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Yep. Now it’s essentially a group run by lawyers and lobbyists who take the most extreme positions.

Frank L 64990 posts Joined: Sep 20, 2007

Posted 7:27 pm on Aug 11, 2019

Both Chris and Ned are wrong.

It was not formed as a lobbying group for gun manufacturers. It also wasn’t formed to lobby and advocate for second amendment rights.

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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
        
        Well that sure shows reasonableness. I take it they are against bazookas and BAR’s also? Frank L 9:52pm · 8/11/19
        
        Yes, they do oppose machine guns. As I said, they are far more limiting than Switzerland.NT NedoftheHill 9:54pm · 8/11/19
        
        Very reasonable folks. Frank L 9:59pm · 8/11/19
        
        The NRA. On some things I do. On their reasonableness, I don’t.NT Frank L 12:43am · 8/12/19
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        Does it hurt you to know that you agree with them?NT NedoftheHill 10:45pm · 8/11/19

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