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keithbvadu2

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

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 10:18 AM

Feb 2023

To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

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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The NRA Has Lost More Than a Million Members [View all] kpete Feb 2023 OP

Good. But the damage is done. They did a good job for the PutinGOP. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #1

Agreed............... Lovie777 Feb 2023 #2

Yep. Make Americans loathe each other and give them guns. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #4

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #19

You Hit The Nail On It's Head SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #21

Guns are sacred, people are worthless. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #26

Very well said PatSeg Feb 2023 #33

So true and well said judesedit Feb 2023 #41

+2 appalachiablue Feb 2023 #43

From the Shining City on the Hill LastDemocratInSC Feb 2023 #7

Exactly. And they are making little assault rifles for children now. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #9

Wrong. the damage continues. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #16

Yes but the point is that the NRA is no longer needed. It did its job perfectly. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #18

Summed up by "Joe, The Plumber." (Remember that asshole and his 15 minutes of fame?) 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #34

Exactly. Yes I remember him. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #35

You mean Mad_Machine76 Feb 2023 #39

Not to mention many gunner shifted to other gun groups Amishman Feb 2023 #56

+1 Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #57

They stopped being a "members" organization long ago Bristlecone Feb 2023 #3

It really doesn't matter, the NRA gets its power from the vast fortune the gun makers give them RAB910 Feb 2023 #5

Gun makers and the Russians! FSogol Feb 2023 #8

Oops, forgot about Putin RAB910 Feb 2023 #14

That's right. With just 4 million members they wouldn't have the influence that they do. Buckeyeblue Feb 2023 #10

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leader keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #22

Very true RAB910 Feb 2023 #47

Not to mention Putin and his oligarchs. KPN Feb 2023 #29

That is confusing Tickle Feb 2023 #6

Mid 40% of gun owners of the world are from........ Lovie777 Feb 2023 #11

The percentage of Americans owning a gun has steadily declined over time. Joe Cool Feb 2023 #13

Then there are the whackadoodles who own an entire basement-full of guns. Crowman2009 Feb 2023 #36

The NRA has always inflated its true membership numbers Joe Cool Feb 2023 #12

And, DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #51

They need to lose their influence over politicians IronLionZion Feb 2023 #15

Several stats could put this in better context: TheRickles Feb 2023 #17

That's 25% less power than what they had during the Obama administration fescuerescue Feb 2023 #20

LaPierre stated membership at 4 million 3 years ago. JohnnyRingo Feb 2023 #23

The NRA's power, besides money DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2023 #40

Good kevink077 Feb 2023 #24

NRA dues and solicitations keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #25

Repeal the 2nd Amendment. The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #27

That Is Sooooooo Unrealistic SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #31

I am not saying it will happen. The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #37

If not repeal, reinterpret the Second Amendment gratuitous Feb 2023 #46

Decrease in membership is indeed about financial impropriety--not about the guns MissMillie Feb 2023 #28

Bingo. Straw Man Feb 2023 #59

How many Russians... Historic NY Feb 2023 #30

I have family who hunt and they've been DONE with the NRA for a while underpants Feb 2023 #32

So wayne was accused of financial misdealings, huge numbers, and he is STILL niyad Feb 2023 #38

Pretty amazing isn't it? That guy's "sell by" date expired 20 years ago... thenelm1 Feb 2023 #54

Sure would be nice enough to see them shrink down to where they can be drowned in a bathtub Scalded Nun Feb 2023 #42

No idea, but my hunch might be more about the mass shootings than the malfeasance lindysalsagal Feb 2023 #44

Yet, the NRA still get what it wants...Not because of the number of members, but because of how much Chainfire Feb 2023 #45

The NRA is an Anti-American Organization of seditious traitors. . . Edwcraig Feb 2023 #48

The article blames 'financial impropriety'. Aristus Feb 2023 #49

The cold rain of pain falls mainly on Wayne Blue Owl Feb 2023 #50

I think they lost a lot of left leaning indies and Democrats due to Trump. SYFROYH Feb 2023 #52

Hopefully the downward spiral continues Emile Feb 2023 #53

they represent paranoid gun humping ASSHOLES Skittles Feb 2023 #55

thoughts and prayers but... republianmushroom Feb 2023 #58