NRA's 'enemies list' includes Hallmark, KC Chiefs, AMC
Yael T. AbouhalkahThe NRA recently released its enemies list, people or groups that have supported gun control bills or efforts in the past. Some well-known Kansas City-based firms showed up on that list, and good for them.
Given the NRA’s increasingly radical view of gun violence - essentially, the leaders of the NRA are for continuing its destructive hold on America - people and organizations ought to be proud of being on this list.
The NRA, of course, says any comfort you give to people like the parents of 20 Newtown children who were slaughtered by an assault weapon in December makes you “anti-gun.” Actually, I am anti-gun, although I’m sure some of the following groups would not cast themselves in that light. They might just say they are for reasonable restrictions on guns.
Anyway, the full list includes a number of Kansas City-related organizations.
Unfortunately, the NRA - as might be expected - is a little behind the times. It lists old or even dead leaders of several groups. (For example, Lamar Hunt no longer owns the Chiefs.)
Among those on the list:
American Century
AMC
Argosy Casino
Hallmark Cards
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas City
James B. Nutter
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Royals
Of course, lists like this are put together to try to intimidate organizations, as well as convince NRA members to take their business elsewhere.
So thank you, NRA, for giving me a list of organizations that I should support in this region.
Matt Henry
3 months, 3 weeks agoI wonder if Yael might clarify as to whether or not the NRA refers to, or ever has referred to, or ever made reference as to, or every insinuated as to this list as an “enemies list.” I’m SURE by putting it in quotes in the headline and then using it again in the text that he wasn’t trying to imply that the NRA has ever used this term or thinks of this as a list of “enemies” instead of what it is, a list of influential companies and people who advocate for positions to which the organization disagrees. Oh the humanity! This has never happened before!
Yep, this is a big deal because nobody on the left has EVER tried to host a boycott or held a business hostage over a stand on a social issue, right? I wonder if Chik-Fil-A is on any anti-gay “enemies lists.” How about Domino’s Pizza; are they on an anti-pro-choice “enemies list”? How many should I come up with? A thousand? more?
YTA’s righteous indignation in this case, like in so many others, is so shot full of character assassination and statements meant to mislead that one wonders how he keeps his job.
Oh, and I’m still gonna go to Royals games.
Matt Henry
3 months, 3 weeks ago“The NRA, of course, says any comfort you give to people like the parents of 20 Newtown children who were slaughtered by an assault weapon in December makes you “anti-gun.”
This is an awful slander and he should be fired for it. Can you in any way back up this statement?
You keep standing on those graves, YTA, but you keep getting shorter and shorter….
Mark Hastert
3 months, 3 weeks agoHallmark cards? Really? Did they decline to print a “Happy Gun Day” card?
It’s only a list of gun control supporters (not tagged as enemies) obviously only a partial list. A comprehensive list of Americans that support some form of gun control would have more than 250 million names.
Randy Robbins
3 months, 3 weeks agoYou need to correct your article, the Newtown shooting was not conducting with an assault rifle, it was done with .9mm handguns. Adam Lanza left the assault rifle in his trunk per the police report and coroner’s report. The AR-15 “assault rifle” shoots a smaller caliber bullet than most hunting rifles and is only considered an assault rifle because it has a pistol grip which is actually a safety feature. You need to fact check your articles before posting. None of the proposed gun control laws would have stopped the Newtown shooting from happening.
George Hunsucker
Northland
3 months, 3 weeks agodrum, drum, drum, we want your guns…….
George Hunsucker
Northland
3 months, 3 weeks agoHere is a friend to gun manufacturers and banks which loan to them…..
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/29/texas-lawmaker-tells-big-banks-gun-manufactures-to-leave-chicago/
Mark Hastert
3 months, 3 weeks agoTick-tock time is running out. Paul Ryan is open to closing the gun show loophole.
JR Beillenhouser
3 months, 3 weeks agoI didn’t used to be pro-gun. But given what is occurring in this country, you’d be stupid not to be.
The NRA is nothing more than an organization that understands history. Every tyrannical dictatorship comes for the guns first.
The patriot act has been twisted to allow spying on civilians. The NDAA was signed by this administration. Washington chooses to obey and/or enforce the policies that they choose.
But please continue on this anti-gun trick. Liberals always overplay their hand, and right now the public sentiment is squarely against you.
Mark Hastert
3 months, 3 weeks ago“The NRA is nothing more than an organization that understands history…..Liberals always overplay their hand”
Ssorry, not this time. The NRA understands marketing. Everything they do is calculated to sell more weapons. Every scare since Obama’s election, real or imagined (mostly imagined) boosts sales. Look it up, they’re like Pavlov’s dog.
This time it’s the NRA that’s overplayed. As many as 80% of Americans now believe that some kinds of additional controls are needed. If the NRA had come forward and agreed to universal background checks or some other half measures things would have been different but the tide is turning against them and they’re just too oblivious to realize it. They’re like the Republican party and the entire conservative movement rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
George Hunsucker
Northland
3 months, 2 weeks agogun control works sooooooooooooooooooo well libs….
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/30/deadliest-january-in-chicago-in-more-than-10-years/
JR Beillenhouser
3 months, 2 weeks agoHey Mark -
Did you see the news about the economy. Just as I predicted 3 months ago. You scoffed at that one too.
LOL
Amy Bruenderman-Inman
3 months, 2 weeks agoFYI to Randy Robbins—according to the Medical Examiner and guns found at the scene, the victims were shot with a .223 Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle which was one of the several weapons police found in the school. The other guns were semiautomatic pistols, including a 10-millimeter Glock and a 9-millimeter Sig Sauer. The Bushmaster was shot with multiple 30 bullet magazines.
Colin Bredesen
3 months, 2 weeks agoYael, your rhetoric about firearms and the NRA is an absolute insult, and I’m sorry but just plain ignorant. There are always going to be sick people that want to hurt others. The world is a dangerous place because of people not weapons. The NRA is an organization dedicated to responsible firearm ownership and education about firearms, not just arming the country to the teeth. Contrary to your insinuation, the NRA did not have any thing to do with Sandy Hook or any other mass shooting. The NRA does not condone violence. Why do you think police officers carry weapons? Why do you think our lawmakers have body guards? It’s not to protect themselves from an NRA memeber or any other “gun nut”. They have armed guards to protect themselves from bad people that don’t care about laws. One can legislate to infinity, all it does it take constitutional rights away from responsible, law abiding citizens. AGAIN the bad guys don’t pay attention to laws - I would think that an intelligent person such as yourselve could comprehend that. The second amendment is second because it is important! You and I have the right, and I would argue, the responsibilty to defend ourselves and our families should the need arise. I hope it never does, but one thing is for sure Yael, the police can’t get there fast enough to save you if you need saving. There are countless articles of police officers telling people that they need to be prepared to defend themselves. Numbers speak for themselves. Chicago. New York. DC. All strict gun laws. Yet somehow these criminals still manage to shoot each other, and unfortunatly sometimes innocent people. I urge you to do some soul searching, maybe go to a gun range and meet some GOOD people that frequent them. Maybe even try to shoot a few pistols - you may find it exhilarating like many people do. If you do decide to try shooting, please get proper training so you know how to safely handle a firearm. That’s what we are all about.