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Originally Posted by Derwood
you may be right (I'm not a member). But in the bigger picture, the NRA has aligned itself with those politicians who like to claim what being a "true American" is, which puts them at odds (on an ideological level) with those who don't align themselves that way.
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Keep in mind that (in theory) the NRA aligns themselves with politicians who support gun owners' rights. How these politicians feel about other issues is (again, in theory) irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by Derwood
The larger point is that gun ownership/rights shouldn't be such a partisan issue.
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But is it partisan *because* of the NRA, or is the NRA simply playing the game that has already been established?