> We have just had a very clear demonstration of what happens when a Judas goat becomes a leader. It is not an accident that the NRA Democrats are from mostly conservative areas. They know that without their NRA bonafides they’d have a hard time getting elected or reelected.
>I am not an NRA life member but have lived with one for forty years. I’m not unfamiliar with the organization and it’s aims, which I fully support and respect. But I do not speak from a position of ignorance, but rather from one of long observation.
It has to be understood what the NRA’s agenda is. It’s not conservative politics as a whole, just the RKBA. By the measure of their goals, they are doing just fine. No new gun control legislation has even been considered. Courts are overturning existing gun control statutes which have been in place for years. Concealed Carry keeps expanding across he country with more and more reciprocity.
You expect them for some reason to break with their obviously effective methodology to take up your causes for you. It is not going to happen. Yes, I understand the NRA supports people who could potentially do them harm, but the key word is ‘potentially’. The harm is not happening from a second amendment point of view and that is what matters to the NRA. A single focus organization is just that, single focus.
Honestly I would rather the second amendment be accepted by all parties as untouchable and politics moved on to something else, so I wouldn’t have to worry about the issue. Would such a state of politics bother you?
Where in the world did you get such a ridiculous idea? I certainly didn't say anything like that. My “cause” in this instance is the very same as the NRAs, you seem intent on preaching to the choir.
"Honestly I would rather the second amendment be accepted by all parties as untouchable and politics moved on to something else, so I wouldn’t have to worry about the issue. Would such a state of politics bother you?"
Of course it wouldn't bother me, anymore than then a statement that free speech is guaranteed by the Constitution and be therefore set aside as untouchable...but you see how that is going don't you?
Let's agree that we have a different opinion of how to achieve our mutual aims and be done with this conversation. You seem to be unable to process what the danger is, hopefully you'll never find out, but I fear you'll be greatly disappointed in the near future.