But, the point is that the NRA and other gun lobbies are not even nearly as massive as the shadowy conspiracy they're often described of. To some extent, lobbyists are a necessary evil: if you're a business, you might want to try and ease your business operations. But the NRA really isn't the lobbying arm of the gun industry. There's a few companies with really strong ties(Taurus, Ruger), but from what I understand, there's actually limitations to contributing to the political action fund. There's certainly ways around this: Donating money and equipment to the NRA, who then use it to provide some charity to a local police department in an area where a Republican "law-n-order and GUNZ" candidate is running against anyone left of Mussolini, isn't exactly contributing to a political campaign. But. It has political ramifications and effects. But that's an issue across the board with lobbyists, and one way they get around limitations.
I'm also pretty sure that the individual contributions of "mega donors" like the perennially villainous Koch brothers account for a larger share of NRA funding than direct funding from the "Gun Industry"(ranging from those who manufacture firearms to those who manufacture accessories or ammunition). It's not a shadowy consortium of gun manufacturers who are putting profit ahead of lives. The NRA should be looked at distinct and separate from the gun industry itself.Statistics: Posted by Bonefish — Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:42 pm
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