" Our ammunition ,dear lord,is made in the image and likeness of thee.Your head a holy hollow point with a depleted Uranium crown of thorns.May it smite our enemies sweet Jesus that they might feel the suffering you endured for our sins .Let us pray.'
" Our firearms the womb of your holy mother Mary giving birth to not just one Jesus but sixty rounds of powder powered sons of god per second that tricksters and non believers ,however fleet of foot ,may not escape your righteous Wrath.In Jesus name we pray"
"Gather unto us oh lord thine infinite abundance that we may offer generous retainers to the cleverest scribes and lawyers in the land.May they provide bale and bounty to holy warriors standing their ground and delivering justice unto Satans' black children .In Jesus name we pray.Amen."
Jesus is reported to have shown up at the breakfast, having mistaken it for an actual gathering of the faithful. After hearing the opening prayer, he was unable to stop throwing up his biscuits and gravy.He was mistaken for a hippy and quickly ascended into heaven mostly unnoticed by those in attendance.
Examining the itinerary for the National Rifle Association convention the Prayer Breakfast struck me as somehow out of place.Chalk it up to the last vestiges of my Catholic school boy naivete.A little more reading and I discovered the youngest N. R. A. gun -toter at the convention was a 3 year old.The power and reach of this organization is as troubling as the culture of paranoia they promote.Make no mistake though, the primary function of the N.R.A. is the increase of the sale of guns and ammunition.For every demand for gun control legislation there is a measurable increase in the sale of guns.The publicity that surrounds gun related mass murder is actually good for business.The mere mention of legislation is reason for the doomsday hoarders to run to Cabella's or a gun show for a fix.
I am ashamed to admit that I did not know that MI. even has a Stand Your Ground law until the news of the Dearborn Heights shooting broke .It still seems possible to effect change in these laws at a state and local level though national legislation seems out of the question.Although the N.R.A.is funding and fighting these local battles with big money and political muscle, sane arguments can still be made between neighbors that resent the influence imposed by powerful outside interests.Local action to repeal Stand Your Ground should be possible given the attention that recent, apparently racially motivated, shootings have have received.
As for the evangelical component of the N.R.A..They are the equivalent of an American Taliban.Well armed ,volatile,and useful.There role is to render the advancement of any gun control legislation untouchable by virtue of their godliness. The fanaticism of well armed evangelical christian inspires fear; pure and simple. The N.R.A. have also hi-jacked and employed patriotism to the same end.
Whatever the N.R.A.aims at it hits.Jim Morrison wrote "They got the guns ,but,we got the numbers".Yeah ,but they got the guns Jim. That should scare the shit out of the rest of us.facebook
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