Anti-gun/Anti-hunting Organizations?
Steve Greer
<da...@richertnet.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>I agree with most of what is here as a gun owner and hunter, but as a
>parent, the PAX program appears to be pretty good and we should be
>supporting as responsible gun owners. I noticed that it is supported by law
>enforcement and doctors, should we boycott them?
>David
>
Hey, it doesn't matter what their politics is, I try my best to
avoid the professional services of either of those.
Tarkus
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> "Tarkus" <Tar...@homeland.security.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9391491064756z...@130.81.64.196...
>> David Huffman <da...@richertnet.com> wrote in
>> news:GfpDa.64$8J6....@news.uswest.net:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I agree with most of what is here as a gun owner and hunter, but as
>> > a parent, the PAX program appears to be pretty good and we should
>> > be supporting as responsible gun owners.
>>
>> Which one - the ASK program, that tells parents to ask if their
>> friends parents have guns at home? No thank you. It's nobody's
>> business but
> mine.
>>
>> As for the SPEAK UP program, which tells kids to "report
>> weapon-related threats in their schools and neighborhoods", it's just
>> another way to
> train
>> good little Brown Shirt informants.
>>
>> I'll stick with informing my child on my own, thanks.
>>
>> I noticed that it is supported
>> > by law enforcement and doctors, should we boycott them?
>>
>> Absolutely. ANYONE who advocates infringement of a Constitutionally-
>> guaranteed right deserves no quarter, regardless of their position in
>> society. Just because they are LEOs or "Doctors" doesn't mean
>> they're any better than anyone else, nor any less deserving of our
>> contempt and scorn when they advocate against our rights.
>>
>> Tarkus
>
> Just to clarify things and protect the image of "Doctors".
Just so you know, I was trying to make a point. The person I was
responding to seems to be caught up in the "if XXX (a respected member of
society) supports it, why shouldn't we?" thing. Personally, I don't have
anything against most doctors.
I am a
> physician and most physicians I know enjoy guns and hunting.
When I was a kid, there was a doctor in town that, during the fall, could
just as often be found in hunting camp as his office. ;)
> Physicians are a diverse group like any other group. The more
> politically driven individuals are often not representative of the
> majority.
Yeah, I've found that to be the case with most groups. Even lawyers (of
which I am one...)
When the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a
> statement maligning guns they received a weighty response from many
> individual physicians.....it didn't make a difference.
Kinda like the ABA's anti-2A stance...
It might surprise you, but there a LOT of pro-2A lawyers out there, but
most of them won't state so...for political reasons.
Tarkus