The NRA should be ashamed of itself
Maybe it’s petty jealously or pure greed, but we do not see another option with the NRA supporting H.R. 5175. It is very apparent that the NRA is trying to put all other gun rights groups out of business. A monopoly case could be made. However the government will not bring a case against themselves for a monopoly they create. This bill H.R. 5175 could shut down all other groups like GOA, SAF, and others. Is the NRA upset that not only lawsuits got filed but got to the supreme court by another organization specifically the SAF? (Second Amendment Foundation). All members of the nra need to contact the nra and tell them it is absolutely not a good idea to sell out all the other firearm and second amendment groups. This verges on the side of criminal. It is at the VERY LEAST unethical. If the nra gets in then ALL OTHER groups need to be in as well. All or nothing you petty nra. Deal with the fact that others are doing the same job or get out of the business all together.
Benjamin Franklin said,
“We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
-In the Continental Congress just before signing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
contrasted to
David Keene, NRA First Vice-President wrote,
“The NRA is a non-partisan, single-issue organization made up of millions of individual members dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment. We do not represent the interests of other organizations. That’s their responsibility. Our responsibility is to protect and defend the interests of our members. And that we do without apology.”
-In an email NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 17, No. 24 dated June 18, 2010 as they accepted the House exemption just before the House passed HR 5175 on June 24, 2010.