Illinois – -(Ammoland.com)- Well folks, it’s election year again and, like clockwork, another phony-baloney group claiming to be an “alternative to the NRA” has popped into the limelight.
This time around, shills for the Obama/Clinton gun-grab scheme are calling themselves the “American Coalition for Responsible Gun Ownership (ACRGO).” The group claims to represent a “majority” of gun owners – 65 million to be exact – who hold “moderate” positions on firearm public policy.
The ACRGO supposedly has among its ranks former NRA members who have become disenchanted with the NRA’s “extreme” positions on so-called “gun safety” issues.
Like previous “NRA-alternative” groups, the ACRGO is apparently a one-man show backed up by little more than a web site and several social media pages. The front man for the group is a cartoon-character of a guy who goes by the name, “Mark Carman.” Carman is supposedly an ex-cop turned small-time hip-hop record producer. Hailing from Norfolk, VA, Carman has an apparent fondness for cheap suits, ugly ties and barbeque ribs.
The jowly Carman’s primary means of communication is as bizarre as his attire. Employing a very affected Tidewater accent, Carman regularly broadcasts gun control soliloquies across the Internet and social media. Carman’s videos are very reminiscent of those produced by the late televangelist Dr. Gene Scott – complete with unsettling facial close-ups and wild-eyed staring matches with the camera.
All in all, Carman paints a very creepy caricature of the “moderate” gun owners he’s supposed to represent.
Despite his outlandish persona, Carman apparently has friends in high places. Attending the ACRGO kick-off press conference last year was none other than Sen. Chuck “Beat Guns into Submission” Schumer. Just recently, Carman received his second invitation to the White House to talk gun control with Obama and high administration officials. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, a trail of support for ACRGO leads straight back to George Soros’ “Move-On” organization. If you will recall, Move-On scolded the nation to dismiss Bill Clinton’s pervy-proclivities and “move-on” to more important issues.
The bottom line is this – if Mark Carman exists at all, he in no way represents the average American firearm owner. Carman’s claims notwithstanding, American gun owners do not support intrusive background checks; they do not support broadening the list of “prohibited persons“; they do not support bans on certain firearms; and they certainly don’t support Obama.
So, if you come across one of Carman’s wild rants while on-line, just ignore it and remember who it is that really represents your interests – the ISRA.
About Illinois State Rifle Association:
The Illinois State Rifle Association is the state’s leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. Since 1903, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law-abiding Illinois firearm owners Visit: www.isra.org
me – why? How so? As a 100% disabled veteran of 21 years service defending the Constitutional rights of ALL American citizens, regardless of their views, I believe millions of us paid the price for our politicians to stand up for our rights. Obama and the rest took the same essential oath I did… to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic”. The difference is that those who served in the military still recall their oath decades later while politicians seem to forget it before the last words have crossed their lips. They seem to forget… Read more »
You people scare me. a lot.
I’m one of those summer soldiers of whom “Oldshooter” speaks. Here’s how it works: I join the NRA, they disappoint me, I let my membership lapse Then I join again, and pay annual dues. The reason I’m not a Life member is that I like to Bitch-Slap the NRA when they seem to be kowtowing to the Libs. This has happened several times in the past 5 decades. That doesn’t mean that I’m concerned that the political posturing of the NRA might offend someone. If they’re not offending SOMEONE, they’re not doing their job. Those who call the NRA too… Read more »
A Cuck-liberal. Won’t even consider calling him a cuckservative. No he’s lower than that even. It’s all just a dog and pony show if Trump makes it. The very shrill media hags that interview this schmuck can look fwd to their own investigation and trials. Jarret,Corzine, Obama et AL can look forward to prison . Which is exactly where they belong. With Trump or without many millions of Americans will never give up. And they can’t kill us all.
Who is this jackass. He definitely DOES NOT represent me!!!! Or any other firearms owner I know.
Oddly enough, the only “former” NRA members I have encountered (and I’ve been a Life Member of the NRA since 1959), were disenchanted with the NRA, not because they were too “extreme,” but because they weren’t nearly ‘extreme” enough, much like the current disenchantment with the GOP Establishment by its conservative political base. The rise to prominence of the GOA (which is also heavily populated by “former” and current NRA members) has been due to their much stricter stand on 2nd Amendment rights, and their refusal to “go along to get along” with the political establishment. Indeed, I have NEVER… Read more »
Make this a rule of thumb and always stick to it. If someone ever was for gun control, they have not changed. Remember “Obummer’s” claim when he was running for the 1st time. Go all the way back and look at their voting records. That will tell you everything.
All I had to see was Valerie Jarrett to draw the only conclusion anyone with a have a brain could muster which brings to mind Saul Alinsky.