pokoko on 09 October 2017
The NRA is simply too powerful. They can largely kill the career of any republican candidate who opposes them. It's why they own the republican party.
The main problem is that they present a dichotomy where they paint any attempts at logical gun regulations as "trying to take away the 2nd Amendment." That means an environment where you have to pick a side, even if what you really want is somewhere in the middle. They've done a remarkable job of turning the argument in their favor.
Even as someone who has no problem with private gun ownership (I own 3), I think the NRA is a terrible, disgusting organization that cares more about guns than lives.
