Passed breitbart.com/big-government...#2A #NRA
It's funny that they didn't "@" Giffords. Probably afraid she might hear them talking about her.
While this new bill will most likely never even see a vote with this awesome congress–who can't even agree on how to protect the country without trying to break up families–this bill may be a glimpse of the NRA's future.
The new House bill, the Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015, has bipartisan support. Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.) appeared Wednesday with the Democratic authors of the bill, and three other Republicans -- Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Peter T. King (N.Y.) and Pat Meehan (Pa.) -- are also authors.
That's a future the NRA doesn't like. Even Dold, a Republican with a
Republican's track record, knows the
writing is on the wall.
"I'm not saying I'm going to the speaker, and it's going to be on the floor next week -- it's not," Dold said. "But my hope is this continues to build momentum and ultimately will be passed. ... It is something that the American public wants us to do."
All of the guns and all of the money in the world won't stop progress, NRA. Your terrible, cowardly humor won't either.