The NRA was not established to protect rights, Ned.

Chris94 39360 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 3:40 pm on Aug 11, 2019

It was created as - and remains - a lobbying organization designed to protect the financial interests of the gun manufacturers.

It’s like the Tobacco Institute.

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The NRA was not established to protect rights, Ned. Chris94 3:40pm · 8/11/19
- I don't want to embarrass you, Chris, but you are outside your area of expertise on this. NedoftheHill 4:10pm · 8/11/19
  - You’re simply wrong Chris94 6:02pm · 8/11/19
    - I respect that you recognize your earlier post is wrong, so you changed. But, you're still wrong. NedoftheHill 8:16pm · 8/11/19
      - Membership is irrelevant. It is a lobbying org for gun manufacturers.NT Chris94 8:34am · 8/12/19
        
        Membership, especially of that magnitude, makes all the difference. You are wrong, Chris.NT NedoftheHill 11:38am · 8/12/19
  - It was initially a sportsman’s group. No lobbying and they didn’t give two shits about handguns. Frank L 5:47pm · 8/11/19
    - And supported several kinds of gun control they oppose today.NT MAS 7:16pm · 8/11/19
      - Yep. Now it’s essentially a group run by lawyers and lobbyists who take the most extreme positions. Frank L 7:27pm · 8/11/19
        
        Call it what you will. They do necessary work that many people don't appreciate. Like ACLU of old. NedoftheHill 8:19pm · 8/11/19
        
        And like the ACLU of old they often take extreme positions. The ACLU constantly fought even Frank L 9:11pm · 8/11/19
        
        The NRA has accepted and supported many reasonable limits. For example, the ban on automatic weaponsNT NedoftheHill 9:19pm · 8/11/19
        
        Back then they were a sportsman’s group. Of course they weren’t in favor of full military weapons. Frank L 9:26pm · 8/11/19
        
        And they still are not in favor of civilian ownership of full military weapons like M-16s. NedoftheHill 9:35pm · 8/11/19
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    - Yep, my father had been a member since his childhood. iairishcheeks 6:14pm · 8/11/19
      - AR's are the types of guns most protected by the 2nd Amendment. Others are secondary.NT NedoftheHill 8:25pm · 8/11/19
      - So, he became a communist gun-grabber?NT MAS 7:17pm · 8/11/19
      - Still have my grand dad’s card from the late 30’s.NT Frank L 6:53pm · 8/11/19

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