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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:16 AM Feb 2018

Why does the NRA have a seat at the table?

Better yet, why is no one from the media asking this?

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SHRED
@Hobie_SHRED
Why does the #NRA have a seat at the table and no other entity does? None from the gun control side.
We didn't vote for the NRA and to top it off they don't pay taxes.#GunControlNow#GunReformNow #NeverAgain

7:06 AM - Feb 23, 2018

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Why does the NRA have a seat at the table? (Original Post) SHRED Feb 2018 OP

According to gunners, NRA is only one that understands the deplorable gun situation in this country. Hoyt Feb 2018 #1

Republicans voted for them Turbineguy Feb 2018 #2

Because They Bought Their Seat At The Table ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #3

True. Money talks, and talks even more loudly after Citizens United, exactly as predicted. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #6

money and politics. unblock Feb 2018 #4

Those seats aint free. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #5

They paid good money for that seat, mister. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2018 #7

Pretty much the same reason the insurance people were allowed to sit at the table and direct traffic old guy Feb 2018 #8

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. According to gunners, NRA is only one that understands the deplorable gun situation in this country.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:18 AM

Feb 2018

Do I need sarcasm thingie?

Turbineguy

(37,355 posts)

2. Republicans voted for them

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:20 AM

Feb 2018

by inference.

ProfessorGAC

(65,085 posts)

3. Because They Bought Their Seat At The Table

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:20 AM

Feb 2018

I'm sure you've seen the list shown right here at DU detailing the $ they gave to dozens of elected officials.

Doesn't make it right, but that is the reason.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. True. Money talks, and talks even more loudly after Citizens United, exactly as predicted.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:29 AM

Feb 2018

And did the legacy media point out 8 of 9 folks at the "tone deaf, not listening" session were Republicans??

unblock

(52,267 posts)

4. money and politics.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:22 AM

Feb 2018

they are very effective political bloc. partly because they steer a lot of money and partly because many of their members are single-issue voters (or nearly so) who will vote for whomever the nra tells them to vote for.

this means predictably republicans the vast majority of the time, so their influence in general elections isn't actually as great as they make it out to be; but they can be very influential in primaries, particularly the republican ones.

there's also a bit of a multiplier effect when you have enough money to scare politicians. if a republican candidate is pro-gun, they can scare the democratic candidate into dropping reasonable gun control proposals simply by threatening to "target" that district/state.

welcome to democracy, american-style.