NRA is a single issue organization. They do not care anything about the politics a person has in other areas as long as they vote pro gun. I believe that Reid knew he’d need the NRA’s support in 2010 and he kept a lot of gun control stuff from coming up when the Dems controlled the whole Congress and the White House. 2010 was the NRA’s paying him back for that. I don’t like Reid any more than most conservatives do but I think from a single issue 2A prospective, it was probably a wise, pragmatic move.
Yes, the NRA certainly is a single issue organization. Their support of libtards like Harry Reid, or in the past, Bill Richardson, was pretty much a deal breaker for me, but they probably are the largest and oldest 2A org out there. I do support GOA. The National Association for Gun Rights has such close ties with both the Paul’s that they seem to be just another Paul PAC. This article is dated, but gets the point across: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/04/gun-rights-group-with-close-ties-to/
Or, in fewer words, politicians are pragmatics, not principled.