NRA Membership down as much as 30%

[AndyS]

6. First, you are right in that there are more extreme groups, GOA first among them

but second you are wrong about the NRA and it's influence in the last few years. The oldest gun group in the country has well worn paths to the doors or sympathetic legislators. The others are both newbies to the political side of things and so extreme that they frighten some of the legislators they target (pun intended) for support.

No other group yet has the likes of the ILA to craft legislation and put it on desks at both the state and federal level. They'll get there but not yet. The GOA was a major factor in the Texas "Constitutional (it's not) carry law, packing the open discussion and intimidating law makers but they are novices at the big time. They will learn but they'll find themselves facing a mature anti violence movement unlike the NRA which had no opposition for the first 30 years of the 'gun wars'.