I will defend the NRA. They have a more sophisticated strategy to protect the 2nd Admendment. They have their tentacles in both parties and are quick to punish any politician that votes otherwise. If the NRA is a one party organization, ala GOP, it would make it even harder for a pro gun Democrat (rare but they do exist) to vote for the NRA supported bill and etc. Does that mean the NRA is perfect, no, but so far they are not doing too bad of a job in Congress. They were too timid on the 2A lawsuit to the SCOTUS. They argue that it was placing all the eggs in one basket, but I think the NRA would rather have the 2A in limbo because it keeps the cause (and donations) going. It turns out that they are wrong. The NRA has plenty of business because the anti 2A movement has shifted to the states.
Reid is filth. For you (or anyone) to accept his blather about being a "gun rights supporter" (his phrase, not mine) marks you as either terminally naive or actually anti-2nd.
There is NO third possibility.
The NRA also cut a deal with the National Socialist Democrat Workers Party on campaign finance. They are becoming like AARP, willing to sell out to the highest bidder.
“They have a more sophisticated strategy to protect the 2nd Admendment.”
HORSEPUCKEY! The old joke on Capitol Hill is that the Dems want to shred the Constitution all at once and the Repubs just want to do it a page at a time. The NRA would be the ones who offered to provide the shredder, or at least make sure the plug was in the socket so it would run OK.
The NRA has morphed into the same thing that infests Washington DC. Long term, CYA, follow the money, do anything to get re-elected and get those donations (pay offs). When the NRA political elite want to pull their collective head out of their colon and realize that there is no such thing as a “single issue organization” as far as upholding the Constitution is concerned, I may think better of them. But they have become political kissasses and money chasers, not a Constitutional rights organization.
And it doesn’t have anything at all to do with political party. They can treat all politicians the same way, no matter what letter is after their name if they predicate their support and function on preserving the Constitution. And that means all of the Constitution, not just one isolated article they happen to back. The NRA should support ANYONE who upholds their oath and the Constitution, no matter what party they belong to. That is the true meaning of “non-partisan”. If all the gun-grabbers were in the GOP, then I’d expect the NRA to go after them.
As far as I can see, there’s no difference in the long term ruling elite in the NRA than in Washington, DC. Both need to be changed often because power and money corrupts and soon the only objective is to retain position because of the power and money. Wayne LaP should be the subject of term limits, just as any politician should be. After all, from where I stand, he’s just become another politician.
No, they don't.
They are not "sophisticated" enough to realize that the Supreme Court is the trump card in any single issue.
If they endorse a single Senator who voted to put Kagan on the Court, they will never get another dollar from me.
Yes, supporting and defending the man who supports and pushes through anti-gun justices to the Supreme Court is a winning strategy for the NRA! Whoops, no it’s not.