Leaked NRA pamphlet targets “Animal Rights Terrorists”

January 16, 2007

On December 22nd, a blog called Wonkette.com posted a leaked 27-page fundraising booklet that they said had been produced by the National Rifle Association (NRA). It was such a bizarre piece of propaganda that many thought it a hoax. However, the pamphlet soon proved to be the genuine article—a highly polished draft of "Freedom In Peril: Guarding the 2nd Amendment in the 21st Century" (

www.rawprint.com/images/nrf8_perilfinal_fpr.pdf)—"stolen" from an NRA office.

This NRA pamphlet casts the world's fate in the most alarmist tones, warning of an imminent confrontation between a conspiracy of "evil" forces on the one hand and God-fearing, law-abiding gun owners on the other. The inevitable result: forced disarmament of the entire country, and thus a total and irrevocable loss of Freedom, Democracy and Civilization. Of course chief among the NRA's terrifying array of demons are "The Animal Rights Terrorists"—namely PETA, HSUS and the Fund for Animals.

The booklet is worth your attention if only for the stunning graphic-novelesque design and artwork. The amazing illustration of the animal rights "terrorists" (on page 18) is priceless, and provides a fascinatingly rich level of detail as well as a glimpse into the minds of NRA leaders. The hairy-legged, tattooed, Birkenstock-wearing hippie gal and the dynamite-carrying owl just have to be seen to believed.

Anyway, I've written an article about this pamphlet from the animal rights perspective on my blog (http://animalrighter.blogspot.com) if anyone's interested.

Mat Thomaswww.animalrighter.org