The new NRA ad

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place.

“This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do?"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way ... his,36131/

"The greatness of America is our ability, after a tragedy, to unite on the Internet and attack each other." -- Andy Borowitz

OK, why do we do away with laws against murder. After all, people still get murdered.

Or speed limits. After all, people still speed.

Wanting controls on how fast cars can drive doesn't make me anti-car.

ScienceChic wrote: You're welcome!

As for the video, meh. It's the typical feel-good, imagery messaging that has nothing to do with belonging to the NRA and everything to do with putting you in a positive emotional state and tying it to the verbal cue of "Join the the good guys, the NRA." Sorry, but there are bad guys in the NRA, and good guys who don't have guns. Guns don't make you good or bad, your everyday actions do. This solves none of our problems with an overloaded prison population (have you seen the stories on abuse and higher recidivism rates of prisoners at private prisons - they want them back so they can keep making money on them, even though it's not a sustainable business model, not to mention an abuse of human rights and unethical/immoral to boot) or lack of safety in schools and other public places.

Pretty video, they did a great job on it. The marketing's pretty obvious though.

So, who are the bad guys in the NRA?

Cathy_Lee wrote: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place.

“This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do?"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way ... his,36131/
Or Canada? Where three Mounties were shot?
"The greatness of America is our ability, after a tragedy, to unite on the Internet and attack each other." -- Andy Borowitz

FredHayek wrote:

Cathy_Lee wrote: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place.

“This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do?"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way ... his,36131/
Or Canada? Where three Mounties were shot?
"The greatness of America is our ability, after a tragedy, to unite on the Internet and attack each other." -- Andy Borowitz

The Onion? :rofllol

Hey! The crazy in Isla Vista STABBED and killed three people! This might show that the choice of weapon did not influence the crazy's desire or ability to kill people. The "common denominator" to the 6 people killed was "the crazy murderer".

Let's ban crazy people. Problem solved.

And the "good guy" in the latest shooting disarmed the shooter with pepper spray while he was reloading.

Mary Scott wrote:

FredHayek wrote:

Cathy_Lee wrote: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place.

“This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do?"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way ... his,36131/
Or Canada? Where three Mounties were shot?
"The greatness of America is our ability, after a tragedy, to unite on the Internet and attack each other." -- Andy Borowitz

The Onion? :rofllol

Exactly. Sometimes it takes humor to make a point.