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Gun Control & RKBA

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)

6. It was the gun controllers that made the modern NRA what it is today.

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 02:41 PM

Dec 2012

With the rise of the modern gun control movement, who are perceived as wanting to ban all civilian owneship of guns, gun owners started looking for someone to represent them. They moved into the NRA and took it over.

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Can I Say Again That I Remember when the NRA was About Safety, etc. [View all] dballance Dec 2012 OP

Same here. Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #1

thanks for understanding and growing and learning about how it operates here. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #3

and yet DU is fascinated with the Man and his Lobby. Give them more press than most of MSM. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #2

I grew up in the country. Gun safety was a norm. We didn't do any special shooting classes glowing Dec 2012 #4

Exactly! dballance Dec 2012 #5

Why guns shouldn't be treated as tools SecularMotion Dec 2012 #7

Respectfully, I have to disagree dballance Dec 2012 #9

So guns are more like power tools? SecularMotion Dec 2012 #15

No... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #17

Sigh..... PavePusher Dec 2012 #13

All the below items are legitimate hunting rifles. If you don't think one is, tell me which one and PavePusher Dec 2012 #14

It was the gun controllers that made the modern NRA what it is today. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #6

Yup. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #11

That is one kick ass post Berserker Dec 2012 #12

^^ This ^^ nt oldhippie Dec 2012 #16

Actually the gun safety, marksmanship, and other training programs are still there ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

Yep, The Lack of Blood and Guts Doesn't Sell dballance Dec 2012 #10