Hunters and gun owners must speak out for common sense

The ploy of turning one against others is a psychological trick.
Women use it against men daily.
In case you didn't understand the humor, try arguing against your wife or girlfriend and see how they will turn you into the villan rapidly!

There is overwhelming irony in the author's report that Wayne LaPierre (whom he equates to “Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist host of 'Infowars'") has accused the media “of attempting to discredit firearms enthusiasts by issuing propaganda worthy of the Nazis”, while he himself contributes to that propaganda.
The author attempts the oldest trick in the book --- “Divide et impera”. He would turn sportsman, outdoorsman, and hunter against his fellow gun-owners.
The article is an attack on the NRA and its leadership in defense of 2nd Amendment rights. It suggests gun-owners (or at least hunters) should reject such an organization in defense of their rights, and rather act as individuals interested in gun use for hunting and “plinking”. That way, “common sense” gun laws (as usual, a vague generality seemingly without need of definition) can be enacted.
We are to forget about the more serious aspects of gun ownership, such as self-defense, or that oh-so-antiquated notion that an armed populace is the final check on both foreign and domestic enemies of our Constitution, Guns, we are told, are strictly for “fun and sport”, and the NRA has ignored that basic principle for its own evil purposes of empowerment and enrichment.
I don't think the concerns of hunters are in any way ignored by the NRA. IIRC, NRA members may choose to receive either the “American Rifleman” magazine or the “American Hunter” with their membership, and the organization does much to preserve the sport and add to its safety. Most states now require the completion of the NRA Hunter Safety Course before a hunting license can be issued.

Perhaps all this nonsense of trying to divide the gun-owning population has an ulterior motive. Maybe the plan is to establish hunting as the only lawful purpose of guns, then outlaw hunting as “cruelty to animals disguised as recreation”. An indirect way to achieve the ultimate goal of the starry-eyed tools of the manipulators, “the gunless Society”.

SGT (Join to see) I think the NRA is just another part of the BS in Washington. That being said, they stand up for the Second Amendment, which far too many see as being the problem. It is far easier to attack the Second Amendment than it is to actually deal with crime. The problem with dealing with crime is that there are so many reasons that a person chooses to become a criminal. Some are mental health issues. Some are financial issues. Some are social issues. Some are crimes of passion committed in the heat of the moment. That is a short list, and by no means even scratches the surface of the reasons crimes are committed. When you look at that vast diversity, it is near impossible to address the issue of crime as a whole. On the flip side the majority of people do not choose to commit crime. Yet when it comes to the debate about guns, it is the law abiding gun owners that they want punished for criminal behavior. I wish that we were in a society where we didn't need organizations like the NRA to lobby for the preservation of our rights. I also wish someone would deliver ten million dollars in small, unmarked, non sequentially numbered bills to my house. Neither is reality, so until the reality that our rights are not being threatened by people who are scared, the NRA and other gun rights organizations are a necessity to the preservation of our rights.
I am a firm believer in the philosophy that Government will not stop once they start legislating. If we are willing to surrender ANY of our rights, we must be prepared to surrender ALL of our rights. I may not agree with how a person chooses to exercise their rights, but I would never tell them they shouldn't exercise their rights. Part of living in a free society is opening oneself to the possibility that we are going to come in contact with those who oppose our view. It is being able to have an honest discussion with those people that makes this country great.