NRA Refuses White House Meeting on Gun Rules

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Nearly all states allow concealed-carry handguns. Has crime of any type been affected by citizens with handguns? I think the fight to preserve the Second Amendment right to carry a handgun is over and the NRA has won. I suppose that we'll soon see TV ads encouraging people to buy and carry handguns. If CCW deters crime, it should be promoted. I really don't know if CCW helps deter crime. I know that some handgun owners store their weapon where it can be found by individuals who are not intended to use it, and in some cases this has led to family tragedies.

Why should the NRA recognize the issues? The numbers are staggering when compared to the the rest of the world when it comes to gun violence in our country. It's a easy answer, the NRA boasts 4.3 million members only 11% of the population. The majority of the general public agrees that the current laws that include tactical weapons and allows unstable people easy access to military style weapons is a danger to public safety and it clearly is . The NRA should realize that with every passing year opposition is growing against the current US Law. This will not improve or go away due because of the violence in our streets, 30,000 a year die and 8x more are wounded by guns attacks and the numbers are growing, as is public outrage. The NRA will be fighting a loosing battle if they choose to side with the gun lobby that is supported by the Gun manufactures in the US who make 68% of all fire arms in the world, the gun lobby is the largest most powerful lobby richest in Washington. NRA membership dues are not the majority of the dollars donated to that lobby it is primarily supported by arms makers who have a greater interest in big profits. What we have here is a small group of Americans mandating laws for the majority of the citizens. It's time the NRA realize they need to hear what the rest of the country is concerned with. If they don't it's a simple story of the tail wagging the dog and eventually without their help and guidance more severe measures will be taken by people who don't have any interest. The people want reform and will not be denied will prevail, it will come down to a referendum vote and gun owners will lose more that just tactical weapons. Personally I think all the talk about personal protection represents a very small portion of the general gun owning public and has very little to do with the majority of gun owners who use firearms for sport. These paranoid gun owners and their need for Glocks with 30 round clips, AK47s with silencers and other similar tactical weapons will eventually ruin it for all of us who like to shoot and hunt. Why don't the NRA see the future are they blinded by the power of gun lobby who is simply using the NRA as a shill to promote their deadly profits? Not very sound logic on the part of the NRA but instead defiance which angers a much larger portion of our society than the gun lobby or NRA can take on. Move it or lose it as they say and the NRA is asleep at the trigger.

It is NOT the NRAs responsibility to keep Criminals from committing crimes. Why does Obama need them?? Totally banning ownership of guns will not eliminate criminals from having guns. It will only make criminals more dangerous with less deadly weapons. Like it or not.. Criminals are scared of people ability to defending themselves with guns. They need to suspect that the Cashiers at a convinced store might blow them away if they try to rob them. GUNS DOES NOT cause CRIMES or make CRIMINALS.