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"Throughout its 142-year history, the National Rifle Association has portrayed itself as an advocate for the individual gun owner's Second Amendment rights. In turn, the NRA relied on those gun owners, especially its 4 million or so members, to pressure lawmakers into carrying out its anti-gun control agenda."*
The NRA is attempting to deny an affiliation with gun or ammunition manufacturers, saying they're fighting gun control on behalf of gun owners. Large sums of money say otherwise. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies), and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) break it down.
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TYT: Does the NRA Represent Gun Owners or Manufacturers? (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Jan 2013
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. Manufacturers Clearly - Corporate Profits Must Be Preserved
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ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)2. Owners. The NSSA in Newtown is for the manufacturers
NRA tried to form a competing organization but it failed.
Only members (people) get to vote.
samsingh
(17,595 posts)3. that's easy - manufacturers
do the cigerette lobbyists care about smokers or the cigerette companies?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)4. Manufacturers.
No doubt about it. They're in bed with them.
Turbineguy
(37,315 posts)5. Follow the money.
If the NRA is not working for the gun industry, then they must be working for some foreign power. Somebody who does not have America's larger interest at heart.