I post a reply there, in a varying theme I use all the time when the liberals complain about the “all powerful NRA”.
(Quoting one of their paragraphs) “The gun lobby. The National Rifle Association and other groups funded by the gun industry “
Fournire is just another sock puppet for the Left, as with this usual lie. He also displays their usual hypocrisy, for they are complaining about the very creature they created. Shades of Mary Shelley!
I have been a Life member of the NRA since 1957. Back then the NRA was only interested in promoting gun safety and target shooting. When the Jihad against firearms ownership began in the ‘60s, they were slow to react, saying it was “ungentlemanly” to get involved in “that kind of politics”.
After getting suckered into supporting the “one time” 1968 Gun Control Act, they finally realized what kind of odious people they were up against, rolled up their sleeves - and the rest is history.
I AM enjoying immensely the exploding heads at dumpsterunderground.com. They are already saying Obama’s bitter, childish tirade tonight promised gun control by EO. THAT will be some dust-up.
“After getting suckered into supporting the “one time” 1968 Gun Control Act, they finally realized what kind of odious people they were up against, rolled up their sleeves - and the rest is history.”
The NRA was not really *for* the 1968 act. The gun industry might have been, because it cut off the competition of cheap imports of military surplus.
The 1968 act was aimed directly at the NRA, because they made much of their money off of mail order ads in The American Rifleman.
After the 1968 act, there were no more mail order ads. They had to rely on membership ... and the modern NRA was started.
The Modern NRA is a direct result, although unintended, of the “gun control” campaign in the United States.