The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - NRA to expand lobbying to other conservative causes

mack59 · April 9, 2012, 08:40 AM

Just a political hit piece presented as news - the enemies of gun rights and the NRA are always working to marginalize the NRA as it is the most politically powerful voice when it comes to second amendment rights. If they can paint and demonize the NRA as a "conservative" and/or single party organization they can effectively marginalize NRA support in the gun owning community and neutralize their effectiveness and political clout.

This kind of political garbage has been going on for years and there will be more hit pieces on the NRA the closer it gets to the election. The NRA has endorsed and will continue to endorse political candidates from both parties based on their support of gun rights. That is the key and the foundation to the NRA's political power - the knowledge of candidates/politicians in both parties that they can get the NRA's support or enmity based their support of gun rights. The NRA leadership is well aware of this and have no intention of losing that power by becoming a lapdog of either political party or of some political movement outside of gun rights.

April 9, 2012, 08:40 AM	#39
mack59 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2004 Posts: 447	Just a political hit piece presented as news - the enemies of gun rights and the NRA are always working to marginalize the NRA as it is the most politically powerful voice when it comes to second amendment rights. If they can paint and demonize the NRA as a "conservative" and/or single party organization they can effectively marginalize NRA support in the gun owning community and neutralize their effectiveness and political clout. This kind of political garbage has been going on for years and there will be more hit pieces on the NRA the closer it gets to the election. The NRA has endorsed and will continue to endorse political candidates from both parties based on their support of gun rights. That is the key and the foundation to the NRA's political power - the knowledge of candidates/politicians in both parties that they can get the NRA's support or enmity based their support of gun rights. The NRA leadership is well aware of this and have no intention of losing that power by becoming a lapdog of either political party or of some political movement outside of gun rights.