AI say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the wholenation should be an armed nation. Period.@ This rather bold statement wasmade by Joseph Foss. Former Governor Joseph Foss, a former fighter pilotfor the US Air Force, is the current President of the NRA, or NationalRifle Association (Lacayo 16). The NRA is a special interest group knownby many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of *truck-driving=,pompous, huntsmen. Indeed this is partially true, as 97% of all NRAmembers are suburban men. Because the organization is a more *DomesticBlend=, it is a surprising fact that the NRA is a powerful lobbyistorganization. And skeptically viewed upon by many people (Lacayo 19). Asa lobbyist organization, the NRA has a current main objective ofprotecting American citizens= rights, to possess and operate a firearm,form being violated by gun control laws. One of the NRA=s main weapons inthis crusade is the second amendment of the Constitution of the UnitedStates of America. The amendment=s translation in the eyes of the NRA andmany American citizens, clearly protects the individual rights of allcitizens to possess and operate firearms. This would easily make any andall gun control laws unconstitutional. And therefore illegal. Thistranslation, however, is not accepted by all people. Including the UnitedStates Government. They believe that the amendment guaranteed no rightfor individual citizens to possess weaponry, but merely allowed for thegovernment to form and maintain an armed service (IE. United States Army,US. Navy). Because of the different translations of our constitution, guncontrol can be viewed by different people in different ways (Lacayo 20). Some of the many gun control bans and laws wich are under constanthellfire from the NRA are those pertaining to self-defense. Under currentlaws, like those of Texas, require that people MUST retreat and be pursuedby the intruder before any means of force co...
