Reply #56: Yes, that's the NRA/GOP party line. It's a lie.

[jgraz]

But you already knew that.

http://www.vpc.org/studies/nrafamst.htm
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-4966-what-the-gun-industry-and-the-nra-donrst-want-you-to-know.html
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3360

I like this last one. Why would the NRA-ILA be celebrating the dismissal of a lawsuit against the gun industry? Aren't they all about "advocating for individuals"?


And this one, while not specifically about the NRA tongue-kissing gun makers, provides a few particularly revealing quotes:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/06/AR2007010601300.html

For six years, the NRA joined the Bush administration in opposing the Clinton-era roadless rule, a broad land-protection measure that put nearly a third of the national forests off limits to most development -- while keeping them open for hunters and anglers willing to walk or ride horseback into the backcountry.

My, my. Does that sound like "advocating for individuals" to you? Why do you think the NRA would go against those poor individual gun owners that they supposedly represent?

The NRA is increasingly being criticized as out of touch by some members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. A new gun ownership group is trying to win the support of disaffected hunters. Also, there is some complaining within the gun industry that NRA policies might be bad for business

Now... why would the gun industry have any reason to complain about anything the NRA does? After all, isn't the NRA just an advocacy group for individual gun owners? Sheesh, it's almost like the gun makers think the NRA is one of their employees? I wonder why that is.