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In article <1olpdsINNnou@sol.tis.com> mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
>>Some do.  I don't think that HCI and other gun control groups give a shit
>>about my freedom
>
>	Nope. I suspect that they're even *less* deluded about who they
>are trying to help. Basically, they seem bent on doing us all a big
>favor in spite of ourselves.

Doesn't seem like so much of a favor to me...

>	I have no problem with making a profit. I do get irritated with
>folks who fund groups that wrap themselves in the flag and the constitution
>to drum up support for their profit. I'd be sick and disgusted if the
>tobacco industry tried to drum up support for pro-smoking campaigns by
>depicting smoking as a freedom-loving-fight-against-oppression kind of
>thing to do. "God, guts, and nicotine" and all that...

As RJ Reynold did, when they sponsored the Constitution tour? :(  Blah.

>	Basically people are stupid. I know that, you know that, we all
>know that - but I hate having it rubbed in my face by braindamaged
>propaganda from either HCI or NRA. I run into more NRA propaganda
>than I do HCI stuff because I read more gun journals than I do
>anti-gun journals.

I've seen some stuff from the NRA that really seemed like crap to me...
e.g., last Fall's voting guide.  They recommended Democrat/Republican
candidates who were pro-gun, totally ignored 3rd party candidates.
However, I have to say that I still think the NRA is a very valuable
organization.

     don