(CNN) - The National Rifle Association-sponsored NASCAR race slated for this weekend is "inappropriate in the immediate wake of the Newtown massacre," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, wrote to the race's broadcaster on Thursday.
"The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race," Murphy wrote to Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, which owns the channel Fox Sports where the race will be broadcast.
(CNN) - The National Rifle Association-sponsored NASCAR race slated for this weekend is "inappropriate in the immediate wake of the Newtown massacre," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, wrote to the race's broadcaster on Thursday.
"The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race," Murphy wrote to Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, which owns the channel Fox Sports where the race will be broadcast.
You can't make this stuff up.
Stupidity knows no bounds.
Election to public office results in total loss of ability to think logically and coherently in most cases.
When elected official's brains are destroyed by their overconsumption of political koolaid the vacuum void is replaced by an overabundance of thought fed by emotions.
There are no words that can truly describe how worthless these types of statements are.
Anygunanywhere
"When democracy turns to tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote." Mike Vanderboegh
"The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." – Ayn Rand
Totally agree anygun.
He has got to know vast majority of Nascar watchers are Pro 2A & the networks will never drop a cash cow like that broadcast.
Carry 24-7 or guess right.
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
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"The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate, it also features the live shooting of guns at the end of the race,"
The winner has fired 2 revolvers after the race for the last several years, has nothing to do with NRA sponsorship....
That guy seems a bit unclear on the meaning of "immediate"...
I am not a lawyer, nor have I played one on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, nor should anything I say be taken as legal advice. If it is important that any information be accurate, do not use me as the only source.
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is America, where the First Amendment is SUPPOSED to still apply. Yet you use your position as a Senator to try to bully an opponent into silence?
If you cared one whit about the victims of Newtown, you would have asked President Obama not to fly them on Air Force One and parade them around like trophies to promote his agenda.
You are a disgrace. You should resign. But the vast majority of you jerks could care less what the average man thinks. You're all about increasing your power, and ignoring the people's voice.
Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
NRA Life Member Texas Firearms Coalition member
Seeing as how we live practically in the shadow of TMS, I can tell you this - I certainly have not seen any signs of attendance being down for this race!
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is America, where the First Amendment is SUPPOSED to still apply. Yet you use your position as a Senator to try to bully an opponent into silence?
If you cared one whit about the victims of Newtown, you would have asked President Obama not to fly them on Air Force One and parade them around like trophies to promote his agenda.
You are a disgrace. You should resign. But the vast majority of you jerks could care less what the average man thinks. You're all about increasing your power, and ignoring the people's voice.
Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is America, where the First Amendment is SUPPOSED to still apply. Yet you use your position as a Senator to try to bully an opponent into silence?
If you cared one whit about the victims of Newtown, you would have asked President Obama not to fly them on Air Force One and parade them around like trophies to promote his agenda.
You are a disgrace. You should resign. But the vast majority of you jerks could care less what the average man thinks. You're all about increasing your power, and ignoring the people's voice.
Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
AWESOME.
He may never read it, but I did and I liked it.
I am not a lawyer. This is NOT legal advice.! Nothing tempers idealism quite like the cold bath of reality.... SQLGeek
