The NRA Responses

[billt]

Do you recall some legislation a few years ago that the NRA supported that would have effectively eliminated all other grass root gun rights organizations?  There are groups out there working behind the scenes and the NRA seems to become pretty effective at taking ALL the credit.  So much so that the SAF asked the courts to keep the NRA away from a case because they felt the NRA was trying to undermine the case.

While there is nothing "wrong" with other gun lobbying groups, such as GOA, and others, none of them possesses the political clout and muscle the NRA does, and most all of them never will. Mention all of them to Senators and Congressmen on Capitol Hill and they'll all tell you the NRA is who they respect, or in some cases fear, above all others.

That is not to say the NRA hasn't made some poor decisions or alliances in the past. But in this case it proves how the political partnership they struck up with Harry Reid has paid off. No lobbying group, gun or otherwise, is going to have a perfect track record when it comes to performance. But the NRA is head and shoulders above the rest. By not joining the NRA in favor of some other lesser powerful gun rights groups, gun owners are essentially "splitting the vote" much like Republicans did when they voted for Ross Perot in the 1992 elections. Or more recently all of the Ron Paul loons did by wasting their vote on him instead of Romney.

I don't agree with all the NRA does. But until another gun rights group comes along that packs more political muscle than they do, I'll keep sending them my money. This is a perfect reason as to why. This is yet another one we would have lost without the NRA.

[MikeBjerum]

+1

I disagree with the anti's that this is all about the NRA, because the NRA is you and me and nearly five million others who pay the bills to protect 100's of millions.

[tombogan03884]

+1

I disagree with the anti's that this is all about the NRA, because the NRA is you and me and nearly five million others who pay the bills to protect 100's of millions.

Let them keep thinking it's all about "the NRA" in the halls of Congress.
Meanwhile GOA, SAF JFPO etc are working below the radar in the courts.

[MikeBjerum]

Let them keep thinking it's all about "the NRA" in the halls of Congress.
Meanwhile GOA, SAF JFPO etc are working below the radar in the courts.

Once again +1, but we still need to remind the anti's that these are not faceless groups.  They are organizations made up of millions of legal gun owners.

[billt]

Once again +1, but we still need to remind the anti's that these are not faceless groups.  They are organizations made up of millions of legal gun owners.

They know it. The problem these anti gun liberals have is admitting it. People, not the NRA, stripped the gun racks bare across this country, and stood in mile long lines to get into gun shows. The liberals saw this as well or better than we did. The politicians reacted by protecting their jobs, dropping the AWB as well as other restrictive gun controls. The liberals who support them reacted by ignoring it, and blaming the NRA. Those like Andrew Cuomo who pushed restrictive AWB's of their own, have seen a sharp drop in approval ratings. They'll see worse when they face reelection.

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