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check this out........Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Celebrities, citizens flock to join gun blacklist
Most blacklists are designed to intimidate but thousands of Americans are clamouring to join one drawn up by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Actor Dustin Hoffman was so dismayed to find his name missing from the NRA's shadowy 19-page list of US companies, celebrities and news organisations seen as lending support to anti-gun policies that he wrote to the powerful pro-gun lobby group begging to be included.
"As a supporter of comprehensive anti-gun safety measures, I was deeply disappointed when I discovered my name was not on the list," Hoffman wrote in a letter to the NRA.
"I was particularly surprised by the omission given my opposition to the loophole that makes it legal for 18- to 20-year-olds to buy handguns at gun shows," he added.
Hoffman's name has now been added to the list, which reads like a Who's Who of American business, culture and religion.
It which ranges from the American Jewish Congress to A&M Records, ABC News America and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
An NRA spokesman could not be reached for comment.
A group of grass-roots anti-gun campaigners found the list deep on the official NRA website.
They publicised it two weeks ago to garner support for two pieces of gun control legislation facing Congress.
The campaigners set up their own website (http://www.nrablacklist.com) and urged Americans to voluntarily put their names there.
A full-page ad on Tuesday in Daily Variety, the Hollywood trade magazine, urged movie and music artists to sign up.
"What the site tries to do is turn it into a badge of honour to get on the blacklist by saying 'Hey Julia Roberts is on the blacklist. Why don't you join it?'" said Wendy Katz, a spokeswoman for the group.
"It's been incredibly successful. Since we have launched, 25,000 people have signed on to ask to be put on the blacklist."
The NRA initially denied compiling a blacklist as such, saying it was merely responding to members wanting to know which individuals and corporations opposed the US Constitution's Second Amendment on the right to bear arms.
National Rifle Association executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre said of the list last week: "Our members don't want to buy their songs, don't want to go to their movies, don't want to support their careers."
Ms Katz said the campaigners hoped to expose the NRA's influence in Washington DC, spur opposition to a bill that would grant immunity in civil cases for gun manufacturers and dealers, and gather support for renewal of a 1994 ban on the sale of military assault weapons.
--Reuters
.........i was surprised not to see E.C. on that list since many times he has stood against guns and Mr. Heston......
.......you can check this website: http://www.nrablacklist.com (people against the NRA) and there you´ll find a link to the 19-pages blacklist of anti-gun celebreties and associations......
Celebrities, citizens flock to join gun blacklist
Most blacklists are designed to intimidate but thousands of Americans are clamouring to join one drawn up by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Actor Dustin Hoffman was so dismayed to find his name missing from the NRA's shadowy 19-page list of US companies, celebrities and news organisations seen as lending support to anti-gun policies that he wrote to the powerful pro-gun lobby group begging to be included.
"As a supporter of comprehensive anti-gun safety measures, I was deeply disappointed when I discovered my name was not on the list," Hoffman wrote in a letter to the NRA.
"I was particularly surprised by the omission given my opposition to the loophole that makes it legal for 18- to 20-year-olds to buy handguns at gun shows," he added.
Hoffman's name has now been added to the list, which reads like a Who's Who of American business, culture and religion.
It which ranges from the American Jewish Congress to A&M Records, ABC News America and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
An NRA spokesman could not be reached for comment.
A group of grass-roots anti-gun campaigners found the list deep on the official NRA website.
They publicised it two weeks ago to garner support for two pieces of gun control legislation facing Congress.
The campaigners set up their own website (http://www.nrablacklist.com) and urged Americans to voluntarily put their names there.
A full-page ad on Tuesday in Daily Variety, the Hollywood trade magazine, urged movie and music artists to sign up.
"What the site tries to do is turn it into a badge of honour to get on the blacklist by saying 'Hey Julia Roberts is on the blacklist. Why don't you join it?'" said Wendy Katz, a spokeswoman for the group.
"It's been incredibly successful. Since we have launched, 25,000 people have signed on to ask to be put on the blacklist."
The NRA initially denied compiling a blacklist as such, saying it was merely responding to members wanting to know which individuals and corporations opposed the US Constitution's Second Amendment on the right to bear arms.
National Rifle Association executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre said of the list last week: "Our members don't want to buy their songs, don't want to go to their movies, don't want to support their careers."
Ms Katz said the campaigners hoped to expose the NRA's influence in Washington DC, spur opposition to a bill that would grant immunity in civil cases for gun manufacturers and dealers, and gather support for renewal of a 1994 ban on the sale of military assault weapons.
--Reuters
.........i was surprised not to see E.C. on that list since many times he has stood against guns and Mr. Heston......
.......you can check this website: http://www.nrablacklist.com (people against the NRA) and there you´ll find a link to the 19-pages blacklist of anti-gun celebreties and associations......
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I'm against the NRA obviously, but don't you think that Bowling for Columbine thing was a tad contrived...and edited beyond belief to make it fit what he said. Especially seeing as he completely made up the stuff about them making missiles in that town.
I think Michael Moore is funny and a good guy, I just take him with a pinch of salt and remember he's trying to make money too.
I think Michael Moore is funny and a good guy, I just take him with a pinch of salt and remember he's trying to make money too.
I have the DVD of Bowling for Columbine and Mr. Moore said he was a card carrying member of the NRA. Was Mr. Moore just trying to get Mr. Heston to let his guard down or is Michael really a member?
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
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Re: NRA Blacklist
I think it is time to bring this one back- put me on that list. Proud to say I am a resident of the state in this country with the strictist current gun control laws on the books. Now the other 49 states need to get in line and act accordingly.
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When I look at the list of the posters on this thread I want to start a fight so bad I can't stand it.
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Why on earth would you want to start a fight with Goody?
Like me, the "g" is silent.
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And besides that, none of these folks have been here since 2003.
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Goody? No, I don't want to start a fight with her.
I'm just remembering the old days, when I'd say something.
I'm just remembering the old days, when I'd say something.
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Whatever happened to Boy With a Problem?
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
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...and does he still have a problem?
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One or two problems still remain.
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
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Wouldn't it be ironic if there was a civil war because of this issue? A war fought with guns about the right to carry arms.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
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It might be ironic...but if Americans are asked to give up their guns, and they don't, then the Feds try to take them with force, it WILL be a civil war.