Arizona governor gets NRA endorsement - Democratic Underground

Ed Barrow

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Wed Jun-23-10 05:24 PM
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Arizona governor gets NRA endorsement

Source: Associated Press

Candidate Buz Mills owns a shooting range and is on the National Rifle Association's board of directors, but it's incumbent Jan Brewer who has the group's endorsement in the contested Republican primary for Arizona governor.

The NRA's endorsement, announced at a Wednesday news conference, follows Brewer's signing of several gun-rights measures since she became governor in January 2009.

One bill signed by Brewer in April will make Arizona the third state allowing people to carry a concealed weapon without requiring a permit. One she signed last year allows a person with a permit to take a gun into a restaurant or bar serving alcohol as long as the establishment doesn't prohibit it and the person isn't drinking alcohol.

Brewer got an A+ rating from the NRA for her stands and record on gun issues, while Mills received an A rating, the highest rate possible for a non-incumbent, said Sandy Forman, a Tucson attorney who is a former NRA president and a current board member.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/06/23/20100623arizona-governor-NRA-endorsement.html

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movonne

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Wed Jun-23-10 05:29 PM
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1. Duh!!!!

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Xipe Totec

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Wed Jun-23-10 05:31 PM
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2. And the drug traffickers rejoiced! nt

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TheCowsCameHome

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Wed Jun-23-10 06:15 PM
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3. In other news, the sun will set in the west tonight, details at 11.

What else would you expect from the NRA?

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russ1943

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Wed Jun-23-10 06:28 PM
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4. Keeping the NRA happy.

ARIZONA coincidentally, also has a 44% higher death rate (15 per 100,000) from guns, than the national average (10.4 per 100,000). ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Provisional/nvsr58_19/table29.pdf

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slackmaster

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Wed Jun-23-10 08:17 PM
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6. Yet the murder rate in AZ is only slightly higher than in your state

Edited on Wed Jun-23-10 08:17 PM by slackmaster

And the murder rate in Texas is lower than AZ, MI, or my home state of California.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/data/table_04.html

I suspect that AZ has a higher-than-average suicide rate due to the elderly population.

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Wed Jun-23-10 08:07 PM
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5. Republicans > Democrats to the NRA.

Other than a handful of Bluedogs in purple areas, the NRA would Never endorse a Democrat.

Their teabagger ranks would bolt.

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Paladin

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Wed Jun-23-10 08:53 PM
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7. No Surprise Whatsoever. (n/t)

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