On today’s BradCast: Examining yet another enduring NRA myth in the wake of the Oregon massacre at Umpqua Community College; the GOP race for U.S. House Speaker could get very interesting; and more.
The Nation’s Joshua Holland joins us to discuss his article this week: “Combat Vets Destroy the NRA’s Heroic Gunslinger Fantasy”, investigating whether there are any facts to back up the NRA and its scam artist Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s long contention that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
You’ll be shocked to learn that (unlike the liar LaPierre) folks who actually fire guns — and have had them fired at them in combat — have a very different opinion about the best way to stop that “bad guy with a gun.”
“Wayne La Pierre has been a lobbyist for his entire career, and has no concept of what it really means when people start shooting at you,” Holland tells me. The folks he talked to, he said, “did know that.” In fact, as study after study confirm, he explains, guns often serve only to make bad situations much much worse.
I don’t want to to share more of the conversation, for now, because I’d prefer you give it a listen in full — gun fans and foes alike. (Click to listen to the full show below.)
Also on today’s program: the Congressman who, in 1996, sponsored legislation that blocked the CDC from collecting statistics on gun deaths and public health now has regrets; How John Boehner could find himself remaining as Speaker of the House, even after the date he plans to resign; Desi Doyen with our latest Green News Report on the historic, global warming-fueled flooding in SC and new EPA regulations to help curb ozone and pesticides…
Here in Oregon we have our own little Wayne LaPierre. His name is Kevin Starrett, and he is the leader of the “Oregon Firearms Federation.” You should really listen to this interview he gave Oregon Public Broadcasting on Friday. The interview starts 40 minutes 54 seconds after the beginning of the audio file.
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You’d think the gun-rights movement in this largely rural part of the country could field a spokesman who was not obviously suffering from paranoia and anger problems. Listen for the bit about “anti-Christian bigotry.”
Classes at Umpqua Community College won’t resume until next week.
“How John Boehner could find himself remaining as Speaker of the House, even after the date he plans to resign.” With McCarthy, the Republican annointed one, dramatically withdrawing his name today, you may be on to something. Just when the Boner thought he was out, they pull him back in!
I am a Security Guard who has had a Gun permit but never found an armed post that paid enough to be worth the trouble. Use of deadly force can only be used to protect your life or of another. You can’t shoot a person who is running away. You can’t shoot a person for theft. I know most stores don’t want security to chase after shoplifters. If they run and get hurt on the stores property, the store can be sued. That story of the woman in the Detroit area attempted shooting the suspected shoplifter was by someone who has no business carrying a gun. She belongs in jail.