A high-ranking federal prosecutor in California is receiving backlash Saturday from gun rights groups like the NRA after his comments on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis Saturday.
In a post on X, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli cautioned against approaching law enforcement with a firearm, arguing that there is a “high likelihood” officers would be legally justified in shooting.
The National Rifle Association condemned Essayli’s comments on the shooting.
“This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong,” wrote the NRA in a response to his comment on X. "Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.
C’mon NRA. The reason for your whole existence is so citizens can form a militia when their own government starts to rot and becomes violent towards them. Hmm…maybe it was the money all along. Mo’ wars, mo’ violence, mo’ strife, mo’ money.
Those of us in the firearms community haven’t been calling the NRA “Negotiating Rights Away” for nothing. It’s mostly older fudds that are still members. Their firearms safety stuff is still legit but for the most part the NRA sucks.
IDK, I was pretty sure they exist as a vehicle for Russians to launder money and peddle influence in the US.
Don’t sleep on this other gem of a comment they made:
“For months, radical progressive politicians like Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs. Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities,” wrote the NRA
Slams?
Their response was an uncertain and apprehensive “let’s wait for the investigation”.
NRA, this is your moment to put actions behind words and you quietly sit in a corner rocking back and forth, because this time it’s daddy orange behind the trigger man? What a joke.
NRA never was about rights l, it was all about Republicans and money for gun manufacturers
Also money laundering. Back when they had to be sneaky about that.
It used to be about safety, and training. Then columbine happened and they made a conscious decision to only protect gun msnufacturers.
The NRA needs to STFU at this point. They enabled this. Their followers are either collaborators (being ICE), or cowards who cosplayed defending against Authoritarianism; the time they could have mobilized to assert their Holy 2nd Amendment is already long past.
Of course it’s neither and both – they just wanted the money.
You also need to take into consideration that a significant amount of the NRAs funding was found to be from Russian sources. If not entirely compromised they have to be considered at least somewhat functioning as a Russian asset. Between that and their blatant bias towards gun manufacturers interests we really shouldn’t be surprised when they fail to operate in the best interests of the American public.
