RE: America's obsession with guns
May 8, 2017 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2017 at 6:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 8, 2017 at 2:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote:-again, that's actually the aim of the NSSF, not the NRA.(May 8, 2017 at 1:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote: I don't think you understand? The NSSF isn't the NRA. The NSSF is the corporate lobby that exists to pursue (and shield) the interests of firearm manufacturers. The NRA is engaged in other business™.
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Buddy, lol...the NRA -does- lobby, but it's not the one that you're talking about when you talk about corporate lobbies protecting manufacturers. Another lobby does that, quietly. The NSSF. They're far more effective at that task due to their relative anonymity, whereas the high profile nature of NRA efforts and allegiance point to the actual service that -it- provides.
You agree they do lobby. AND, BOTH are not designed to promote gun safety, BOTH are heat shields for the industry.
Quote:So all you are pointing out is simply a lesser known entity that is still part of a protection racket.I think it's important to know what you're actually bitching about, if you're gonna bitch. It makes the bitching relevant. Don't you think?
Quote:The NRA receives donations from the makers, do they not?OFC.
Quote:The NRA courts politicians do they not?No, the NRA -makes- politicians, the NSSF courts them. The NRA is a political incubator and ideological litmus test. A manufacturer of political capital. The NSSF goes out there and grabs whatever politician is for sale, like all corporate lobbies, they "donate" across the political aisle. The concerns of gun owners are rarely the pressing concerns of gun manufacturers. The misery that the corporate gun lobby in the US causes...doesn't really materialize in the US, it materializes overseas, in conflict zones..actual, as opposed to imaginary free-for-alls.
Quote:<----If I am correct then nothing in your post changes anything. It simply is being pedantic on your part.So you understand, then, why bitching about populist party politics and bitching about corporate lobbying aren't the same thing? Just like bitching about americas "gun epidemic" and bitching about americas gun problem aren;t the same thing? What are the chances, in your opinion, that you come to some effective solution regarding one...by constantly confusing it for the other?
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