Where do you get that? Can someone tell me how the NRA’s current leadership has sold out because I don’t see it.
I’ll give you one example, because it’s handy. The NRA supported the 86 ban on ammunition and supported the 94 amendment to ban specially jacketed bullets and continues to support such a ban. In fact, the NRA brags that it drafted portions of the ‘86 ban.
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=25
I note additionally that the NRA doesn’t even mention automatic weapons on its website and avoids the issue at all costs. Antecdotally, some years ago I was telephoned by the NRA asking me to join. I made the comment to the operator that I wouldn’t join the NRA so long as it continued to support the ban on automatic weapons, and the operator replied something to the effect of “But you don’t think people should be able to own automatic weapons, do you?”
More from the NRA website:
“[T]hey claim that NRA opposes all gun laws. The truth is, NRA supports many gun laws...”
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?id=209
As far as I’m concerned, the Second Amendment is absolute. Once we allow SOME regulation, there is no longer any legitimate line at which we can make a stand to say “no more!” Every restriction can be considered “reasonable” because we’ve admitted it can be regulated.
So if I’m choosing someplace to give my money, GOA gets the check.