What are your thoughts on this vaguely threatening letter the NRA sent to Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates?

Jesus fucking christ.

To quote our dear leader: “They are good people, patriots….”.

Perhaps this is a part of his assertion that the NRA “would do the right thing”.

I am seriously hoping that at the very least Parkland and the students who survived from Parkland make accepting funding from the NRA such a negative that their influence wanes and those who do accept contributions for their cooperation suffer the consequences of doing so.

meh?

I, for one, will never, ever vote for a politician who is backed by the NRA.

The states have come to a point where there really is a need for sensible gun laws, but then the gun lovers seem to think oh no, because the next step will be banning and confiscation.

That kid that did the latest shooting couldn’t legally have a beer in a bar but can go out and buy an assault style combat rifle, something is very wrong with that picture.

That letter getting back to your question is wrong on so many levels as well.

“Kill them all. Let God sort them out.”

Apparently he had access to about 10 different guns, in his house.

I have access to more than that but I am not going to go out and shoot up a crowd of people.

@SQUEEKY2
So far.

Strange how you feel that way @kritiper , since how strongly you feel on how unsafe it is to pump your own gas?

I am concerned about the NRA’s influence on our government and elections, but this letter is not really disturbing to me at all, except that it reminds me of that influence, and that that influence (not this letter) has a large impact on our government and election on all sorts of issues.

Without the context of it being the NRA, it actually seems reasonable to me for an organization interested in government policy to ask all candidates and incumbents for a clear statement of policy on various issues. In fact, I wish that in general all candidates and incumbents would make policy statements on most issues and their voting records and statements and other actions be checked against them, and those results made widely available.

The only thing about the letter that really bugs me other than the NRA-ness (and its impact one way or another on the issues I really care about, mainly environmental issues) is the aggressive tone emphasizing the importance of a fast response using certain formats.

Blackmail. Pure and simple.

With these tactics they may be shooting themselves in the foot. Pun intended.

It’s no different than being endorsed by Right To Life. If people vote based on specific endorsements, those groups have influence. To get an endorsement, you basically promise to represent that group in legislation. People in my area would not back an anti gun politician, so they do have real power. If you dont get the endorsement, your opposing candidates get the money and the peoples votes so if you run here, you basically have no chance of winning. Both the Rep and Dem candidates for a recent election both put guns together blindfolded for their campaign commercials, true story.