Monday, October 5, 2015

New York Daily News: State Dept Must Designate the NRA a Terrorist Organization



New York Daily News: State Dept Must Designate the NRA a Terrorist Organization
by AWR Hawkins 4 Oct 2015
On October 3–two days after a gunman killed 10 at the gun free facilities on the Umpqua Community College campus–the New York Daily News called for the U.S. State Department to designate the National Rifle Association (NRA) a “terrorist organization.”

They based this request on their belief that national security faces a greater threat from armed citizens than from “foreign terrorists,” and they singled out the NRA as the bulwark preserving citizens’ right to keep and bear arms. They suggested, “The NRA should take its rightful place on the State Department list of terrorist organizations, because its influence is more of an immediate threat to the lives of our citizens than foreign terrorists.”

To be on the State Department’s list of designated terror organizations a group has to be state-sponsored for terrorism–which the NRA is not. Moreover, they do not exist for terrorist reasons. Rather, they exist to defend the civil liberties protected by the Second Amendment. Undaunted by these things, the NYDN simply declares the NRA a “terrorist group” and suggests it falls under the State Department’s purview by being “nearly-state sponsored.”

The NYDN added, “Although the NRA is not an officially state-sponsored organization it is the supporter of the state with its massive member and lobbyist donations to our elected officials.”

They remind readers that “murdered Americans killed by…lunatic gun slingers include terrified children calling for their mothers, teachers begging for the lives of their students, students begging for not just their own lives but the lives of their classmates, moviegoers looking for escape, bystanders cheering for athletes, athletes trying to be the best they can be as the worst we ever could have imagined struck them down in cold blood.”

No mention is made that the children, teachers, and students shot in schools were shot in gun free zones by gunmen who knew their victims could not return fire. Moreover, no utterance given to the fact that the NRA was a leading voice in calling for a change in the gun free policies following the heinous attack on Sandy Hook–they wanted laws changed so teachers could quit begging for their lives and start keeping a gun close at hand with which to defend their lives and the lives of their students.

On December 21, 2012–one week after the attack on Sandy Hook–the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre said;

…Politicians pass laws for Gun-Free School Zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them. And in so doing, they tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk.

How have our nation’s priorities gotten so far out of order? Think about it. We care more about our money, so we protect our banks with armed guards. American airports, office buildings, power plants, courthouses — even sports stadiums — are all protected by armed security.

We care about the President, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents.

…Yet when it comes to the most beloved, innocent and vulnerable members of the American family — our children — we as a society leave them utterly helpless, and the monsters and predators of this world know it and exploit it. That must change now!

The NRA’s position is that faculty and students with concealed carry permits should have the option of being armed on campus so they can fight back. It is that simple.

New York Daily News
Mortimer B. Zuckerman is the owner & publisher for the New York Daily News, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Harlem Children's Zone, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Warren E. Buffett is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “gun safety“ group for guns.
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was the New York (NY) mayor, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).     
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Rose Gottemoeller was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and is the undersecretary for the U.S. Department of State.
John F. Kerry is the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to U.S. Department of State secretary John Kerry, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Annise Parker is amember of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Houston (TX) mayor, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the commissioner for the New York City Police Department, and was the police commissioner for Boston (MA).
Paul J. Browne was the deputy commissioner for the New York City Police Department, and the Albany bureau chief for the New York Daily News.
James F. Hoge Jr. was the publisher & president of the New York Daily News, and the chairman for the Human Rights Watch.
Thomas M. Menino was the Boston (MA) mayor, advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “gun safety“ group for guns.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “gun safety“ group for guns.
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was the New York (NY) mayor, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
John J. Mack is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Mortimer B. Zuckerman was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and the owner & publisher for the New York Daily News.
Warren E. Buffett is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

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