mikew Posted April 16, 2019 at 06:43 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 06:43 PM https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2019/04/15/america-needs-to-resolve-its-gun-problems/ America needs to resolve its gun problemsexcerpt:The NRA and its affiliates are incredible at crafting arguments aimed to radicalize. They combine manipulated statistics difficult to directly disprove, instigatory language painting gun owners as an oppressed class desperately fighting for basic rights and fear-mongering morphing “far-left” legislators and illegal immigrants into the perfect monster under the bed. What does the NRA gain from radicalizing these people? It’s fairly simple. It constantly reinforces two key ideas: The government wants to take away your guns, and it’s letting in violent criminals who are heck-bent on attacking you, specifically. This pushes the NRA’s bases to buy more firearms, and faster.
steveTA84 Posted April 16, 2019 at 06:58 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 06:58 PM Yet the NRA isn’t the ones trying to ban AR’s and criminalize their ownership........
lee n. field Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:01 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:01 PM https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2019/04/15/america-needs-to-resolve-its-gun-problems/America needs to resolve its gun problemsexcerpt:The NRA and its affiliates are incredible at crafting arguments aimed to radicalize. They combine manipulated statistics difficult to directly disprove, instigatory language painting gun owners as an oppressed class desperately fighting for basic rights and fear-mongering morphing “far-left” legislators and illegal immigrants into the perfect monster under the bed. What does the NRA gain from radicalizing these people? It’s fairly simple. It constantly reinforces two key ideas: The government wants to take away your guns, and it’s letting in violent criminals who are heck-bent on attacking you, specifically. This pushes the NRA’s bases to buy more firearms, and faster. Hmm. Back when I was at UIUC, they referred to it as the "Daily Idiot".
Kaeghl Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:13 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:13 PM https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2019/04/15/america-needs-to-resolve-its-gun-problems/America needs to resolve its gun problemsexcerpt:The NRA and its affiliates are incredible at crafting arguments aimed to radicalize. They combine manipulated statistics difficult to directly disprove, instigatory language painting gun owners as an oppressed class desperately fighting for basic rights and fear-mongering morphing “far-left” legislators and illegal immigrants into the perfect monster under the bed. What does the NRA gain from radicalizing these people? It’s fairly simple. It constantly reinforces two key ideas: The government wants to take away your guns, and it’s letting in violent criminals who are heck-bent on attacking you, specifically. This pushes the NRA’s bases to buy more firearms, and faster. Hmm. Back when I was at UIUC, they referred to it as the "Daily Idiot". They did? Somehow, it's nice to know that some traditions carry on over time. Is this the same 'kollich edjeked idjit' that will write how the earth is really flat next issue?
harley1955 Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:18 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:18 PM Yeah I just left a nice comment on their fb page. SJW pos.
cybermgk Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:22 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:22 PM Hmm Modern journalists are opinionated morons that pass off opinion as fake news, even to the point of fabricating stories, sources, framing pictures for a narrative. I can't imagine what that makes a STUDENT journalist.
Lou Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:29 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:29 PM An educated person would know this is false: “ There’s an example of the massive flaw in our system right here in Illinois. While Chicago has relatively strict gun regulations, those looking to buy a gun can pop over to Indiana and purchase a gun at a gun show — a purchase which will be entirely legal, go unrecorded and require no background check. They can then just drive that gun back into the city. “ No, it would not be “ entirely legal “. Yet he gets to print this. The kid is a sophomore and if he is this uneducated, he should never graduate.
steveTA84 Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:51 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:51 PM An educated person would know this is false:“ There’s an example of the massive flaw in our system right here in Illinois. While Chicago has relatively strict gun regulations, those looking to buy a gun can pop over to Indiana and purchase a gun at a gun show — a purchase which will be entirely legal, go unrecorded and require no background check. They can then just drive that gun back into the city. “No, it would not be “ entirely legal “. Yet he gets to print this. The kid is a sophomore and if he is this uneducated, he should never graduate.Read the comment section
cybermgk Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:52 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:52 PM "Large donors with political interests such as the Koch brothers and conservative super PACs also contribute heavily, giving the NRA an edge over gun control groups that seek to raise grassroots funding. " ROTFLMA I mposted a few comments
Lou Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:55 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 07:55 PM An educated person would know this is false:“ There’s an example of the massive flaw in our system right here in Illinois. While Chicago has relatively strict gun regulations, those looking to buy a gun can pop over to Indiana and purchase a gun at a gun show — a purchase which will be entirely legal, go unrecorded and require no background check. They can then just drive that gun back into the city. “No, it would not be “ entirely legal “. Yet he gets to print this. The kid is a sophomore and if he is this uneducated, he should never graduate.Read the comment section I thought that was you.
Euler Posted April 16, 2019 at 08:03 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 08:03 PM No, it would not be "entirely legal". Yet he gets to print this. Anti-2As regularly conflate FFL transfers, F2F transfers, and gun shows to create imaginary "legality." Some of them probably do it on purpose, but I suspect most of them just don't care enough to know.
Jeffrey Posted April 16, 2019 at 08:05 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 08:05 PM Comment sections never seem to disappoint.
Flynn Posted April 16, 2019 at 09:14 PM Posted April 16, 2019 at 09:14 PM Hmm Modern journalists are opinionated morons that pass off opinion as fake news, even to the point of fabricating stories, sources, framing pictures for a narrative. I can't imagine what that makes a STUDENT journalist. Better stated Opinon bloggers that pretend to be journalists are morons that try and pass off thier opinions as real news, generally fabricating stories, sources, framing pictures for a narrative they desire to push.
mikew Posted April 16, 2019 at 09:32 PM Author Posted April 16, 2019 at 09:32 PM Comment sections never seem to disappoint. I miss comments in the Trib.
BobPistol Posted April 17, 2019 at 01:11 AM Posted April 17, 2019 at 01:11 AM LWW's are radicalizing other LWW's.
markthesignguy Posted April 17, 2019 at 02:51 AM Posted April 17, 2019 at 02:51 AM Check the author's finances for grants from the anti organizations.
BigJim Posted April 17, 2019 at 03:18 PM Posted April 17, 2019 at 03:18 PM Gun grabbers are radicalizing other gun grabbers.
seanc Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:10 PM Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:10 PM The kid has it all wrong! I quit the NRA because they weren't radical enough and joined the GOA. Wait till the little snowflake discovers them!
mikew Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:21 PM Author Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:21 PM Check the author's finances for grants from the anti organizations.Why look?Just read the titles from the last year's worth of columns. My bet is $0
Rangerdeepv Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:55 PM Posted April 17, 2019 at 04:55 PM Just another zit faced punk trying to get a hottie.
markthesignguy Posted April 18, 2019 at 05:05 AM Posted April 18, 2019 at 05:05 AM Just another zit faced punk trying to get a hottie. Author is female.
Helpdesk9 Posted April 18, 2019 at 12:49 PM Posted April 18, 2019 at 12:49 PM Just another zit faced punk trying to get a hottie.Author is female.And? She can't want a hottie? Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
gearsmithy Posted April 18, 2019 at 09:50 PM Posted April 18, 2019 at 09:50 PM I love the standard liberal response "but this is an OPINION piece!", new flash idiot, ALL news 'articles' are opinion pieces, just because you put it in the 'opinion' section doesn't mean people won't read it and be misinformed.
JTHunter Posted April 18, 2019 at 09:58 PM Posted April 18, 2019 at 09:58 PM Kaeghl, I borrowed your 'kollich edjeked idjit' to use in a post on the articles site. And Cybermgk, I read all the posts and upped most of them, esp. yours. However, if you can, you might want to go edit one where you had some typos. The one from 2 days ago to "Sigiloso".
madcow1007 Posted April 26, 2019 at 12:24 PM Posted April 26, 2019 at 12:24 PM UIUC Alumni commentator: Kid, go take some history classes and then come spend some time in the real world
BobPistol Posted April 26, 2019 at 12:47 PM Posted April 26, 2019 at 12:47 PM More proof that universities have become LWW indoctrination centers.
Kaeghl Posted April 30, 2019 at 05:09 PM Posted April 30, 2019 at 05:09 PM Kaeghl, I borrowed your 'kollich edjeked idjit' to use in a post on the articles site. kollich edekated idjit (corrected spelling) is the typical name given to second lieutenants by sergeants Army-wide. The most hated words sergeants can hear is when Top would say "we're getting a new 'looie', get him squared away and up to speed, Sergeant." We could look forward to upwards of seven months or more of work, with no idea if the K.E.I. would be worth it. West point grads and ROTC's weren't too bad, and OCS grads at least had a few years of "Real Army time experience to work with. Officers from VMI needed to be busted out and sent to the Air Force, where they could do no harm to real soldiers.
soylentgreen Posted May 3, 2019 at 02:51 PM Posted May 3, 2019 at 02:51 PM This is actually pretty funny...because I've been immersed in the "gun culture" for a while and my experience is that most gun owners are FAR more "radical" than the NRA....not the other way around. At various times we have been very upset with the NRA giving up ground on issues. The NRA isn't "radicalizing" anyone. I'm also not sure how the NRA can influence gun owners more than gun owners influence the NRA. The NRA is a membership organization. If you pay dues, you can vote for the leadership. Therefore, the leadership should be doing what the members want. Compare that to the Brady Campaign or whatever they're calling themselves now. How can I become a member? How can I vote on the leadership? You can't. They're more than happy to take your donations, but you can't influence their policies or positions on anything. And, that, is precisely why Brady will never be on the scale of the NRA. It's a non-participatory organization.
GT1 Posted May 3, 2019 at 10:07 PM Posted May 3, 2019 at 10:07 PM While I don't belong to the nra any longer they are far from trying to radicalize anyone. Their scaremongering tactics are a huge turn off for me and I got tired of that, so I refused to renew. They are the only organization I know that nationally promotes gun safety(although they stopped telling anyone a few years ago). All the so-called gun safety people in the national media are not, their idea of safety is bans, they are simply anti-2A.
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