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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 06:30 AM Apr 2013

The NRA Has Been Outstandingly Successful Where It Really Counts

http://www.businessinsider.com/state-laws-nra-right-to-carry-gun-control-2013-4



The National Rifle Association has taken center stage as the main opponent of the White House's plan to enact new gun control mechanisms at the federal level.

But the real battle the NRA fights is at the state level, where they have been extremely successful at loosening gun laws over the past decade.

A review of the NRA legislation news page has shown that the organization has had at least 230 full legislative victories on the state level in the past ten years alone.

Looking at the data collected about legislation that was signed into law, states passed an average of 4.8 NRA-backed laws since 2003.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/state-laws-nra-right-to-carry-gun-control-2013-4#ixzz2PUOswBFa
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The NRA Has Been Outstandingly Successful Where It Really Counts (Original Post) xchrom Apr 2013 OP
So has al Qaeda. baldguy Apr 2013 #1
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