We Watched This Insanely Ridiculous NRA Video So You Don’t Have To
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been responsible for countless nonsensical, totally illogical and sadistically irrational pro-gun slogans. It’s kind of what the NRA does. Its executive vice president and chief crackpot, Wayne LaPierre is a never-ending geyser of these easy-to-repeat yet easily debunkable slogans. So it came as no surprise when the NRA released a brand new YouTube video that literally makes no sense whatsoever — on any level. In fact, it’s so off-the-rails that it’s difficult to imagine even the most loyal NRA automatons buying into what it says.
How can I make such a sweeping assumption about NRA loyalists? Mainly because the host of the video, NRA “commentator” Billy Johnson, isn’t LaPierre or anyone who “looks” like your typical NRA goon. Not that they all look the same, but I’ve never seen any NRA people who look like the host of this video. Billy looks like he’s from the same casting agency that gave us the Healthcare.gov “Pajama Boy” and that leather-jacket hipster Millennial from a GOP video back in March. Put it this way, Billy looks less NRA and more PBR. Of course there’s nothing factually wrong about casting Mr. Johnson, but it does, however, speak to the fact that the NRA is trying to look smarter and hipper. Unfortunately, the words coming out of Billy’s mouth are just as ridiculous as if they came out of Ted Nugent’s mouth.
Anyway, you might recall Billy’s previous performance in which he suggested that we stop using the phrase “mass shootings” and the word “gunman” when events like Santa Barbara or Sandy Hook occur. Why? Because it makes guns, you know, look bad. If you think that’s stupid, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
1) The title is crazy. The video is titled “Everyone Gets A Gun.” I won’t even dig into the long list of ramifications commensurate with such an overly broad idea. No, not everyone gets to have a gun. Haven’t LaPierre and the NRA been screaming about launching a mental health database accessible by gun dealers so mentally incompetent people can’t buy an AR-15 from Walmart? What about all those “bad guys with guns?” Should they be allowed to “get a gun?” Maybe I’m confused, but I thought the NRA was against giving literally everyone a gun.
2) Education, parks and jobs don’t kill people.… CONTINUE READING
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By: Bob Cesca
Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go
16 responses to We Watched This Insanely Ridiculous NRA Video So You Don’t Have To
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Abby Normal July 24th, 2014 at 08:47
I watched the video. Now I know what a real, live sociopath looks like.
M A G July 24th, 2014 at 08:52
You know what they look like, just visit the open carry websites. :)
tiredoftea July 24th, 2014 at 13:52
Well, La Pierre didn’t show up. But, you have to love the NRA reach out to the hipster crowd. Might work better than Republicans to women!
Abby Normal July 24th, 2014 at 08:47
I watched the video. Now I know what a real, live sociopath looks like.
MIAtheistGal July 24th, 2014 at 08:52
You know what they look like, just visit the open carry websites. :)
tiredoftea July 24th, 2014 at 13:52
Well, La Pierre didn’t show up. But, you have to love the NRA reach out to the hipster crowd. Might work better than Republicans to women!
M A G July 24th, 2014 at 08:52
Daily Banter has posted the video has already been removed. Thanks for watching for us so I don’t need brain bleach!
MIAtheistGal July 24th, 2014 at 08:52
Daily Banter has posted the video has already been removed. Thanks for watching for us so I don’t need brain bleach!
William July 24th, 2014 at 11:04
Haven’t LaPierre and the NRA been screaming about launching a mental health database accessible by gun dealers so mentally incompetent people can’t buy an AR-15 from Walmart?
Ironic no?
William July 24th, 2014 at 11:04
“Haven’t LaPierre and the NRA been screaming about launching a mental health database accessible by gun dealers so mentally incompetent people can’t buy an AR-15 from Walmart? ”
Ironic no?
Bunya July 24th, 2014 at 14:18
I’m sold! I’m gonna sell my kids, house and car so’s I can purchase a sh*tload of killing devices!
Bunya July 24th, 2014 at 14:18
I’m sold! I’m gonna sell my kids, house and car so’s I can purchase a sh*tload of killing devices!
LiberalMD July 25th, 2014 at 05:07
Billy: Do you remember those pretty green pills you took twice a day that you stopped taking about three weeks ago? If you start taking them again starting today, those voices you hear now will stop and you will start thinking better in about ten days.
LiberalMD July 25th, 2014 at 05:07
Billy: Do you remember those pretty green pills you took twice a day that you stopped taking about three weeks ago? If you start taking them again starting today, those voices you hear now will stop and you will start thinking better in about ten days.
SkeeterVT July 27th, 2014 at 20:34
There’s a REASON why both the New York Daily News AND the New York Post — hardly paragons of liberal thinking — branded Wayne LaPierre “nuts” right on their front pages the day after his infamous press conference following the Newtown shootings. The leadership of the NRA has sunk into the kind of paranoia one used to see only among extremists such as the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and “militias.”
SkeeterVT July 27th, 2014 at 20:34
There’s a REASON why both the New York Daily News AND the New York Post — hardly paragons of liberal thinking — branded Wayne LaPierre “nuts” right on their front pages the day after his infamous press conference following the Newtown shootings. The leadership of the NRA has sunk into the kind of paranoia one used to see only among extremists such as the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and “militias.”