Reply #13: Let me see

[alwynsw]

An estimated 280,000,000 firearms in the possession of an estimated 80,000,000 Americans at last count. The NRA does work to preserve 2nd Amendment rights. Those rights mean that those estimated 80,000,000 firearms owners can continue to own and operate those estimated 280,000,000 firearms. That's a very important issue for firearms owners like me and many others on DU.

We may not agree with the leadership choices of the NRA or their agenda in total, but we do appreciate them working to preserve our rights. I have no idea what the current membership of the NRA is, but the do speak for all firearms owners by proxy.

When you have at least the partial ear of 80,000,000 potential voters because you support their 2nd Amendment rights in the face of the control and confiscation freaks, that makes you the proverbial 800 lb. gorilla.