"NRA is really a house organ of the Republican Party."

[Va Lefty]

"It’s about using “guns” as a political cudgel, using “guns” to catalyze the resentments and grievances of conservatives, using “guns” as a bulwark against political threats to the Republican Party. Plain and simple."



https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wayne-lapierre-defends-nra-at-cpac-after-school-shooting

[Yonnie3]

1. I've aways thought it was the other way around.

The NRA owned a controlling interest in the Republican Party and the NRA planned and had them implement this strategy.

I have been wrong once, err, twice, er, never mind.

[Progressive dog]

2. Yes it is. The NRA is the Republican outreach to the

RW militias, the KKK, the new Nazis, and the rest of the far right.

[appalachiablue]

3. Looks that way for sure.

K & R