09-27-2019, 12:53 PM
(09-27-2019, 12:33 PM)GMDino Wrote: Not sure who is still paying the NRA other than diehards.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nra-receives-millions-fro_b_848727?guccounter=1
since 2005 contributions from gun industry “corporate partners” to the NRA total between $14.7 million and $38.9 million.
Among the NRA’s “corporate partners” who gave $25,000 or more to the organization are 22 that manufacture firearms, including such well-known gunmakers as: Arsenal, Inc.; Benelli; Beretta USA Corporation; Browning; DPMS Panther Arms; FNH USA; Glock, Inc.; H&R 1871, LLC; Marlin Firearms; Remington Arms Co., Inc.; SIGARMS, Inc.; Smith & Wesson Corporation; Springfield Armory; and, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Of the 22 gunmakers, 12 manufacture assault weapons. Also among the NRA’s “corporate partners” are numerous high-capacity ammunition magazine manufacturers or vendors.
This explains why the NRA opposes certain policies (like universal background checks on all gun purchases) that a large majority of its own members support. The NRA is there for the gun makers, not the gunowners. Criminals account for a large part of the demand for weapons in this country. The NRA does not want to cut off that part of the market.
