Borderline Bar & Grill Shooting

[Belsnickel]

(11-09-2018, 11:50 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: They have a position set in a firm constitutional foundation and vigorously defend it.  You know they do that well based on the number of people who rail against them on a near daily basis.  As far as social issues, I don't recall them really pushing for or against any issue that didn't involve firearms.  I'm sure it's happened, but I don't recall it and it certainly isn't their main goal.  I will agree that they've morphed into a more aggressive organization over the years.  This may have something to do with the politicians seeking to limit firearms ownership.

I would argue the position they take that any restriction on firearm ownership is a violation of the 2A as lacking a firm constitutional foundation. Hell, it hasn't yet been a decade since our courts recognized that there was any constitutional foundation to a right to personal firearms ownership, and this has been going on for much longer than that. I think that they are extremist in their views and have lost the original vision of the organization in favor of lobbying on behalf of the firearms industry rather than the owners, but that part boils down to where their money comes from. The individual members give a paltry sum to them when compared to the manufacturers they protect.

As for the social issues, that has been something that has cropped up most recently with NRATV, which really is just a cesspool of the worst the NRA throws out there. Essentially, as someone that has my specific issues with the organization being a sportsman and former member/trained instructor, NRATV represents everything I have grown to dislike about the organization.