Yeah, I know. The NRA goes overboard sometimes, but our society needs them just to remind our dysfunctional congress that people will organize to defend their rights. Second amendment and others. ________________________________ From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx> To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 1:49:27 AM Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Is this lady in Libya, or the USA?! I wasn't saying it was an official NRA attempt. Just that this kind of thing sounds like something someone would make up to scare people into thinking "OMG THEY'RE PERSECUTING GUN OWNERS!" On Feb 25, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Dave wrote: Looks like the local political hicks/hacks just blew it in a barrage of ignorance and poor judgment. The NRA wasn't involved, because they identify themselves in every event in which they become involved. It's just local yokels under the influence of stupid pills. That's how most of them live. > > > > > ________________________________ From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx> >To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 8:53:54 PM >Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Is this lady in Libya, or the USA?! > >But I could not find this story on any legitimate website save Slate.com, and >that was a letter to the editor. I'm calling pro-NRA propaganda. There is no >way >al those levels of law enforcement would have responded that way, and no way >this story would ever be hushed up either. Until I see evidence that this is a >real story, I'm calling fake. > > >On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:52 AM, WiltW@xxxxxxx wrote: > >http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/mother-of-3-arrested-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport > >> >>Snopes does not list this as fiction. >> >>--wilt > >Eric > > >The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some >kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism >industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men >die like dogs, for no good reason. - Hunter S. Thompson, – Generation of >Swine: >Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, page 43. > > Eric If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away. - Victor Hugo