Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0016884, Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:24:17 +0100

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Re: McFate of the NRA
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On 06/08/2008 14:36, "Rodney Welch" <rodney.welch@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> The anti-gun forces appear to have discovered a mole in their midst, whose
> name will resound with readers of Lolita.
>
> Mother Jones has the story here:
> http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/mary-mcfate-sapone-gun-lobby-n
> ra-spy.html
>
> Hope this doesn't prove McFatal to progressive gun legislation.
>
> Rodney Welch
> Columbia, SC
> -----
> Without condoning the McFate/Sapone subterfuges reported, may I, as an NRA
> member object to the false pro-gun/anti-gun dichotomy implied? Putting the NRA
> and a "Movement Against Handgun Violence" on opposite sides of the fence
> suggests that we in the NRA are actively promoting Handgun Violence. This is
> not the forum to re-hash the 2nd Amendment (the right to arm bears as some
> wits put it) or list the number of lives saved by legal weapons (or lost in
> their absence), except to mention some facts relevant to Nabokov's life and
> travails: the early acts of dictators such as Hitler and Stalin in disarming
> their citizenry. Some of us honestly believe (with the Founding Fathers) that
> a rogue, usurping US gvt should have more trouble rounding up Jews and
> dissenters.
>
> PS: Ubiquitous, unstoppable commercial espionage comes in all shapes and
> disguises. Only naïve organisations are unprepared and _shocked_ when
> "infiltrated." I personally know of NRA members who "report back" to anti-NRA
> colleagues. There's hardly anything to "hide" these days from the
> big-wide-eyed web.
>
> s (pro _progressive_ _rational_ gun legislation) kb


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