GUN WARS – AT 12:41 P.M. ET:  I am not a member of the NRA.  (I was at one time.)  But I think the group is often treated unfairly, blamed for killings when the blame always resides with the murderer.

Now some corporations, with their usual spines of Jell-O, are canceling commercial agreements with the NRA, fearing their liberal customers.  Some cities are making it clear that they won't welcome NRA conventions.

But a pro-NRA backlash is building.  From Fox:

The governors of Kansas and Nebraska are each opening their doors to the National Rifle Association’s annual convection after a top Dallas official suggested the gun rights group find a different host city.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican, took to Twitter on Friday to say that he and other residents in the Cornhusker State “love our constitutional rights” and welcome the convection in their state.

Kansas Gov. Kris Kobach has also invited the group.

“I’ve already reached out to the @NRA and urged them to bring the #NRA convention to #KS.,” Kobach tweeted Friday. “Kansans love our right to keep and bear arms. Kansas is the most pro-gun state in America. Our right to keep and bear arms const. amendment passed by greater margins than any other state.”

Their remarks follow Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who in the aftermath of the deadly Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school, said the NRA should “reconsider” coming to his city because “there will be marches and demonstrations.”

COMMENT:  It might be more thoughtful if the mayor pro tem would address the crime problem in his city.  Barring the NRA won't save one life.

It might also be wise if some of these self-righteous fools who are grandstanding this issue would team with the NRA in teaching gun safety.  But that's what grown-ups do.

February 24,  2018