NRA. Fear Theory; Gun Culture. Everyman Nate Rudy Asclater. Diversions for Population Control; Transparency; NRA

 By Dint:

NRA.  Not Really Altruistic.

Second Amendment meets Placemaking: The Gun Speaks.
Fear theory, context of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, with "safety" the dominant focus once basic needs are met. Uses of guns.  The place of the National Rifle Association in American culture;

Power of the Statutory Pen: Can wipe out inheritances, even require NRA disclosures.
The legislature has the power to give the tools for people to make informed decisions; but everybody's afraid. Where the will, alas.

Nate Rudy, Everyman. Nathaniel Rudolph Asclater Speaks
Meet Nate Rudy, American. Family man. Still, a spinning compass until he found his gun.  Nate Rudy Asclater. Shoot now, ask later, now in his mind. When does fantasy seep out.

A Day in the Life of Nate Rudy Asclater, And Gun
Nathaniel Rudolph Asclater's Wife Speaks. Asks. What is going on here? And update after Nate Rudy joins the NRA.

I Did It! Nate Rudy Joins the NRA and Keeps a Journal.
Nate Rudy has found his voice.  He writes, and writes, and writes. What is in his head, how does he see his place in life, how he can get somewhere he wants. Yes, the NRA.


But is the NRA all that Nate Rudy thinks it is? Is Nate duped? If so, How? Not at all? Does it matter, so long as Nate is happy?

Resume Activities (Curriculum Vitae): Transparency in NRA Corporate Connections Act.
Issue:  NRA official Ronald Schmeits places obfuscated references on his CV as to financial connections.  This draft legislation would ban obscure references, that produce no easy results in a search for a resume entry, or curriculum vitae. Require identification of corporate connections, particularly in banking. Transparency will enable vetting of bona fides of policy and cultural positions.  Who are the associates here? See where ambiguity in such leads us and the NRA. An avoidable dalliance - just be clear up front and the issue goes away.

Culture's Abuses. Rights of Voters, Babies, Genders,

 Rights of Voters and Juries

Free speech v Justice in political speech.
Politics is not just a matter of sales, persuasion by tactics. Politics to be just (if we seek just rulers) requires truth in political speech.  That means accountability and transparency in political speech. Apply labels to warn of speech that is speculative, and has as its agenda not information, but to polarize, propagandize and demonize. In politics, as in courtrooms, where justice is in issue, apply basic rules of evidence.  Protect voters just as we protect juries in their work. No more Robert's Rules of Order as applied in Citizen's United.

Rights of babies.

Babies and Exercise: Car Seat Abuse Ex-Car.  Stimulus Package Needed.
Get those babies out of the car seats after you are parked; and hold them when you go somewhere, for heaven's sakes. We are raising turnip-shaped flat-heads out there. And carrying weights is good for weight loss.


Women and Desire: Erotic Rocket Rule: The Elementals of Wanting. Restore rights to her own life.
Then watch her go at it.  Restore women to full and equal rights in choice, workplace, education.  That is likely to improve her Interests at home, if anyone is complaining. First come freedoms; then, desire. Is that so?

Female circumcision; genital mutilation.  Counterweight as a preventive:  Do it to the boys as well.
Stopping female mutilation requires a roughly (literally) equivalent step as to the boys.  If they had to submit to a similar procedure (circumcision does not qualify unless the male is over 12), to reduce the incidence thereof as to the girls. Stopping a practice may require expanding it elsewhere. How but to apply it to the other, to encourage male empathy..