obviously not powerful enough since there are companies financially suicidal enough to sponsor his propaganda.
He claims the NRA has gotten so big and financially powerful through relationships with gun manufacturers that “they’re not a lobbyist on Capitol Hill, they’re a gun manufacturer rep.”
I refuse to believe this. Instead, I believe the NRA is made up of basically conservative people, many with military or law enforcement backgrounds, who have studied history and know that freedom depends on this individual right. Walsh appears to be someone who benefitted from a tragedy, became rich beyond his initial capabilities, traded up to a trophy wife, and now, surrounded by his affluence and protectors, claims the rest of us have no right to protect ourselves. In other words, he’s got his but the rest of us can’t have it.