Senators For Arming Terrorists

Today the GOP, the NRA and the politicians shamelessly selling their souls to the arms manufacturers seem like something George Orwell might have cooked up in one of his darker moments. These despicable political harlots, these cowardly NRA lackeys are using a deliberate misinterpretation of the second amendment and a bogus appeal to the great Gawd of free enterprise to defend their votes permitting the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list and/or no fly list.  A very dark but accurate description of what they are trying sell us on is the idea that the profits of the gun manufacturers are more important than are our lives or our national security. What I find so amazing is that the Republicans who are permitting people on the terrorist watch list and /or no fly list to purchase military style assault weapons actually have the unmitigated gall to say that they are better at protecting this country from terrorist attacks than are the Democrats who have the courage to defy the NRA by voting for a ban on the sale of guns to people who are on the terrorist watch list and/or no fly list. I suppose those NRA Republicans also want us to believe that Benedict Arnold was the best person to defend West Point! Can we call what the NRA and its political mercenaries are doing treason for profit? Not that I would really do that; the question was just a twitch of pique, don't you know? Donald Trump has them all the time!

But seriously, is there really anyone out there who is actually stupid enough to believe that arming your enemy is a good idea? I am tempted to say Wayne Lapierre and the NRA are that stupid, but saying that would be misleading because they think it is profitable idea, ergo good for them; they don't give a damn about you or me. It is also profitable for the politicians who constantly sell out to the NRA. You know who those politicians are; they are the ones insulting your intelligence with absurd justifications for voting against any reasonable gun control measures. Twenty two of the Senators up for re-election this year accepted large contributions from the Nation Rifle Association and voted to permit people on the terrorist watch list or no fly list to buy guns, including military style assault weapons. It is not inaccurate or unfair to say that those Senators favor arming terrorists because that is what they are willfully permitting with their votes. The Senators up for re-election who favor arming the terrorists are as follows:

"Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Lisa Murkow (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)..."