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The NRA is no longer seen by many gun owners as a pro-2nd amendment org...they have become a mouthpiece for the gun INDUSTRY and will periodically support curta
by junkscience2017 9y ago
The NRA is no longer seen by many gun owners as a pro-2nd amendment org...they have become a mouthpiece for the gun INDUSTRY and will periodically support curtailing rights in favor of increased sales for gun manufacturers
I don't know why America thinks gun owners universally support the NRA
- krapp 9y ago>I don't know why America thinks gun owners universally support the NRA The only organization I've ever heard gun owners talk about when also talking about the second amendment is the NRA, and the NRA is the only organization known by the general public that claims to speak on behalf of gun owners. Americans believe it because the NRA has been very successful at branding itself as the de facto voice of Second Amendment politics, and gun owners haven't put forth any effective opposition to that.
- junkscience2017 9y agoit is true that they dominate the media...but the tide is turning. we need net neutrality to counter the well-funded and sometimes-anti-2nd-amendment voice of the NRA
- eigenstuff 9y agoThey more than dominate the media as the loudest pro-second amendment voice, they straight up have your elected representatives by the balls and bullied into submission. This episode of Fresh Air from a couple months ago about the NRA is pretty horrifying. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555859571/nra-backed-gun-laws-have-found-success-in-state-legislatures-across-the-u-s https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555859571/nra-backed-gun-laws...