Alex45ACP said:
The NRA doesn't want the 2nd Amendment to be protected. They're a big business now, and if the 2nd Amendment was safe they would go out of business.
I'm sorry, but this is a groundless piece of nonsense that has been repeated over and over again.
First of all, what would make the 2nd "safe?" Do you think all the anti- groups are just going to go away?
Secondly, the NRA has many functions besides legislation. They run ranges and competitions and and training programs and youth programs and a million other shooting-related activities. The legislative action arm is a small fraction of overall NRA activities.
We hear over and over on this board about how the NRA is only about hunting and skeet shooting, with little interest in firearms rights. Well, it is true that there are many shooters and many NRA members who are not as concerned with gun rights as they should be. So, the NRA sends out materials warning members about threats against their gun rights, and then they get criticized for hyping up nonexistent problems to preserve their own existence. Which is it, people? You can't have it both ways.
Also, Bart Roberts had a good example citing the abortion batte. Just because Roe v Wade got decided the way it did, the pro-choice groups didn't just disappear. And I can guarantee you, if Roe gets overturned, the pro-life groups won't disappear either.
So, does your same concept apply to the anti's? I guess they don't really want guns banned, because if guns were banned they would go out of business, right?
Shoot, I guess we can just forget about all this. The anti's aren't serious. They aren't really trying to get any gun bans passed. It's all a propaganda stunt. Go home everyone, and vote for Hillary. It doesn't make any difference.