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...NRA is preparing a massive mailing campaign with Rowan's face and his words plastered all over it. Their message, one assumes, is that if liberals like Rowan refuse to abide by the very gun control laws they advocate, the rest of us shouldn't either...
Unfortunately for Rowan, that's the argument that the NRA has been making for years in its mailings, namely that our society cannot or will not protect average, law-abiding citizens from dangerous criminals, and that we must therefore defend ourselves, preferably, NRA gunslingers say, with our own Saturday Night Specials...
...Rowan would be the first witness for the prosecution in a misdemeanor court. Instead he now faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon and up to 10 years' imprisonment. Had he killed or permanently disabled the teenager, Rowan would obviously be facing far more serious charges, and the NRA would be a lot less enthusiastic in twisting the incident to fit its own absurd propaganda...
Family members and friends of such victims probably regret, as Rowan should, the fact that the handgun ever was in the closet or on the bedroom table, so easy to reach at a moment's notice. Funny thing, the NRA never mentions these cases in its brochures...
Richard Gardiner, assistant general counsel for the National Rifle Association (NRA), said current laws regulating the posession of firearms do not prevent misuse...