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The same can be argued against the NRA: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/16/behind_the_nras_money_gun_lobby http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/16/behind_the_
by rooshdi 14y ago
The same can be argued against the NRA:
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/16/behind_the_nras_money_gun_lobby http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/16/behind_the_nras_money_...
- damoncali 14y agoAbsolutely true. They use propaganda and emption as much as the anti gun crowd. But that link is way off base. The NRA is as pure a grass roots organization as exists in American politics. The gun industry is tiny. The NRA's lobbying budget is no where near the top of the list of political spenders. But they have roughly 4 million members (give or take - it grows in times of need) who are extremely passionate. They open their wallets, they vote, they organize, and they have an uncanny political memory. They terrify politicians (as the citizens should) because they are a well organized, focused group of single issue voters without party affiliation. When someone from the NRA sends a letter saying "don't vote for this or I won't vote for you" it really means something. They're not like the suburban housewife who demands that politicians "do something about guns" and then forgets about it a month later. That is where the NRA gets it's power. The gun industry and their money is peanuts.
- rooshdi 14y agoThen why doesn't the NRA support most of its members when the vast majority of them want background checks on all gun sales? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/31/nra-leadership-members-divide-on-universal-background-checks/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/31/nr...