Georgia GOP Senators blame NRA for anti RKBA vote

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Georgia GOP Senators blame NRA for anti RKBA vote

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The NRA loves to posture as if they are an organization that opposes gun control, but that is not necessarily the case. They have a long history of supporting gun control and are the primary catalyst in Republican politicians supporting infringements to the 2nd Amendment such as bump stock bans or red flag laws.

Second Amendment Daily gives the shocking details on how the NRA with the assistance of Georgia Carry motivated these lawmakers to break their oath:

“After being caught red-handed voting for this Bloomberg legislation, four of the seven Senators have sought to defend their vote, naming the NRA and Georgia Carry as one of the reasons why they voted for the bill…

Here are the quotes from the four State Senators defending their vote for S.B. 150, Bloomberg’s Georgia Lautenberg Gun Ban:

Second Amendment Daily gives the shocking details on how the NRA with the assistance of Georgia Carry motivated these lawmakers to break their oath:

“After being caught red-handed voting for this Bloomberg legislation, four of the seven Senators have sought to defend their vote, naming the NRA and Georgia Carry as one of the reasons why they voted for the bill…

Here are the quotes from the four State Senators defending their vote for S.B. 150, Bloomberg’s Georgia Lautenberg Gun Ban:

“The language of Senate Bill 150 was changed with the help of the NRA and Georgia Carry.org and passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously.” – State Senator Bill Heath

“Many, however, still do not feel comfortable with the language that did pass and some of the groups like the NRA and Georgia Carry that previously okayed the bill have now backed away.” — State Senator Blake Tillery

“The bill was supported by the NRA and Georgia Carry as a pro-2nd Amendment bill.” — State Senator Brian Strickland

“The National Rifle Association, Georgia Carry, as well as prosecutors and sheriffs, all worked with our Republican leadership . . . ” — State Senator William Ligon

Thanks to the efforts of Georgia Gun Owners, this back room scheme to advance S.B. 150 was discovered and soundly pushed back by grassroots activists across the state.
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Re: Georgia GOP Senators blame NRA for anti RKBA vote

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Those statements from the Senators are given as if they're quotes, but they aren't sourced. I've searched and can't find them as public statements.
The site you gave just links to another site (Second Amendment Daily) which says "Here are the quotes from the four State Senators" but that doesn't source the quotes either. Both sites follow with this statement:
Thanks to the efforts of Georgia Gun Owners, this back room scheme to advance S.B. 150 was discovered and soundly pushed back by grassroots activists across the state.
Presumably these quotes all come from Georgia Gun Owners. Otherwise why mention them there, particularly after a 'quote' that bashes the NRA and Georgia Carry?
The website for Georgia Gun Owners like a cookie cutter copy of the Ohio Gun Owners website and several other (insert state name here) Gun Owners website name.
The "Our Staff" is just one person. Somebody from outside the state but who now is a resident of the state and running the State's ONLY NO-COMPROMISE Gun Lobby.
A newer smaller group calls themselves the true no compromise gun group, makes big (often unprovable) claims and attacks against existing groups. This is a common pattern.
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Re: Georgia GOP Senators blame NRA for anti RKBA vote

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DontTreadOnMe wrote:Those statements from the Senators are given as if they're quotes, but they aren't sourced. I've searched and can't find them as public statements.
The site you gave just links to another site (Second Amendment Daily) which says "Here are the quotes from the four State Senators" but that doesn't source the quotes either. Both sites follow with this statement:
Thanks to the efforts of Georgia Gun Owners, this back room scheme to advance S.B. 150 was discovered and soundly pushed back by grassroots activists across the state.
Presumably these quotes all come from Georgia Gun Owners. Otherwise why mention them there, particularly after a 'quote' that bashes the NRA and Georgia Carry?
The website for Georgia Gun Owners like a cookie cutter copy of the Ohio Gun Owners website and several other (insert state name here) Gun Owners website name.
The "Our Staff" is just one person. Somebody from outside the state but who now is a resident of the state and running the State's ONLY NO-COMPROMISE Gun Lobby.
A newer smaller group calls themselves the true no compromise gun group, makes big (often unprovable) claims and attacks against existing groups. This is a common pattern.

Looks like a good catch, GGO could be spinning up some division against the NRA. GGO could be engaging in Fake News.
I don't discount this possibility at all.
“It’s not that we don’t have enough scoundrels to curse; it’s that we don’t have enough good men to curse them.”–G.K. Chesterton-Illustrated London News, 3-14-1908

Republicans.Hate.You. See2020.

"Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams to Mass Militia 10-11-1798
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