if the NRA is truly 'the leader in firearms education', as their website touts....

[spanone]

why is there not a single mention of the CT incident on their website?

why are they not calling out to all gun enthusiasts to lock up their weapons when not in use?

where are their sympathies and prayers?

[bongbong]

1. NRA prayers

> where are their sympathies and prayers?

They're praying that the current furor doesn't' result in any more gun laws. As for the victims - they say "fuck 'em".

[spanone]

2. i suspect you're right. gun lobbyists......

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. They once were.

Years ago, that was the NRA's primary function: promoting competence and safety among shooters. And to be fair, they still operate those programs, and they're very good. Unfortunately, the organization has shifted its focus to politics, and extremist politics, at that. They have a radicalized, hyper-political leadership that convinces rank-and-file members to keep them in power via scare tactics.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. They remain the primary provider of shooter education, instructor training, and range insurance

Very few of the screeders understand that

[Lizzie Poppet]

5. Indeed so.

My issues with the organization (and the reason I cancelled my membership more than a decade ago) stem from their politics alone.