Could it be they lost those members because they pushed a hard line "DO NOTHING" for decades and cultivated that attitude? You cannot separate member action from the NRA's previous behaviors, so they might actually be reaping what they sowed.
I'm a multi-gun owner and I absolutely believe the NRA is absolutely what we think they are. I'm not all THE NRA IS EVIL INCARNATE, but they're not social champions by any stretch of the imagination.
The gun lobby wasn't pushed to extremes by the left. They were there the entire time and just now they're butting against a emboldened left. As a gun owner, I firmly believe they're doing more harm than good.
I'm a multi-gun owner and I absolutely believe the NRA is absolutely what we think they are. I'm not all THE NRA IS EVIL INCARNATE, but they're not social champions by any stretch of the imagination.
The gun lobby wasn't pushed to extremes by the left. They were there the entire time and just now they're butting against a emboldened left. As a gun owner, I firmly believe they're doing more harm than good.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth