Kurt Busiek thinks the NRA is just a sales company
3 Comments Published by Avi Green on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 9:08 AM.
Here's a few tweets he wrote about the NRA:
I've got a sad feeling he just sees what he wants to. So basically, he's calling the NRA profiteers, not advocates of self-defense. But what does he call Russian and Chinese weapon manufacturers who sell arms to Iran and Syria? Those aren't acts of profiteering? And why can't he argue in favor of better education in the school systems, which could help lower crime rates? Again, all these leftist comics writers seem to worry about is the easiest of subjects.
Important point - the NRA is a sales organization. Their purpose is to increase profits. Not safety, not responsibility, not even freedom.
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 10, 2014
@Darwin_Prime You're mistaken, or partly so. Less than half their money comes from memberships. Much of it comes from manufacturers.
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 10, 2014
@Darwin_Prime I think what you're arguing is that they're not a formal sales organization, to which I'd say they're a defacto one. Twitter..
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 10, 2014
@Darwin_Prime ...by necessity makes nuance hard. The NRA has changed since I was a member in my early teens, and function as a sales arm...
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 10, 2014
@Darwin_Prime ...of the industry now, regardless of the damage they cause. I stand by my characterization.
— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) June 10, 2014
I've got a sad feeling he just sees what he wants to. So basically, he's calling the NRA profiteers, not advocates of self-defense. But what does he call Russian and Chinese weapon manufacturers who sell arms to Iran and Syria? Those aren't acts of profiteering? And why can't he argue in favor of better education in the school systems, which could help lower crime rates? Again, all these leftist comics writers seem to worry about is the easiest of subjects.
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The claim that the NRA is a shill for the gun industry has been disproved time and again. The bulk of its revenue is from membership dues (from 4 million members) and from voluntary donations from members and non-members. It is a grass roots organization.
By contrast, the anti-gun groups are astro turf organizations bankrolled by fat cats like Michael Bloomberg and George Soros.
But remember what the left does never counts because it stacks the deck in their favor. They can lie and twist the truth every day and it does not matter because they are tolerant...yah right.
FYI Dan Slott is at it again on gun control (see his twitter rant).
But remember what the left does never counts because it stacks the deck in their favor. They can lie and twist the truth every day and it does not matter because they are tolerant...yah right.
FYI Dan Slott is at it again on gun control (see his twitter rant).