In the weeks since we last reported
on media attempts to tie NRA to the Ebola crisis because of our
opposition to the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general, the
anti-gun echo chamber has continued to promote this absurd line of
argument. Absent most of the coverage is a forthright discussion of
NRA’s legitimate concerns with the nominee, or any evidence that Murthy
himself has a singular ability to effectively handle the nation’s Ebola
response.
NRA opposes Dr. Murthy’s nomination for the very
reason that he has a history of exploiting his status as a medical
practitioner to advance a purely political agenda of extreme and
unproven gun control measures. In January 2013, Dr. Murthy signed two
letters sent from his organization Doctors for America (formerly Doctors
for Obama) to Vice President Joe Biden and Congress, advocating for
stringent gun controls. The letter to Congress
advocated for a ban on popular semi-autos and their ammunition, limits
on ammunition purchases, firearm owner licensing, and a mandatory
waiting period of at least 48 hours. The letter also expressed a desire
to leverage the resources of the Centers for Disease Control to provide
data for gun control efforts. Such proposals are of obvious import to
gun owners. Moreover, as surgeon general, Dr. Murthy would have the
ideal platform to direct the nation’s public health apparatus towards
redefining firearms ownership as a disease, a tactic that Congress has
curbed with funding limits since the 1990s, but one President Obama
hopes to reinvigorate.
Read more at...
http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2014/10/anti-nra-ebola-theme-infects-media-spreads-rapidly.aspx
Read my rant on this at...
http://starvinlarry.com/2014/10/25/anti-nra-ebola-theme-infects-media-spreads-rapidly/
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