LOUISVILLE (AP) — The National Rifle Association says Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to give a speech during a forum at the N.R.A.’s annual meeting next week in Louisville.

N.R.A. spokesman Andrew Arulanandam says the U.S. senator and presumptive GOP presidential nominee will take part in the group’s Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum on May 16, the first day of the three-day meeting. The meeting will be followed a few days later by Kentucky’s primary election.

Also scheduled to speak at the forum are former GOP presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, former White House political director Karl Rove, Republican U.S. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear.

Arulanandam says Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were not invited to this N.R.A. event.

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That last line had me laughing out loud, for 1 thing, I believe Barack Obama would be very afraid to show up at a place that was filled with gun lovers and gun owners, although most are sane and normal people there is always that 0.001% that’s just plain ape-shit crazy and would hide a gun in a body cavity if they thought they would get even a remote opportunity at taking a shot at the Jr. Senator from the great state of Illinois…

Last week, Sen. Barack Obama claimed that many Midwestern voters “cling” to guns and religion to placate themselves for their loss of jobs and economic prosperity. SOURCE

Anyone can understand the NRA not wanting Obama there after the bum made such ridiculous statements but the didn’t invite Hillary?? She’s into guns ya know, she said so…

“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter. … As I told you, my dad taught me how to shoot behind our cottage. I have gone hunting. I am not a hunter. But I have gone hunting.”  SOURCE 

Yeah, well, I’m not a pilot but I’ve been up in a lot of airplanes, does that instill a sense of confidence in you?? And if there is anyone out there that truly believes Hillary and her impassioned pandering of gun owners, I have some bridge properties you may be interested in owning…

Now, on to Sen. John McCain and guns, McCain, the apparent darling of the Republican party and the leader of a bunch of ankle biting little lapdogs affectionately called McCainiacs… 

Sen. McCain is basically a pandering politico and will say and/or do anything it takes to get elected to the presidency, including, but not limited to pandering to gun owners in an attempt to gain their support and the support of the Conservative voting base, a base that he all but turned his back on in 2000…

John McCain tried running for president in 2000 as an anti-gunner. This year it appears he is seeking to “come home” to the pro-gun community, but the wounds are deep and memories long. John McCain - GOA 2008

As if there wasn’t already plenty of evidence that Senator John McCain is the wrong choice for pro-gun Republicans in the Presidential primary, the Columbus Dispatch has added one more item to the list: Buckeye Firearms Association

Nowhere is McCain’s chicanery and duplicity more jeopardous than in the area of the right to keep and bear arms. On issues relating to the Second Amendment, John McCain is a disaster! For example, the highly respected Gun Owners of America (GOA) rates McCain with a grade of F-. McCain’s failing grade is well deserved. John McCain Is A Liberal Gun Grabber

I could go on and on but you get the idea, McCain is sucking up to the NRA and will turn his back on the gun owners of America as soon as he’s sworn in and any way this thing goes, gun owners will become the target…

McCain may be a bit better president than Hillary and Hillary would be infinitely better than Obama but let’s face the facts, if these 3 are the best that the parties have to offer and if we are so complacent that we’re willing to accept these candidates, then come November we’re going to get exactly what we deserve…

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Do you own guns?? Do you like to shoot and/or hunt?? Do you want to keep your guns??

Are you a supporter of Rudy Giuliani??

If you don’t think that Giuliani won’t turn on the gun owners of this nation as soon as he is elected, think again…

Giuliani, BAD for America, BAD for gun owners!

HOUSTON (AP) - The cha-chick of a shell entering a shotgun’s chamber rattled through the 911 line just before Joe Horn stepped out his front door.

Horn, 61, had phoned police when he saw two men break into his neighbor’s suburban Houston home through a window in broad daylight. Now they were getting away with a bag of loot.

“Don’t go outside the house,” the 911 operator pleaded. “You’re going to get yourself shot if you go outside that house with a gun. I don’t care what you think.”

“You want to make a bet?” Horn answered. “I’m going to kill them.”

He did.

Admirers, including several of his neighbors, say Horn is a hero for killing the burglars, protecting his neighborhood and sending a message to would-be criminals. Critics call him a loose cannon. His attorney says Horn just feared for his life.

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Texan Kills Thieves: Hero or Homicidal?

Strange that this was re-posted by AP today, you see, today I just happened to have received a private message from someone telling me that I need to shut the hell up with my anti-gun stance BS…

Now I’m thinking, anyone that has ever read my blog more than once or twice knows, I am anything BUT anti-gun, I am as big a supporter of the police and the wonderful job they do as anyone can be, I’m a gun owner, several guns, and I am avid shooter, in my younger days I was a competition pistol shooter, I hunted too, birds and deer, so, the ‘TexasFred is anti-gun’ BS won’t hold water, that said, I have my own opinions of this matter in Pasadena, TX.

In MY opinion, Joe Horn is a fool, there is no other way to say it, and the old boy is pretty lucky to still be alive…

Do I mourn the loss of the 2 burglars?? NO, I do not…

I feel they got what was more than likely an over due execution, my issue is with the way it happened and the behavior of Horn just prior to his interjecting himself into this situation, a situation for which he wasn’t trained to handle and was repeatedly ordered, DO NOT GO OUT THERE, several times, the Pasadena 9-1-1 dispatcher did HIS job, Horn ignored him and repeatedly said, “I’m going to kill them”, and that folks, can very well play out to being premeditated murder, no matter how you look at it, KILLING THEM was his intent, he placed himself in this situation, the burglars had not come into his home nor did they present a clear and present danger TO Horn, police were called and their arrival was imminent, and Horn went WAY over the boundaries of self preservation, had he remained in his home, as he was instructed to do, the police would have captured the 2 burglars and placed them in jail…

And again, my personal opinion is this, IF the 2 burglars had attempted to break in to Horns home, THEN he would have been more than justified in blowing these 2 to hell, but HE placed himself in danger by going out into his yard and initiating the face to face contact with the 2 as they were fleeing, that makes Horn the one in the wrong, he didn’t know where the burglars were and he had NO business going out of his house…

Texas law allows people to use deadly force to protect themselves if it is reasonable to believe they could otherwise be killed. In some cases, people also can use deadly force to protect their neighbors’ property; for example, if a homeowner asks a neighbor to watch over his property while he’s out of town.

And the neighbor asking him to ‘watch over’ his property is a fact that hasn’t been established as yet, I am guessing it WILL be a huge part of Horn’s defense, it’s most likely his only real hope for vindication, but then it ALL goes back to this, “I’m going to kill them”, that is a very incriminating statement, it can’t be denied and it is indicative of an intent to KILL regardless of the circumstances…

At issue is whether it was reasonable for Horn to fear the men and whether his earlier threats on the 911 call showed he planned to kill them no matter what, said Fred C. Moss, who teaches criminal law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Horn quite likely was in fear of these individuals, it was obvious in the tone of his voice, but did they present an immediate, clear and present danger to Horn?? I think not, not as long as Horn followed the orders given him by the 9-1-1 dispatcher and stayed inside of HIS home…

My sincere belief is that Horn is a loose cannon, a person that was intent on killing 2 burglars, his own words convict him, and here is the bottom line, burglary of an inhabited dwelling is a felony, and the residents don’t have to be HOME for it to be considered an inhabited dwelling, but the shooting and killing of 2 unarmed burglars that present NO threat to you until YOU personally place yourself in a position of confrontation is wrong, Horn became judge, jury and executioner when HE attempted to take control of a situation that he had NO business becoming involved in…

I am anxiously awaiting the findings of the Harris County grand jury, this case can, and likely will, set more precedence than any similar case to date and could, in my opinion, cause the Texas Castle Law to be either elevated as Gospel or struck down entirely, it’s all interpretation…

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(CBS/AP) A United Nations committee said Friday that use of Taser weapons can be a form of torture, in violation of the U.N. Convention Against Torture.

Use of the electronic stun devices by police has been marked with a sudden rise in deaths - including four men in the United States and two in Canada within the last week.

Canadian authorities are taking a second look at them, and in the United States, there is a wave of demands to BAN them.

The U.N. Committee Against Torture referred Friday to the use of TaserX26 weapons which Portuguese police has acquired. An expert had testified to the committee that use of the weapons had “proven risks of harm or death.”

“The use of TaserX26 weapons, provoking extreme pain, constituted a form of torture, and that in certain cases it could also cause death, as shown by several reliable studies and by certain cases that had happened after practical use,” the committee said in a statement.

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U.N.: Tasers Are A Form Of Torture

OK, that does it for me, the UN said Tasers are torture, so, NO MORE TASERS, just go ahead and beat the crap out of em or shoot em, but for Gods sake don’t use a normally non-lethal method of subduing an agitated or violent offender, we can’t have that now can we??

What the hell, why even shoot the bad guys?? Just let em run wild, it doesn’t matter what the police do, there’s going to be some asshats that are always at the ready to condemn the cops, even if a cop gives his life in the line of duty, some asshat will find fault in the way he did it…

The U.N. is the most useless organization that has ever existed, and I honestly believe that given the opportunity, they would love to totally govern the USA, and with the Globalist designs a certain U.S. president has, the idea isn’t all that far fetched…

The U.N. seeks to disarm our citizens and now condemns Tasers as torture, just another move towards total disarmament of the American people, it’s easier for U.N. forces to take over that way…

EDIT TO ADD: NP213 has posted a video of himself being Tased during his certification process, it’s in the comments section of THIS post, NP213 is my Son, I KNOW that this video is real and I know that his comments and his belief IN the Taser are real and sincere…

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