{"id":2925,"date":"2012-10-05T02:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/10\/05\/nra-endorses-romney-ryan\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:42","slug":"nra-endorses-romney-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2925","title":{"rendered":"NRA Endorses Romney-Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15078,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.c-span.org\\\/Campaign2012\\\/Events\\\/Mitt-Romney-Paul-Ryan-Rally-in-Fishersville-VA\\\/10737434627-2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.c-span.org\\\/Campaign2012\\\/Events\\\/Mitt-Romney-Paul-Ryan-Rally-in-Fishersville-VA\\\/10737434627-2&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15079,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/nrapvf.org\\\/news-alerts\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/nra-pvf-endorses-romney-and-ryan.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nrapvf.org\\\/news-alerts\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/nra-pvf-endorses-romney-and-ryan.aspx&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>In the not exactly unexpected news category comes the announcement that the NRA-PVF has endorsed the ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President and Vice-President respectively. What is somewhat unexpected is the size of the crowd that came out to Fisherville, VA for the announcement and rally. It was estimated to be approximately 15,000 and cars were back up for miles trying to get in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/Campaign2012\/Events\/Mitt-Romney-Paul-Ryan-Rally-in-Fishersville-VA\/10737434627-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSpan has the video feed <\/a>from the rally. At approximately the 53:00 mark you will see Wayne LaPierre begin to give the NRA&#8217;s endorsement.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/traffic-jam-romney.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/traffic-jam-romney.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From the Romney Scrapbook on Facebook<\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Fisherville-lineup.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Fisherville-lineup.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From the Romney Scrapbook on Facebook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/romney-rally.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/romney-rally.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From the Romney Scrapbook on Facebook<\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In addition to the endorsement by the NRA-PVF, the rally featured a concert by country music star and NRA Life Member Trace Adkins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nrapvf.org\/news-alerts\/2012\/10\/nra-pvf-endorses-romney-and-ryan.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The endorsement is below:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Fairfax, VA. &#8211; The National Rifle Association&#8217;s Political Victory Fund<br \/>\ntoday announced its endorsement of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for<br \/>\nPresident and Vice President. NRA\u2019s Executive Vice President, Wayne<br \/>\nLaPierre, and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) Chairman, Chris W.<br \/>\nCox, made the announcement in Fishersville, Virginia, during a rally<br \/>\nwith both Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan in attendance. Also,<br \/>\nattending and performing at the press conference was country music<br \/>\nsuperstar and NRA Life Member Trace Adkins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVirginia is ground<br \/>\nzero \u2013 the front line of this election. This is where the race could be<br \/>\nwon or lost. This is where the difference can be made. This is where gun<br \/>\n owners must make that difference.\u201d said LaPierre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we<br \/>\nlive in an America that is getting harder to recognize every day led by a<br \/>\n President who mocks our values, belittles our faith, and is threatened<br \/>\nby our freedom.\u201d said Cox. \u201cSo on behalf of the four million men and<br \/>\nwomen of the National Rifle Association, representing tens of millions<br \/>\nof NRA supporters, it is my honor to announce the NRA\u2019s endorsement of<br \/>\nMitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President and Vice President of the United<br \/>\n States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actions of President Barack Obama have harmed the<br \/>\nSecond Amendment for generations to come. He has appointed two anti-gun<br \/>\nnominees to the Supreme Court \u2013 one of whom has already signed an<br \/>\nopinion saying that law-abiding Americans do not have an individual<br \/>\nright to own firearms. Obama\u2019s administration worked on a United Nations<br \/>\n Arms Trade Treaty that would undermine our Second Amendment rights, and<br \/>\n he has helped cover-up the deadly Operation Fast and Furious scandal,<br \/>\narming Mexican drug cartels that continue to kill countless innocent<br \/>\nAmerican and Mexican citizens. He has also said that the ability of<br \/>\nlawful citizens to carry a firearm for personal protection should be<br \/>\nbanned nationwide. As a state legislator, he opposed a law to protect<br \/>\npeople who use guns in their own homes for self-defense; endorsed a<br \/>\ntotal ban on the manufacturing, sale and possession of all handguns; and<br \/>\n supported a 500 percent increase in federal taxes on guns and<br \/>\nammunition. Unaccountable to the voters, America\u2019s 100 million gun<br \/>\nowners justifiably fear that a second Obama term would bring an all-out<br \/>\nassault on the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a clear choice this<br \/>\nNovember. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will protect our Right to Keep and<br \/>\nBear Arms by appointing Supreme Court justices who will uphold the<br \/>\nrulings in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of<br \/>\nChicago \u2013 two landmark cases which held that the Second Amendment<br \/>\nguarantees a fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms for all<br \/>\n law-abiding Americans. Romney and Ryan have also stated their<br \/>\nopposition to efforts by the United Nations to implement a global<br \/>\ngun-control bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this election, there is no debate.<br \/>\nThere is only one choice \u2013 only one hope \u2013 to save our firearms freedom<br \/>\nand our way of life,\u201d LaPierre continued. \u201cGet to the polls on election<br \/>\nday and make the difference in this campaign. Help take back our country<br \/>\n and protect our freedom. On November 6, vote freedom first \u2013 Vote<br \/>\nRomney-Ryan!\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the not exactly unexpected news category comes the announcement that the NRA-PVF has endorsed the ticket of Mitt&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2683,3551,1846,1838],"class_list":["post-2925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-endorsement","tag-mitt-romney","tag-nra-pvf","tag-rep-paul-ryan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8415,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions\/8415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}