Who is the REAL "enemy in camoflauge?" ( Hint: The enemy's initialsare N R A )

As a hunter who is proud of the American hunting tradition there is no

doubt in my mind that the senior leadership of the National Rifle

Association has sold us out and become a front group for the

Republican Party. The GOP's interests come first - and that leaves

hunters behind. There's a reason Grover Norquist and CPAC's David

Keene sit on the NRA's Board - and I think we all know it has nothing

to do with hunting or gun rights.

But it's not enough to say this here on DailyKos or in the blind to

my buddies while waiting for the ducks to come. That's why I started

the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) and that's why we

stand up for gun owners who reject the extremism of the NRA

leadership.

We all know the NRA has no qualms about attacking gun owners who don't

agree with their "soldier of fortune" philosophy. Remember Jim Zumbo,

the dean of outdoor writers whose 30 year career was destroyed by NRA

because he had the audacity to write that AK-47s were not a good

choice for deer hunting. Or Smith & Wesson, when they agreed with the

Clinton administration that a free gun lock with a new gun is a good

idea. Now the NRA wants to label AHSA as the "enemy in camouflage".

The problem is most rational thinking sportsmen are beginning to

understand that it's really the NRA who is trying to pull the wool

over the eyes of America's 40 million hunters.

In the summer and fall of 2006 there was an emerging a hot button

issue about public lands. The Bush Administration was proposing the

sale of millions of acres of federal forest land, land that America's

hunters have had easy access to for decades. Predictably, the NRA was

silent on the issue because they did not want offend their friends

George Bush and Dick Cheney.

A large tract of land that would have been up for sale under the Bush

proposal was a portion of the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri.

The incumbent Republican Senator, Jim Talent, who was in a tough race

to hold on to his Senate seat initially supported the NRA-backed Bush

plan to sell off the Mark Twain National Forest. Not surprisingly,

that didn't sit well with rural hunter s and shooters. Nor did it sit

well with Talent's opponent, Claire McCaskill, who had hunted the Mark

Twain National Forest as a young girl with her father.

AHSA decided it was time to take on "goliath" and we went directly to

Missouri's hunters to expose NRA's betrayal. We unleashed an award

winning direct mail campaign that caught NRA operatives off guard, we

endorsed McCaskill and we ran some strategic radio ads in rural

Missouri to insure hunters knew what NRA was doing to their hunting

heritage in the "show me' state.

The NRA lobbyists don't like to admit defeat. But in 2006, in

Missouri, they had to. In a post-election analysis that appeared in

NRA's flagship political magazine First Freedom and on the website,

NRA's top lobbyist, Chris Cox described AHSA's work in Missouri:

The first mailer arrived in hunters' mailboxes just days before the

election, claiming, "The NRA is Selling Us Out." It attacked NRA

Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre by name and claimed that NRA

is "supporting politicians who are trying to take away our access to

public lands." The second mailing asked, "Why isn't the NRA standing

up to Washington bureaucrats and politicians to conserve game areas

and protect free access to public lands?" Laughable and false though

these statements were, they were easily topped by the new slogan AHSA

affixed to its mailings: "Protecting Our Gun Rights and the Lands We

Love."

That AHSA slogan is probably laughable to the NRA leaders like Cox

because they long ago sacrificed the hunting tradition for the DC

power base. I will fight to protect the lands we love, but NRA

leaders like Cox and LaPierre won't. They just want to protect their

place in the conservative Republican power structure.

It's not in the nature of the NRA senior execs to acknowledge a loss.

So when they do, it's a big deal. That's why it was significant when

Chris Cox acknowledgedAHSA's role in Talent's defeat:

One thing is certain--Claire McCaskill went on to win the Senate race,

and the NRA-PVF-endorsed candidate lost.

That's right. And we have our eye on several swing states this

year.

Sure the NRA consultants will attack us. That's what they do. The

NRA leadership had to react because they know AHSA poses a real threat

to the NRA power base. The NRA's leaders have lost their connection to

America's hunters and shooters who care about their communities and

their environment.

None of this should come as a surprise to progressive who love to hunt

and shoot. Hunters are extremely concerned about access to public

lands. According to a 2003 Field & Stream National Hunting Survey,

85% of hunters think that their state should use public funds to

acquire more land for public hunting. Public access and public lands

matter.

Our research shows that there are millions of gun owners who share our

progressive values. They need to know there is an alternative voice

to the NRA. A voice that shares their concerns and puts their

interests first.

There is no reason why progressives should lose the hunter and shooter

vote to the right-wing NRA supported candidates. As a gun owner,

hunter and conservationist I ask you who is the real "enemy in

camouflage"?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/21/16413/1155

"Lickin' Ass and Takin' Names" <PopUlist349@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> As a hunter who is proud of the American hunting tradition there is no

> doubt in my mind that the senior leadership of the National Rifle

> Association has sold us out and become a front group for the

> Republican Party.

Then WHY does the NRA support South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson?

NRA cash backs Johnson in Senate race - Thursday, February 21, 2008

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/02/21/news/local/doc47bd29bdeccba552776151.txt

> Our research shows that there are millions of gun owners who share our

> progressive values.

Cites?

> As a gun owner,

> hunter and conservationist I ask you who is the real "enemy in

> camouflage"?

The real enemy is that old woman named "Lickin' Ass and Takin' Names," or

"Joe S.," or "Yo Momma," or whatever name that old woman is using thse days.

"Lickin' Ass and Takin' Names" <PopUlist349@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:fae07995-5261-4580-bb56-50bac4482238@p43g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> That's why I started

> the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA)

Who is: The American Hunters and Shooters Association

http://www.huntersandshooters.com

AHSA Executive Director: Bob Ricker

Ricker is a PAID anti-gun consultant.

Ricker's biggest client: Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

Ricker's other clients: Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence, Virginians

for Public Safety.

Ricker gave a PAID sworn deposition Bloomie's New York City lawsuit AGAINST

the firearm

industry.

President of the AHSA Foundation: John Rosenthal

AHSA Executive Vice President, Shooting Resources: John Rosenthal

John Rosenthal formerly worked for Massachusetts Stop Handgun Violence:

http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/home.htm

AHSA Board of Directors

Ray Schoenke: Made political contributions to Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, Bill

Clinton, Dianne

Feinstein, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Donated $5,000 to Handgun Control,

Inc.

Jody Powell, ultra-liberal spokesman for the Carter administration.

Joe Vince, former BATF employee, key architect of the Clinton-Gore Assault

Weapon Ban.

Other source: http://www.nraila.org//Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=200

<lorad474@cs.com> wrote in message

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On Feb 22, 12:16 pm, "Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.com> wrote:

>> "Lickin' Ass and Takin' Names" <PopUlist...@hotmail.com> wrote in

>> >messagenews:fae07995-5261-4580-bb56->50bac4482238@p43g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

>> > That's why I started

>> > the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA)

>> Who is: The American Hunters and Shooters Association

>> http://www.huntersandshooters.com

>> AHSA Executive Director: Bob Ricker

>> Ricker is a PAID anti-gun consultant.

>> Ricker's biggest client: Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

>> Ricker's other clients: Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence,

>> Virginians

>> for Public Safety.

>> Ricker gave a PAID sworn deposition Bloomie's New York City lawsuit

>> AGAINST

>> the firearm industry.

>> President of the AHSA Foundation: John Rosenthal

>> AHSA Executive Vice President, Shooting Resources: John Rosenthal

>> John Rosenthal formerly worked for Massachusetts Stop Handgun Violence:

>> http://www.stophandgunviolence.org/home.htm

>> AHSA Board of Directors

>> Ray Schoenke: Made political contributions to Al Gore, Barbara Boxer,

>> Bill

>> Clinton, Dianne

>> Feinstein, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Donated $5,000 to Handgun Control,

>> Inc.

>> Jody Powell, ultra-liberal spokesman for the Carter administration.

>> Joe Vince, former BATF employee, key architect of the Clinton-Gore

>> Assault

>> Weapon Ban.

>> Other source:http://www.nraila.org//Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=200

>Holy Toledo.. !!!

>Thanks you ol' osama obama supporter you... you finally earned your

>keep.

Hahahahahahahahhaahah!!!!

Yer welcome!

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