02-28-2018, 12:27 PM
The NRA has been a foil, to me, for years. It's not incident-specific, it's systemic.
They've given multi-millions of dollars to some politicians (Trump, Rubio, Scott, McCain...) to support their stances; stances which help gun manufacturers make as much money as possible.
The NRA has been very successful on that front -- they've consistently succeeded in preventing increased safety measures from being enacted into law, like universal background checks which 97% of the public support (including conservatives and gun owners).
Other politicians haven't received so much financially, but still benefit from the NRA-loyal single-issue voters (who are very vocal and can carry rural districts). Those politicians essentially become tethered to the NRA which can make or break a politician in such districts depending on how the NRA grades the politicians' support of the NRA agenda.
There's nothing illegal about any of that, but it's shady and detrimental to public safety, in my opinion -- especially since the NRA is constantly using fear-mongering and incendiary rhetoric to keep some gun lovers riled up and pledging allegiance to their guns with total disregard for others.
They've given multi-millions of dollars to some politicians (Trump, Rubio, Scott, McCain...) to support their stances; stances which help gun manufacturers make as much money as possible.
The NRA has been very successful on that front -- they've consistently succeeded in preventing increased safety measures from being enacted into law, like universal background checks which 97% of the public support (including conservatives and gun owners).
Other politicians haven't received so much financially, but still benefit from the NRA-loyal single-issue voters (who are very vocal and can carry rural districts). Those politicians essentially become tethered to the NRA which can make or break a politician in such districts depending on how the NRA grades the politicians' support of the NRA agenda.
There's nothing illegal about any of that, but it's shady and detrimental to public safety, in my opinion -- especially since the NRA is constantly using fear-mongering and incendiary rhetoric to keep some gun lovers riled up and pledging allegiance to their guns with total disregard for others.