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Bowling for Columbine Question...

JesFine

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In Michael Moore's film Bowling for Columbine, they allude to the fact that the NRA is some sort of offshoot of the KKK. This was news to me, and I haven't been able to find anything to back up this claim. Mind you, they never come out and say that the two are linked in any way, it is just kind of hinted at. Specifically they say it is a "weird coincidence" that the KKK and the NRA were both founded the same year, but the implication is that this is more than just a coincidence. Does anyone have any sources or more information about this?
 
With all due respect - you expect Moore to factually support his mythology? Don't hold your breath, pal.
 
JesFine said:
...Specifically they say it is a "weird coincidence" that the KKK and the NRA were both founded the same year...
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Actually, I think their claim was that the NRA was founded in the same year that the KKK was outlawed in some state (I forget which), the implication being that all those KKK guys just changed the name of their organization. I've no idea if this is true or false.
 
I watched the sequel to "Shanghai Noon", whatever it was called.

With Jackie Chan!

It was an incredibly stupid (yet entertaining) movie, but probably a lot more factual in its historical accounts than the 'Bowling in Columbine' movie.
 
Bowling for Columbine was hilarious. Moore and Heston were better than Abbott and Costello.

Moore: Who's on first?
Heston: Where am I? Who are you?
 
The NRA was founded by two Union veterans in the state of New York in 1871 (congress did pass anti-Klan laws in 1871) and I believe that at that time Klu Klux Klan existed only in the Southern states. It might be that ex-Klanners used their local NRA chapters as fronts for Klan meetings/training and such, but it doesn't seem like the NRA was founded with that intention.
 
Wait a minute... didn't Moore say that he'd been a lifelong member of the NRA?
That white-hooded racist sonofabitch!
 
So it's not true because Michael Moore said it? But, . . .

Sorry, I forgot that in social and political matters, the rules of skepticism do not apply. ;)
 
bangdazap said:
The NRA was founded by two Union veterans in the state of New York in 1871 (congress did pass anti-Klan laws in 1871) and I believe that at that time Klu Klux Klan existed only in the Southern states. It might be that ex-Klanners used their local NRA chapters as fronts for Klan meetings/training and such, but it doesn't seem like the NRA was founded with that intention.
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Interstingly enough, in most of its incarnations, the KKK has been active in the Northern states. Indiana's political machine was a KKK establishment for some time. In Oregon, the KKK was responsible for much anti-Foreigner, anti-Catholic violence.

While most people do think of the South when they think of the KKK, that's not accurate.
 
Yeah, despite some of the sarcastic responses on here, I figured he must have had some evidence to back up this claim, even if it was weak evidence. I mean despite some people's claim otherwise, it was a documentary and much of his "mythology" is backed up by facts.
 
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