If the government wants to "buy" our guns, it had better be prepared to pay in bloodSt. Louis Gun Rights Examiner is a frequent and vocal critic of the NRA (see here and here for recent examples), often wondering if the organization's leadership is merely naively optimistic, à la Neville Chamberlain, in its dealings with the forcible citizen disarmament extremists, or actively collaborationist, à la Vidkun Quisling. Honesty requires, however, acknowledgement of effective steps the NRA does take in defense of gun rights.
A new ad (see sidebar video), released in response to the Obama's openly announced agenda of banning so-called "assault weapons" and "high capacity" magazines, and banning private gun sales, is just such a step. In it, Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) examines a recent document, produced by the Obama administration's own National Institute of Justice (part of the Eric Holder-run Department of "Justice").