Reply #154: right

[HankyDubs]

"To the extent that subsection (a)(1) prohibits a person who enters into a contract described in such subsection from making any independent expenditure or disbursing funds for an electioneering communication, such subsection shall apply only if the value of the contract is equal to or greater than $50,000."

So this applies only to organizations or individuals contracting for $50,000 or more. So this is all about electioneering and bribery, not speech. The NRA is free to say anything it wants, but its bribery arm would have been severely restricted if they wanted to continue to leech off the government. Or it could have chosen to accept $49,999 for its supposedly patriotic activity. Or it could have created an entirely separate entity in order to provide training, one that is totally unaffiliated with its various bribery activities.

Isn't it a bit ironic that the NRA tells its members to fear duh gubermint, while at the same time it is collecting large sums of cash from that same government?