Is the National Rifle Association dying?

americanthinker.com ^ | 12/17/2018 | Peter Skurkiss

[rktman]

Liberal opinion writer E.J. Dionne, Jr. of the Washington Post thinks so. He writes that the power and influence of the National Rifle Association has been broken. What he serves up as proof is the 2018 election, the one where the Republicans under the inept leadership of Paul Ryan lost the House of Representatives.

It is worth considering Dionne's argument if for no other reason than to gain insight into the liberal mind. After all, he speaks for many on the Left, and to defeat the enemy it is necessary to know them.

Before he makes his case that the NRA is fading, Dionne takes the required swipe at those in flyover country, the structure of the U.S. Senate, and by implication the Electoral College. He says:

And let's concede up front that the vast overrepresentation of rural states in the U.S. Senate tilts the system, undemocratically, towards those that claim that government is powerless to take meaningful steps against mass killings. That fact that Wyoming and Idaho have as many as Senate votes as New York and California underscores the challenges that remain.

[old-ager]

You make some great points but just too many of us have written Californica off.

I am sorry that this is happening to you, but right now there are still options as to where you can go without leaving what used to be the USA.

To my mind the best option for the US right now is one or more groups of contiguous states going constitutional and starting to nullify illegitimate US laws.

I don’t see any other way right now. Why impose our system on half of the people in the country? Let them live by their system.

[Magnum44]

Since they have never done jack for us here in California, I don’t see what purpose they serve for me.

I share your frustration. Many years back I tried to get the NRA involved in a litigation in CA that they should have supported. The explanation for not taking the case was that with limited resources, they had to fight where they could win. I support the NRA, I understand their argument, and I can still be frustrated by it. They still remain the largest RKBA by membership in the country I believe.

[shalom aleichem]

These things get top heavy, like the “Boy” Scouts

[rktman]

I thought they dropped the “BOY” out of it but the main building in Reno still has it. Maybe they can’t afford to pay to get it taken down.

[JimRed]

We should ressurect the Sons of Liberty.In my State if PA every county should have a Minute man chapter that can at a minutes notice be ready to send these liberals to hell in a gandbasket in order to protect our Constitutional rights.

Here in New Jersey that would involve hunting down and killing most state legislators and the governor. Would that be murder or preemptive self-defense?

[ASA Vet]

if they stop calling me at night to sell Viagra, “rare” coins, and insurance

How do you know what they're selling? I hang up as soon as I determine it's not a family member calling.

[sailor76]

The NRA isn’t militant enough.
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They're pussies and have been for a very, very long time.

I'm sure Wayne LaPierre has a cushy pension and is house hunting in Marco Island as I type.

[Chuckster]

Ollie North is the current President of the NRA. You would rather have a movie star? or Charles Barkley?!?!?!?

[Chuckster]

Love your analogy.

When the Canary dies, you are supposed to exit the mine.

FYI (IMO) the canary in the coal mine that is California died in 1974.

[RedStateRocker]

It’s all one mine.

[old-ager]

> I’s all one mine

That’s the question. Not agreed.

[editor-surveyor]

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The NRA died in 1968, when they shoved the 1968 Gun Control Act down our throats.

They’ve always been a fraud.

GOA has always been on our side.

[editor-surveyor]

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Charlton Heston was a total flake!

Phony-Baloney.

Pratt was the guy that belonged in there.

They took our money and went to the Whore House!

[editor-surveyor]

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The Washington Compost loves the NRA.

They eat up our money and shove gun laws down our throsts.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “ NRA raised more than $400 Million Dollars...” <<

And used it to defeat us.

[sailor76]

The NRA died in 1968, when they shoved the 1968 Gun Control Act down our throats.
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Bump That!

[Fai Mao]

There’s got to be somebody else out there who can do the job.
Here’s a list of possibles. All are 2A supporters. Pick one, NRA.

Gary Sinise, James Woods, Bruce Willis, Charles Barkley, Chuck Norris
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You forgot
Donald Trump Jr.
Kurt Russell

[Nebr FAL owner]

It would warm my heart to see ej Dionne get a bucket of gasoline thrown on the lying communist propagandist followed by a book of lit matches . It would warm his too but I doubt he would appreciate it!

[NFHale]

Dying?

Wishful thinking on the Leftards’ part.

There’s several millions of us. New, old, and all points in between.

And very, very pissed off.

[Renegade]

Preemtive!Go for it.No death penalty either.