The NRA was one of the last entities to join in - it was started by several Military Style Rifle Manufacturers being rejected by Reed, and then Cabella's and other big names followed suit. As usual, the NRA waited until it determined which way the wind would blow for its decision before taking the plunge. (And I say that as a Life Member - they are consummate politicians!)
Note too -- Reed tries to label the guns as "modern sporting rifles", and calls them MSR later in their excuse. All of the rants we've seen from the misguided sheeple prattling their socialist mentors mention that they are only against the use of Military Style Rifles, not Modern Sporting Rifles. As I understand it, there are no military-designed or built single-bearer weapons that did not start out as a civilian creation.
Thanks for the explanatory comments. All you said sounds very credible to me.
In my opinion, NRA would be more effective without the effort spent annoying members.
ILA is quite another thing.
They do good work. Have been defending our 2nd Amendment for many many years.
Yes, they can be 800 lb. gorillas. Thank God for that.
We the people are the last vanguard to our liberties. The POLs who oppose us should remember we actually do vote. Some do. Others become brazen at times and normally pay dearly for those diversions.