NRA

The NRA should just drop the charade and declare themselves an arm of the Republican party. They don't invite Democrats to their convention. They don't endorse Democrats. Their talking points are untrue. They were responsible for the myth that Obama was going to be coming to your house to take your guns. This is not true, unless you think when he gets re-elected he'll be coming for you. Instead the NRA has actually taken positions which would enable Obama to easily take your guns. The whole idea of getting a permit issued by the government in order to carry a weapon just creates a list of gun owners. The NRA is also ok with hunting licenses. Once again only the criminals will be left with weapons.

Concealed Carry

Wisconsin has begun debate on concealed carry again. But, unlike last time we now allow (or at least have ruled) extensive open carry. There are 2 competing bills. One would require a license the other would require nothing. As we all know there are 3 clauses in the 2nd Amendment and as far as I can tell the issue of licenses can't possibly be inferred from it. So, the correct bill is the one that allows concealed carry with no restrictions. One sheriff has gone on record as saying that we need licenses so that we now who is carrying. Doesn't that defeat one of the arguments that the NRA (who supports licenses, go figure) uses to fight gun control? The NRA believes that the Government can't know who has guns in case we start a revolution but yet they support allowing Government to know who is carrying a gun. I don't understand the sheriffs wanting to now who is carrying when these same sheriffs were all for open carry. If you are going to allow open carry without documentation why be restrictive on concealed carry? Of course, this gets us to the point of why do you need to concealed carry when you can open carry with no restrictions?