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> Jeff Sessions was involved in prosecution of civil rights activists in Alabama, and is known for his hard anti-drug stance. Both of those are pertinent to civ
by wallace_f 10y ago
> Jeff Sessions was involved in prosecution of civil rights activists in Alabama, and is known for his hard anti-drug stance. Both of those are pertinent to civil rights, yet NRA ignored it.
Those are good points. They also concern me. Is there a better organization which fights for second amendment rights that you recommend?
- bmelton 10y agoTo keep from repeating myself, I'm going to link to another comment I just made -- but I prefer the SAF to the NRA. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634802 https://www.saf.org/ https://www.saf.org/
- int_19h 10y agoI would not recommend SAF anymore. The reason is that their (effectively) lobbying wing, CCRKBA, had also endorsed Sessions, using even stronger wording than NRA. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ccrkba-urges-members-call-your-senators-to-confirm-sessions-as-ag-300388002.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ccrkba-urges-members... "Instead of promoting or defending schemes that impact law-abiding Americans, his track record shows that he will go after genuine criminals." Note that the man who said this is Alan Gottlieb, who's also effectively the head of SAF.
- scdoshi 10y agoThe non existence of other orgs fighting for second ammendment rights, even if it were true, is a pretty weak argument for supporting this particular one, especially given that you agree there are good reasons not too do so.
- int_19h 10y agoI'm afraid I don't have a good (as in, satisfying) answer to this question. I do have a more broad answer, however: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13536435 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13536435