I must've misread the intent of your 'billions' part of your post. Could be that you could've communicated your intent better? It's certainly not clear. Writing can be tough, I know.
Many would believe that you are simply disconnected from reality and drinking the koolaid. But don't worry. The 2nd Amendment, supported by the NRA, is there it help make sure the 1st Amendment is there so that you can write whatever you want, for the most part, whether it's accurate or not.
Show me the numbers that say that most hunters cannot support them. That's a broad stroke begging for evidence. Even if that is true, it comes down to education on what the NRA does vs. a liberal, politically correct mega press and public education (in general) machine they are fighting against that many cower to without understanding the other side of the issue. Much of it's raised money goes to support gun safety programs and hunter education and most of it'd donations are small individual amounts. Even a CNN article says so.
The money powering the NRA
Even CNBC can see that the NRA's influence and 'power' is widely overstated. It's the liberal press that makes them the target:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/nra-money-isnt-why-gun-control-efforts-are-failing-commentary.html
This is what Huntingdog45 wrote
"I’m sorry but i just cannot buy into that. The upper brass at the NRA would not give 2 craps about gun rights if we were not spending billions. I think it is incredibly naive to believe otherwise. Sure that’s what they want you to believe but there are a bunch of people getting very rich off of “defending the 2nd amendment.”It's unclear by what he wrote whether he meant by "we are giving billions to the NRA or to buy guns". That's because he wrote "if we weren't spending billions" and didn't finish his sentence with "on guns". Don't feel bad jmden, your reading comprehension skills seem fine!!
Huntingdog45 is saying and I'm kinda paraphrasing. that we are spending billions on guns, who are the gun industry who are scratching the backs of the NRA. The NRA top officials are making a ton of money off of this and are donating a little over 2 million to politicians at the federal level to keep the gun industry alive. He says those figures are very accurately reported. I'll ask by who?
He says defending the 2nd Amendment is a huge industry within itself. I'd say that the NRA receives millions of dollars from members and the gun industry, yes. And the NRA donates money to politicians, right. Then he says that the politicians gain the most? What is gained?
It seems like what he is saying is the Gun Industry and the NRA and politicians is a big racket? He says non of this can be denied, yet his argument is weakly worded and poorly supported. Oh and he gives absolutely zero back up or sources for his information.
I don't disagree for one moment that the gun industry probably donates a lot of money to the NRA. I'm sure some of the reasons is they sell guns and want to continue to sell guns, of course. There is nothing wrong with that, not to me. I also believe that a large portion of the NRA funds come from NRA members like me, who am a life member.
So to all this I'll say to Huntindog45, so what? The gun industry gives the NRA a lot of money and so do people like me. The less restrictions and regulations the easier it is for the gun industry to sell more guns. The NRA donates money to politicians. Of course they do they are a lobby group that supports the 2nd Amendment. This is part of their job. I'll say it again, so what?
The NRA is out of touch with the American base? Says who? And even most hunters? You can't be serious? However, the NRA is not perfect and I know some that would rather have different spokespeople with a little different tone. However, it's real rare to hear hunters say the NRA is out of touch, at least for me. Look at this forum for example.
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