First of all, let's take a step back and look at what how far we've come.
While it can't be denied that the gun control factions have been fighting tooth and nail, the plain fact of the matter is that we HAVE been making progress, and good progress, since the GCA of 1968, which can arguably be said to be the height of gun control in this country...that, and the few years through the 70s.
And while there have been gun control measures pushed in various places, serious progress has been made on concealed carry and open carry across the states, and this includes reciprocity. It's NOTHING NEAR like how restrictive it was back in the 70s and early 80s.
May issue has almost completely gone by the wayside. Half the states were "may issue" in 1986. Today it's 8.
In 1986, one state was constitutional carry. Today it's 27 and the numbers are still increasing.
We fought our way through the 1994 AWB by getting a 10 year limit placed on it and then blocking any moves to continue it or make it permanent.
More states have moved to make open carry legal where it wasn't before.
NC finally managed to get rid of their ridiculous pistol purchase permit requirement.
And, of course, we've now incorporated the Second Amendment against the states, though there are a few which are bucking this as hard as they can.
And more Supreme Court wins besides that.
I realize this doesn't mean we've "won". The war for our rights (not just the RKBA) will NEVER be "won". As Thomas Jefferson said, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." The battle is never ending and we must always fight the good fight.
So stop with the doomsday thinking about the necessity of the NRA's future role. The plain fact of the matter is that we're STRONGER today not just because of the NRA...but because off ALL the efforts of ALL the organizations people have established to fight the good fight.
The NRA's corruption HURTS our cause. WE DO NOT NEED THAT KIND OF CORRUPTION. Until they can go fix themselves, they are at best causing as much harm as they are good. And all talks about shoring up the NRA through this when they've clearly demonstrated no actions to correct this is a CONTINUED waste of time and resources.
A map showing gun rights changes for the last almost 40 years.
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