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The NRA supported the Mulford Act.

• giantg2 6y ago
  Yes, and they also set up chartered gun clubs in African American communities in the 60s. The one founded by Robert Williams is probably the most well known.
• SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
  And the Democrats were the party of slavery. The similarly is just as that isn’t the same Democrat party as today, neither is the NRA. The NRA supporting some specific gun control schemes is what caused their coup.
  • giantg2 6y ago
    They still support some gun control today when it's politically advantageous, such as the bump stock ban. Seems there's another coup based on the recent financial issues...
    • SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
      Your perspective is entirely wrong from the ground level view of what happened. The NRA never supported or advocated bump stock bans. End of story really. They realized like everyone else this wasn’t a hill to die on and didn’t fight too hard, but did fight a little. Bump stocks were “legal” not by a law or any official regulation, only by the ATF’s previous judgment. The ATF, NFA Tech branch specifically was able at any time to change their mind on this, and that was the reality everyone knew. This is how the ATF operates, “judgments” they often contradict themselves on, not law. Bump stocks were a hot topic for a month and the only supporters that were worth listening to were arguing on grounds of the ATF ability to “determine”, not that they were fans of the product. In the gun world, no one liked bump stocks. So no one was really going to fight for them.