<\/a>The National Rifle Association will make the override of Senate Bill 656 their top priority in the country this week as the omnibus gun bill continues to gain momentum as the most high-profile legislation at stake on Wednesday, says an article in the Missouri Times.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The pro-gun group will launch a once-in-a-decade lobbying effort to override Gov. Jay Nixon\u2019s veto of a bill that has drawn fervent support and opposition from all corners of the country.<\/p>\n

As part of their efforts, the NRA has flown in several staffers to help lobby lawmakers, launched television ads, and sent mailers to key targeted districts. Whit O\u2019Daniel, who lobbies on behalf of the NRA, said he\u2019s been texting the entire Republican caucus to inform them that the NRA ranks SB 656 as the biggest priority in the country. It\u2019s also their biggest priority in Missouri since 2003.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Imagine that! The NRA thinks that giving any and all Missourians unregulated rights to buy, own, sell guns and shoot their neighbors at will (as in stand-your-ground) is one of the biggest priorities in the nation. It\u2019ll be good for NRA sponsors I suppose, as in the get-rich-quick kind of good.<\/p>\n

Just to provide a little counterpoint,\u00a0 I also want to share\u00a0 this tidbit\u00a0<\/a> from an article posted on the Turner Report<\/em>:<\/p>\n

A former Tarkio R-1 High School student who brought a loaded semi-automatic pistol to school, causing the school to be locked down, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a machine gun that was found at his residence.<\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Knoth \u2013 who came to school on Feb. 11, 2016, wearing military-style clothing, boots and ballistic body armor \u2013 displayed a fully loaded magazine to another student that day. That student alerted a teacher, and the school contacted the Tarkio, Mo., Police Department. School officials then discovered a loaded Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol in Knoth\u2019s backpack, along with four loaded 9mm pistol magazines, three loaded .223- or .556-caliber magazines, a spring-assisted knife, a seatbelt cutter and a window punch.<\/p>\n

Knoth was arrested and handcuffed. The school was placed on lockdown.<\/p>\n

Investigators searched Knoth\u2019s vehicle, which was parked in the school parking lot. They found two loaded 9mm magazines and 15 loaded .223\/.556-caliber magazines.<\/p>\n

Investigators also searched Knoth\u2019s residence. During a search of the southwest bedroom, investigators found a loaded machine gun in the closet \u2013 an AR-style .223\/.556 pistol, containing no visible serial numbers or manufacturer stamp. They found a second machine gun, an UZI-style 9mm firearm (unknown manufacture), in the dresser. Investigators also found numerous rounds of ammunition and numerous loaded .223\/.556 and 9mm magazines throughout the residence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So are unstable young men with a fetish for guns and violence among the persons whose priorities the NRA is spending so much money to support? You better bet they, and their ilk will be among the beneficiaries.Of course, if the NRA gets its best-of-all-world druthers, teachers and administrators, along with each kid in Knoth\u2019s school would all be sporting \u201cgood guy\u201d guns in order to ward off attack. Possible outcomes? Draw\u00a0 your own conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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