U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The National Rifle Association of America released the following statement on Thursday, June 2:
The NRA is made up of millions of law-abiding men and women. We are parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, whose hearts break every time a crime is committed or tragedy occurs. We grieve with all of America, regardless of party or political affiliation because these are human tragedies, not political opportunities.
The National Rifle Association of America supports substantive policies and real solutions that will make a difference. Policies that will not only address these tragic and evil acts that dominate the headlines, but also the catastrophic loss of life that happens too often as a direct consequence of the current crime epidemic that plagues our nation.
The NRA has long supported securing our schools so that our teachers and children will be safe. We support strict enforcement of all our nation’s laws that target violent criminals. We support prosecution and punishment of criminals who break these laws. Indeed, the NRA supports the arrest, prosecution and punishment of any violent criminal or other dangerous prohibited person who tries to purchase or possess a firearm.
We support fully funding law-enforcement agencies. And, we wholeheartedly support the right of any law-abiding American to defend themselves and their loved ones. Even though it’s rarely reported, more than a million law abiding Americans use firearms in self-defense every year – most without ever firing a shot.
What we don’t support are senseless policies like no-cash bail that create a revolving door justice system that only endangers good citizens. And, we will fight any proposal that will disarm law-abiding Americans.
And, America does have a critical mental health crisis. Many are sick, too few people are able to recognize their illness, and even less get help. The sad reality is there are too few resources for those who need it. Over the last 60 years, the number of beds available at psychiatric hospitals in America has dropped by 96 percent. In 1955, there were an estimated 340 beds per 100,000 people with mental health illnesses. In 2016, that number fell to 11.7 beds per 100,000 people. We must find a way to reach these people before they hurt themselves or others. And, we must fund places for these people to find refuge and treatment.
But, instead of acting on functional measures and real solutions that when implemented will reduce crime and will help those with dangerous behavioral health issues, all that the President repeatedly proposes will only infringe on the rights of those law-abiding who have never, and will never, commit a crime. This isn’t a real solution, it isn’t true leadership, and it isn’t what America needs.
And, that’s a shame.
About NRA-ILA:
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess, and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
Who cares what Wayne La pew pew has to say .
The first sentence should read the NRA has taken hundreds of millions of dollars over the years and has never sent a accountability statement where all that money has gone. Mental health care was removed from american doctors hands when Obama Care became law Joe Biden was part of that mistake. Health care become unaffordable eighteen thousand pages of how to redistribute the wealth of hard working Americans. A mandate the supreme court agreed with or Justice Roberts sold out the working men and women The NRA need new faces with stronger support for Americans freedoms. To be honest the… Read more »
No matter what we say, how we vote, what organization we support, what the Constitution says, or what the real facts are, they are coming for our guns. I’ll take a page from Nancy Reagan- JUST SAY NO.
The correct path is to start a new organization that is how we will change history. Remember in business you take the other guys customers and make them you own. It is my belief that 90% of the NRA Members would jump ship as they no longer trust in the NRA. Without another contender to stand with they are fearful that that the government will remove their guns. The NRA is responsible for also using the same message to stay in power as the government while making a lot of money. “Without the NRA to protect you there is nobody… Read more »
The NRA Is Doomed | Wayne LaPierre Re-elected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGPWG1Cyyo
hoboos were not realy bumbs many of them worked whatever day labor they stayed near rr to travel easily with the end of the mental hospitals the streets became full of people with all kinds of severe forms of mental disorders many cycle through prison system which makes their outbursts more frequent
Of course down the line there’ll be a “but”. The NRA always “compromises” when all is said and done.
So, Li’l Wayne, old buddy, are you ready to rurn NRA-ILA loose on the Hughes Amendment you enacted in 1986? Crickets.
All of this is meaningless. Politics now transcends Nations. There is a global political force connected to the UN & WEF that has an agenda that is worldwide. The WEF has infiltrated National governments with political operatives that work against Nations’ political structure to achieve global political goals. They work to OVERCOME all National Constitutions, laws, traditions, freedoms, and political institutions that stand in their way. The US democrat party, and RINO politicians work to transform the USA into a global political state to be part of this global structure. There is no room for the US Constitution, and Bill… Read more »
No cash bail is pushed buy a guy named Novacratz. Who also wants gun buyback programs.