Gun Control

Gun control advocates aren't exploiting the recent spate of mass shootings when they talk about implementing sensible gun control laws. But the NRA is exploiting the shootings when they use them to hype up wild conspiracy theories about President Obama. As Business Weekreports, just three days after the Colorado theatre massacre, the NRA sent a frantic letter to its members asking for donations and warning, "the future of your Second Amendment rights will be at stake...and our freedom will be at stake." The letter goes on to say that a re-election of President Obama will result in the confiscation of firearms and a ban on semi-automatic rifles. This is just the latest attempt by the NRA to paint President Obama as anti-gun, despite the fact that he's received a grade of an "F" from the Brady Center on gun control, and gun rights have expanded during his first-term. But when it comes to scaring Americans to raise money, the NRA doesn't care about the facts.