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jmg257

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2. Agreed. It is imperative, as they will use the "take your guns" fear to fill their coffers,

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 08:47 AM

Jun 2016

and once again sell more guns, & especially the would be AW types, then ever.

Watching the coverage yesterday it is hard not to feel that change is coming.

Imagine if Hillary was able to join that sit-in - the wave it would have caused!

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Maybe its just me, but I think the national mood toward the NRA is taking a . . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 OP

And tying Trump to the nra will help defeat him. Ilsa Jun 2016 #1

Agreed. It is imperative, as they will use the "take your guns" fear to fill their coffers, jmg257 Jun 2016 #2

NRA, nonprofit orgaization Motley13 Jun 2016 #3

We need a petition elljay Jun 2016 #4

I'm not so sure about that. RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #5

it has been my sneaking suspicion for a long time mopinko Jun 2016 #6

They have more paid members than any special interest group- and can mobilize them Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #9

I think you're onto something there. nt raccoon Jun 2016 #19

It's not just you, Stinky ReRe Jun 2016 #7

The NRA isn't what it is cracked up to be rufus dog Jun 2016 #8

Maybe not a "sharp" turn - but a turn none the less 66 dmhlt Jun 2016 #10

Last 15 yrs have seen Cryptoad Jun 2016 #11

One huge step mainstreetonce Jun 2016 #12

The more we talk about it in that tone, the more it sinks in ffr Jun 2016 #13

I think the NRA should get their celebrity spokesman, Ted Nugent back in the spotlight cali Jun 2016 #14

Maybe but the gun nuts are still, consistently, the noisiest. We have to change that. n/t leeroysphitz Jun 2016 #15

And of course, this is the ad on the side... alp227 Jun 2016 #16

Money buys influence. saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #17

Every time I see "NRA" MynameisBlarney Jun 2016 #18