Gun Control | Imamother

dancingqueen

Fri, Nov 10 2017, 2:08 pm

Fox wrote:

At this point, the NRA would probably oppose chocolate if the government said that gun owners were required to keep a candy bar in their homes at all times. Not because they're stupid, callous, or crazy, but because the NRA-ILA sees every government action as the thin edge of the wedge to ultimately outlaw the private ownership of weapons. Why? Because that's what a lot of people who've urged gun control over the years say they want. Even on this thread, many posters have communicated the position of, "Guns serve no useful purpose but if we can't overturn the 2A, let's render it meaningless through regulation."

As long as that is a strong theme among anti-gun activists, the NRA is not going to see so-called common sense efforts as benign. Unfortunately, they're probably right,

And that attitude of the NRA is well known, and that’s why people demonize them, as you say.