Subject: Fact-Checkers Appoint Themselves Arbiters of What Constitute "Gun Rights"

NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 21, No. 39 10/03/2014 Fact-Checkers Appoint Themselves Arbiters of What Constitute “Gun Rights” In the past, NRA has detailed the tendency of mainstream media “fact checkers” to skew information to support a particular viewpoint or agenda. This tradition continued this week as the Tampa Bay Times’ PolitiFact and the Washington Post’s Fact Checker both took issue with an NRA ad running against Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu. The ad correctly states that “Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights,” following images of a mother at home with a child during a break-in. The two fact-checking outfits seized on the statement and deemed it false, giving it their lowest ratings. READ MORE >> NRA's Powerful Ad: Kim's Story MORE VIDEOS >> Next Week on NRA All Access MORE VIDEOS >> Gun Control Supporters Advocate "SWAT-ing" of Gun Owners America is a big country. That being so, there’s always a chance that a few people here despise gun owners for reasons other than a need to compensate for deep self-loathing, a debilitating sense of their own inadequacy, or a desire to feel morally or intellectually superior to others. However, such exceptions to the rule are not the subject of Charles C. W. Cooke’s disturbing article published on Thursday by The National Review. As Cooke explained, Facebook and Twitter followers of the anti-gun organizations Moms Demand Action, the Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and GunFreeZone.net are encouraging one another to call the police whenever they see someone carrying a gun in public. Some of them recommend alleging that a crime is taking place and express their hope that the police will open fire on the unsuspecting gun owner once they arrive. READ MORE >> Sick Joke: MSNBC and States United Blame NRA for Ebola Crisis In what appears to be an attempt to upstage Louis Farrakhan’s assertion that Ebola is an invented “race-targeting weapon,” MSNBC and gun control organization States United are pointing the finger at NRA for the ongoing public health crisis. According to their “logic,” NRA’s opposition to Obama’s nomination of anti-gun activist Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General has exacerbated the Ebola crisis, as Americans supposedly have nowhere else to turn for reliable information on the outbreak. In an article titled, “How the NRA is making the Ebola crisis worse,” MSNBC lamented, “thanks to NRA power and Senate cowardice, we are left with no surgeon general during a time when, we not only have Ebola arriving on our shores, but are also dealing with the mysterious Enterovirus, which is infecting and contributing to the deaths of children in the U.S.” Likewise, States United tweeted, “Ebola now in the US. Surgeon General should be leading the way on public health education but NRA stalled nomination. No outrage?” READ MORE >> Mark Kelly Lies About Gun Sales Before Washington's Initiative 594 Vote On Tuesday, five weeks before voters in Washington State will decide whether to require “universal” background checks on firearm transfers, gun control advocate Mark Kelly lied on national television about how many such transactions occur without a background check. Asked by CNN, Kelly said (at 3:30 in the video), “right now 60 percent of all gun sales go--occur--with a background check. Why do we allow the 40 percent, the other 40 percent, to happen?” Kelly and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, are the co-founders of the gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions. On their group’s website, they make the “40 percent” claim in its most common form, saying “up to 40 percent of all gun transfers . . . take place without a background check.” READ MORE >> NRA-PVF Candidate Ratings and Endorsements are Now Posted for the 2014 General Election Tuesday, November 4 is Election Day! Your NRA Political Victory Fund has rated and made endorsements of pro-gun/pro-hunting candidates in the upcoming federal and state elections. These candidate ratings can now be found at the NRA-PVF website. Before casting your vote in the general election on or before November 4 depending upon early voting in your state, please visit this site to learn who will best protect your Second Amendment rights and hunting heritage. Be sure to encourage your family, friends, fellow gun owners and sportsmen in your state to support and vote for pro-gun/pro-hunting candidates on or before Tuesday, November 4. READ MORE >> Think Nationally, Act Locally With NRA-PVF’s grades and endorsements now posted, you are able to find out which candidates in your area support our rights. For some of you, there may be numerous contested races in your state or district. For others, this may not be the case. With the national importance of electing a pro-gun majority to the U.S. Senate and strengthening our support in the House, every gun owner must be actively involved with our grassroots campaign efforts--regardless of whether your state or district features a “high profile” race. READ MORE >> Order Your NRA-ILA Yard Signs Today! It has been estimated that well-placed campaign signs can account for four percentage points on Election Day. Think back to the 2000 presidential election, where 537 votes in Florida separated George W. Bush from Al Gore, and four percentage points seems like a landslide! While you are focused on the November 4 election, some gun owners may not be aware of what's at stake for the future of the Second Amendment on Election Day. 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