As the young people say "Let's flip the script" on the NRA, gun control and the Second Amendment

The Black Panther Party, firm supporters of the right to open carry weapons as part of their fight against racist police practices, appeared in dramatic fashion at California's State Capital in Sacramento to lobby politicians against pending legislation that they saw as racially targeted against them. Though this legal demonstration did stir up a lot of attention for the party, the effect ran against the Black Panthers: the 'invasion' of the capitol by some twenty-plus organized and heavily armed men scared politicians into signing the Mulford Act, a gun control measure that, surprisingly by modern standards, had the support of the NRA

Call me cynical but I firmly believe we would have sensible gun control legislation faster than a New York minute if black folks were printing guns, arming up under the Second Amendment, and the NRA was a predominately black/brown organization.

Let me flip the script then tell me if you agree.

Flipped Script #1

Radio Host, andrenown social activist   Joe Madison, aka The Black Eagle   is hoping to get 1,000 black people to march on Washington on July 4 — armed with loaded rifles. The plan launched with a Facebook group today is to gather on the Virginia side of the Potomac, where gun laws are lax, and then march across the bridge with loaded rifles slung over their shoulders into the District, where openly carrying weapons is generally prohibited.
“This will be a non-violent event,” the Facebook group warns, “unless the government chooses to make it violent.” Already, over 200 people have said they’ll attend the march.

Flipped script #2

 The Black Panther Party couldn't have picked a friendlier place to refresh the troops. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day "Stand and Fight"-themed event, which includes a gun trade show, political rally and strategy meetings.

Flipped script #3


Gun Control:  No easy solution.... but can we at least talk about it?

 How many more innocent children and civilians will we have to bury before the gun nuts and their acolytes recognize that the tide of public opinion isn’t on their side? They can either participate in the discussion…or they may wake up to discover that the issue has been decided for them without their input.

What Bob Cesca said:

 Everyone’s afraid to appear too “extreme” when discussing gun control legislation. No one wants to offend the gun people. But extremism never stopped the NRA and the utter wackadoodles and firearm fetishists lurking in plain view — their American flag shirts and ridiculous bumper stickers flaunting their “right” to buy and keep as many guns as they can afford, and to use them in a wide variety of inexcusably psychotic ways.

Enough

The State of our Union is.....

Fist Dap Americans Against the Tea Party

 

 “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year."~ Ted Nugent at the National Rifle Association Convention, April 2012.


National Rifle Association board member and Washington Times columnist Ted Nugent alluded to the start of the American Revolution in an interview with Guns.com during the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show, claiming that the Obama administration "is attempting to re-implement the tyranny of King George" and that "if you want another Concord Bridge, I got some buddies."


Only in America can you make statements like this about the President of the United States of America and be invited by a GOP member of Congress to be their special guest.

Some lawmakers are inviting victims of gun violence, and Obama is expected to push Congress to support a package of measures crafted in the aftermath of the slaughter of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., in December.
“I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama,” Stockman said in a statement. “After the address I’m sure Ted will have plenty to say.”

Not so much if you are invited by a democratic member of Congress, and are  the mother of a dead American soldier and a peace activist like Cindy Sheehan, who was arrested in the House Gallery after refusing to cover up her T-Shirt that said "2,245 Dead. How many more?" -- a reference to the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, before President Bush's State of the Union Address.

This is an object lesson that the world is watching our dysfunction and it makes us all less safe when the GOP is insane.


No lie.