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keithbvadu2

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18. The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #17)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 07:39 AM

Jul 2020

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leaders.

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NRA Accidentally Forgets To Rise Up Against Tyrannical Government. [View all] Soph0571 Jul 2020 OP

Paranoia about "jack-booted thugs" was all just an NRA marketing campaign to sell more guns. sop Jul 2020 #1

Alright, I'm parking my car inside........ MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #2

Satire Soph0571 Jul 2020 #4

But well-crafted, point-well-taken satire. Paladin Jul 2020 #7

Indeed! MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #11

Exactly. Where exactly is Wayne La Pierre and the NRA ... ananda Jul 2020 #14

Little Petie didn't say it. He didn't have to RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #15

Rumor going around is some of those feds are actually AntiFa in disguise! Or maybe I just made brewens Jul 2020 #3

2A was just a co-opted marketing plan. It was really about selling guns, looking cool, and beer bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #5

exactly Locrian Jul 2020 #6

It's too scary for NRA"s "well regulated Militia" stand up against the Border Patrol jackboots. NCjack Jul 2020 #8

HELL Yeah! A Clear n Present D Jul 2020 #9

+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #10

Why aren't all the militias & "patriots" literally up in arms against Feds kidnapping people? Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #12

"Somehow masks are tyranny but government disappearing citizens is not tyranny." bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #13

Somehow masks are tyranny but government disappearing citizens is not tyranny. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #30

Bundy, Bundy, Bundy, Bundy RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #16

Bundy and his crew are to busy kacekwl Jul 2020 #21

Malheur NWR occupation central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #25

You have to know how to translate NRA hype to understand. Aussie105 Jul 2020 #17

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety. keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #18

Hey, it was a busy year. First, they held the Wayne LaPierre lookalike contest, Buns_of_Fire Jul 2020 #19

Rightwing nutjobs armed to the teeth ... Martin Eden Jul 2020 #20

Police state tyranny moondust Jul 2020 #22

For once, LaPierre makes a good point. JohnnyRingo Jul 2020 #23

I've been saying this for years -- don't wait for all the 2nd Amendment nuts to defend Nay Jul 2020 #24

They may get their chance soon central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #26

Stand your ground question. The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #27

Truth! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #28

K&R lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #29

We need MORE well-armed leftwing militias marching NickB79 Jul 2020 #31

We need more responsible gun owning leftwingers around dustyscamp Jul 2020 #33

They took over an Oregon bird sanctuary a while back DBoon Jul 2020 #32