Gun Control Reform Activism

I was an NRA member, long ago, before they ran off the rails. Comparing the old NRA to the current organization gives me a few ideas about what they want.

Their members are much more interested in military style weapons, particularly what we commonly call assault rifles. They feature short barrels, a rapid rate of fire, 20 or more rounds in a magazine, low recoil, attachments for laser sights or night vision equipment, and other features that make them suitable for miltary or paramilitary use. The NRA will probably seek legislation and administrative decisions making it easier to buy and sell such weapons by creating loopholes and exemptions.

Of course, they will continue to fight against any and all gun control measures at all level, because their membership now includes a rather large fraction of genuinely insane people who believe, for example, that background checks are just a prelude to rounding them up and sending them to a FEMA death camp.

Perhaps the worst thing they will do is support any candidate who declares allegiance to the Second Amendment. No matter how crazy that candidate might be in other respects.

In other words, more of the same. It's working for them, so they'll stay with it.