11-09-2018, 09:55 AM
(11-09-2018, 01:36 AM)Benton Wrote: Agreed. Unfortunately, the NRA is strictly against basic training. They're shooting themselves in the foot on this issue.
Which is baffling to me. The reason is because I remember an NRA that was all about promoting the safe handling of firearms. That was their main goal and purpose. Teaching people how to enjoy shooting sports safely. When I say I remember this organization, I really didn't even know the full extent of which that organization existed. I remember the transition period, but apparently this shift started in 1977. I just learned this while typing this post and I want to see if I could find anything about the change. This article popped up: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-nras-true-believers-converted-a-marksmanship-group-into-a-mighty-gun-lobby/2013/01/12/51c62288-59b9-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html?utm_term=.f369abef7316
It is an interesting primer on what happened to the NRA to get us to the point, today, where it isn't even just a lobbyist for the gun industry but an overall conservative PAC where they rail on social issues as well as gun rights issues.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
