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I think that winning a court fight that benefits over 35 million people is a darn good reason to belong to the NRA. (Ok. I will concede that some of the Liberals do not consider it a benefit).
The above is directly connected to the NRA's mission and objective of protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States, particularly the 2nd Amendment. And they are the best and most effective organization at protecting the 2A. For them to align with the other party would be complete nonsense these days. The NRA will not devote resources to take down the borders, march in gay pride parades, support 3rd trimester abortions, promote the latest pie-in-the-sky luxury communism scam, or any of that. If one is looking for support with those types of initiatives, the NRA isn't your go-to organization. But, for fighting the 2A fight on the real battlefield -- in the courts and in politics -- they are the best-positioned organization to do the heavy lifting.
Exactly. The NRA should stick to the gun issue, and only to the gun issue. Wayne Lapierre writing editorials in the American Rifleman against socialism (and implying that all the Democrats are "socialists") is clearly moving into the realm of "something else." In fact, I think that the NRA's desire to be a major player in politics generally is one of the reasons it took the stances it did on bump stocks, and on "extreme risk protection orders." LaPierre, Cox,etc. were acting like populist politicians and not like advocates for gun owners.I want the NRA to be pro-gun. Not pro or anti anything else.
Some time ago I unfollowed some of the NRA's social media accounts after it became clear that they were turning into a media arm of the GOP.Exactly. The NRA should stick to the gun issue, and only to the gun issue. Wayne Lapierre writing editorials in the American Rifleman against socialism (and implying that all the Democrats are "socialists") is clearly moving into the realm of "something else." In fact, I think that the NRA's desire to be a major player in politics generally is one of the reasons it took the stances it did on bump stocks, and on "extreme risk protection orders." LaPierre, Cox,etc. were acting like populist politicians and not like advocates for gun owners.
In fact, I think that the NRA's desire to be a major player in politics generally is one of the reasons it took the stances it did on bump stocks, and on "extreme risk protection orders."