(January 3, 2024 at 1:47 pm)brewer Wrote:(January 3, 2024 at 11:58 am)Fireball Wrote: I remember when the NRA was about firearms safety and marksmanship training. Or was I just young and naive? I'm talking about 50 years ago, now.
Certainly much less of a political entity back then.
There's a PBS Frontline on this subject. The "no compromise" strategy began in the 80's (recall Heston's "cold, dead, hands" comment). Lapierre shifted that into a money making machine.