NRA Likens Videogames to "the Filthiest Form of Pornography"

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sirjeffofshort

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I kinda want to see how the NRA reacts when someone attacks their favorite hobby that can take a bad wrap when taken out of context... oh... wait.
 

esperandote

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The hypocrisy in that statement is too damn high.

Seriously I can't believe how someone can say something that stupid considering who they are.
 

soren7550

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"And here's another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal: There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people," the organization claims.
Hey NRA, the 1993- right now media called, they want you to get your head out of your ass.

This is one of the dumbest things I've heard recently.
 

Remus

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I can't help but picture LaPierre as Golum staring accusingly at videogames saying "We didn't do it. HE did it! Silly gameses stuffing their pocketses with your moneyses" all the while coddling his bushmaster AR-15 and calling it the precious. The NRA is the evil creature in the room that nobody will do anything about until it bites the hand that feeds it.
 

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Gizmo1990 said:
I just watched his statment on the news, the BBC, who are (mostly) unbiased were taking the piss out of this guy and shaking their head at the all the stupid coming from him. How can anyone buy this crap? Seriously please tell me that most Americans do not buy this. Most of the Americans I have talked to on The Escapist have been cool, you guys don't buy this right?
Sweet manky jeebus, no, we don't all buy this. We're a big country and the NRA represents only a small (though disproportionately politically influential) fraction of our population. The NRA's message was aimed squarely at its members and means fuck-all to anyone not already so inclined.

Just my two cents.
 

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The NRA, the propaganda and lobbying outlet of the gun manufacturers, really shouldn't talk about "filth".
 

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MikeWehner said:
LaPierre goes on to insist that guns in the hands of "good guys" are a saving grace, and that gun-free zones are simply red flags for mass murderers who use them as killing floors, knowing that they can inflict the most damage against unarmed citizens.
Oh, of course. Because arming the whole population so that every loony has a gun is a great idea, and countries, like say, Britain, which have very few guns and strict gun laws are clearly rampant with gun crime and mass shootings...oh wait.

Note: I'm not saying we here in Britain have no gun crime, no mass murders, or no violent crime, but the lack of guns clearly has reduced all those.

Loop Stricken said:
The NRA would appear to be very silly people indeed.
...but then I'm English and, as far as I've been told, am utterly unqualified to talk about guns whatsoever.
Indeed. Also, we may infect those poor honest Americans with the evils of socialised medicine!
 

Gamegodtre

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NRA - Notorious Rambunctious Assholes
remember guns don't kill people but play 3 hrs of COD and you will
 

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Goddamn it NRA. You MIGHT have been able to manage this one if you had decided to align yourself with violent media in the 'ultimately a way to blow off steam and harmless for 99% of the participants' camp. Instead you had to attack pretty much the only people with significant experience dealing with this sort of thing.

As a Texan I believe in guns & hunting & stuff, but seriously? If this all the NRA can put forth, we really deserve to lose all the battles on gun control.

Ronack said:
Gun Violence in America: Accounts for the vast majority of the world's percentage in violent deaths due to guns.
What, more than ALL of the Middle East, Africa, and Mexico? REALLY? By a large percentage? Do you have numbers somewhere? Because we'd have to be having a massacre every week just to keep up with Syria alone I think.
 

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The NRA are trying to divert attention away from the things they love, into things other people love. What better target then the videogame industry, which has been attacked in the courtrooms many times? In my opinion, they just don't like all the negative attention they're getting and are trying to get people to stop thinking they're evil and start thinking we, videogamers, are evil.

I'm not even going to start describing what I think of the NRA right now.
 

DustyDrB

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And his statement is being lambasted by all but the most bleeding-heart far right wing individuals. I'm not at all worried about these guys.
 

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Gizmo1990 said:
I just watched his statment on the news, the BBC, who are (mostly) unbiased were taking the piss out of this guy and shaking their head at the all the stupid coming from him. How can anyone buy this crap? Seriously please tell me that most Americans do not buy this. Most of the Americans I have talked to on The Escapist have been cool, you guys don't buy this right?
It seems as though a lot of major American media outlets are tearing this guy apart for everything he said. So much so that I'm actually surprised by it. Looks like it'll be joked about for a few weeks before being forgotten entirely.

To think that this is how the NRA chose to handle the criticisms and questions against it.

Ronack said:
Let's look at some interesting fact:

Gun Violence in America: Accounts for the vast majority of the world's percentage in violent deaths due to guns.
 

KeyMaster45

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mjc0961 said:
Says the gun nuts who actually had a hand in causing this tragedy while video games are 100% not responsible. I don't think "ban teh gunz" will solve the problem of shootings by any means, but on the other side of the coin, it doesn't help that clowns like these try to keep it so you can walk into Walmart and get guns in the same building where you do your Christmas shopping for your kids. (And yeah, I'm sure Walmart follows all the laws and whatnot, but come on why does Walmart have a gun section of all things?)
Only about 1/3 of the Wal-Marts in the US sell guns (the report I read was something like 1,500+ stores out of 4,000+)[footnote]This is not the original article I read, but it has the same basic info. http://theweek.com/article/index/214734/why-are-more-walmart-stores-selling-guns-again[/footnote] and I'd wager that you'd find those Wal-Marts in areas that are somewhat rural or where hunting is a big thing; IE most of the South and Rocky Mountain states. I live in Louisiana so its quite a normal thing to see at any given wal-mart in the state; especially considering there are some towns that close the schools on the Friday certain hunting seasons start. I see people talk about it like its a scary thing, but when you grow up here it's not. Being taught the dangers and proper use of guns is just part of life here. My family does not own any personally, we don't hunt, but other members of my family do; as do many of the friends I had growing up. Regardless of ownership at one point or another we're all taught the same basic things about gun safety.

1. Treat a gun as if it is always loaded, even if you're super sure it's not.

2. Never point a gun at another person unless you intend to fire in self-defense.

3. Guns aren't toys, so don't play with them like they are.

Now I'm not saying that there should be a chicken in every pot and a cap in every ass; second amendment or not, the sale of any weapons need to be regulated. What I am saying is that Walmart selling guns doesn't bother me, nor does it bother me that the majority of people I pass every day own guns (hell my grandpa has a concealed weapon permit). If a psychopath wants to raise hell with a gun he's going to do it, but other than that I feel secure in trusting that the people in my community who own guns legally are responsible with them.

A side note on the topic of background checks: They're great for stopping former violent criminals for getting their hands weapons legally (because let's face it that career criminals will get them through other channels) and likewise for those with mental issues. If someone flies under the radar though like this Lanza kid or his mom with nary a mark on their record then the background check is at best an empty gesture of security.
 

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Casual Shinji said:
FargoDog said:
So instead of advocating exposing children to guns and violence in a controlled, rational virtual space, the NRA would rather expose them to real guns and potentially real violence every single day they walk into school?
Well ofcourse!

You see, by giving all those children guns, they can protect themselves when a kid snaps and goes on a shooting spree.

Totally logical, isn't it?
Sad part about this statement is that within 24 hours of it happening there were people already saying this almost word for word without sarcasm.

And yes, I'm talking about 5 year olds carrying handguns to class.
 

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Lol video games, a callous, corrupt
and corrupting shadow industry. For a moment there I thought he was talking about the government of my country or something. Seriously though, you let games sound like the Mafia.
 

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Skeleon said:
The NRA, the propaganda and lobbying outlet of the gun manufacturers, really shouldn't talk about "filth".
If only they still did that. At this point, especially with LaPierre in charge, they're basically another "non-profit" that's in the bag for the GOP.
 

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I'm not going to say that all of them go about killing animals, but for the ones that do . . .

If you want to talk about it being filthy, sick pornography to go about killing people in a video game that cannot actually feel then I can only wonder how sick it is to go about killing other living creatures in real life. I'm not speaking for the people who do it for food or survival, but strictly of the sicko's that shoot 'em solely for entertainment.

Just some food for thought.