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Dustlawyer

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15. The NRA is another PR/Lobby firm for gun manufacturors.
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 12:41 PM
Jul 2016

The members are really more like a front for them. It also helps them sell more guns since they know their target customers info.

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People are beginning to see the toxicity of their message. Even here, long standing NRA apologists Squinch Jul 2016 #1
Now I understand what happened to Mitch's chin:he shot off his mouth, and lost his chin with it. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #2
Amazing that such a small-calibre round would do that much damage. NT Jerry442 Jul 2016 #5
I've always suspected that a lot of pro-gun money... Jerry442 Jul 2016 #3
The NRA is another PR/Lobby firm for gun manufacturors. Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #15
The NRA was never the huge power many made them out to be hack89 Jul 2016 #4
Gun laws are passing alright. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #16
Three weeks ago Rhode Island rejected an AWB for the third consecutive year. hack89 Jul 2016 #17
They've always been a paper lion underpants Jul 2016 #6
Maryland sank $100 million into ballistic "finger printing" before ending the program due to Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #8
Meh, doubt it means all that much... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #7
Beat me to it, Wounded Bear SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #13
Using those numbers sarisataka Jul 2016 #19
Looks like good news to me. Less money for them to use. writes3000 Jul 2016 #9
A long term analysis would be interesting. 2013 was a banner year b/c of Obama's gun control push aikoaiko Jul 2016 #10
A look at the chart might be instructive. Straw Man Jul 2016 #21
Not really sure its a drop in membership , as much of less influx of life members... jmg257 Jul 2016 #11
128 million Astraea Jul 2016 #12
THESE SHOCKING STORIES FLOAT UP EVERY NOW AND AGAIN... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #14
So are these numbers sarisataka Jul 2016 #18
fuck the NRA Skittles Jul 2016 #20
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