New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA...

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(08-07-2020, 09:21 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, there are already groups out there that would step up to fill the void of the fight for 2A rights, and many gun owners frustrated by the mismanagement of the NRA have already shifted to those groups. SSF and I have discussed this very thing on here in the past. None of them have the history or reach of the NRA, but that could change. I think the biggest void that will exist is the one that the NRA has really filled from their beginnings: teaching firearm safety.

The NRA is still the standard for firearms instructor training in this country. It's actually something that has aggravated me for a long time. I used to be an NRA instructor so I could teach Scouts how to shoot. I let it lapse specifically because of my many disagreements with the NRA and my desire to not give them any of my money. There really isn't another organization ready to take up that mantle. It'd be nice to see something like the CMP get a new mission and the resources to make it happen, which could keep the fight for 2A rights divorced from that mission which would allow for a more apolitical system. But this is wishful thinking on my part.

I'd think their instructors would still be out there though, right?  

I'd also think that even with that their instructors varied from place to place.  I agree that having a national standard is the way to go but I know from personal experience that the further the teacher is from the head office the more the instructions can vary.

And I fear that any group that takes up the 2A battle will also see how much money can be made and be jumping in for the wrong reasons too.