[ForOurFuture]

24 National Rifle Assn $13,970,669 8% 90% 17% 82%

Why the hell did the NRA give nearly 1/5 of all it gave in 2002 to Democrats?

This just confirms the reasoning behind my not being a member. Gun Owners of America may be smaller and less influential, but I bet the money it does give doesn't go to Democrats.

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Odd that it gave more than the previous cycle. Maybe trying to win some over. Or, that $$ may have been directed at specific Dems who are more friendly to them than others. The money is not lump sum you know.

[billhilly]

Larry Pratt may tell you otherwise, but a fair amount of democrats support the second amendment. Those who do, correctly it seems to me, get the support of the NRA.

Have you ever heard of a Republican hunting season? No? Think about it. I've been a republican all of my life, and some of the best wing-shots that I have hunted with were democrats. Quite a few of them have been members of congress. Have you ever heard of the Congressional Sportsmen's caucus? It's the biggest caucus in the house and senate.

Even women such as democratic US Senator Blanche Lincoln, of Arkansas, are members. I can tell you first hand that she can shoot, and does often. She also knows where the Crappie holes are around Helena, Arkansas too.