I knew Neal Knox. He was a great man, a tremendous thinker.
The NRA has been active and complicit in the passage of every unconstitutional gun law in the past two centuries.
The NRA was formed in 1871. It is only 153 years old.
I believe Neal, if he were alive, would disagree with you. Neal worked very hard to reform the NRA from within. Unfortunately, he failed, because of the illegal acts and greed of insiders in the NRA.
But to portray the NRA as complicit in the passage of every unconstitutional gun law, because it attempted to mitigate the damage of the proposed laws, (with considerable success!) which were before Congress, is hyperbole.
Hindsight is excellent. If Neal Knox had been the Executive VP, we would be in much better shape. But it is all anti-factual because it did not happen.
We would almost certainly be in much worse shape if the NRA had not worked hard to mitigate the damage of the bills passed by Congress.
The NRA was formed in 1871. It is only 153 years old.
What we are discussing did take place in parts of two different centuries. Three if you want to get technical, but I agree it might be considered a stretch. The NRA chooses to believe they weren’t really politically active till after the nineteenth century. Why, would be a question to ask.
I knew Neal Knox. He was a great man, a tremendous thinker.
I didn’t know him except through his writing, but we are in complete agreement as to the character of the man.
But to portray the NRA as complicit in the passage of every unconstitutional gun law, because it attempted to mitigate the damage of the proposed laws, is hyperbole.
I believe Neal saw through the mitigation scam used by the corrupt NRA to excuse their complicity. His quotes in the book “The Gun Rights War” compiled by Chris Knox agree with me, but that may be my take and you could also be correct.
I’ll stand by my position and you yours, it doesn’t change our position relative to the good character of a man who has not been replaced in the battle for individual rights. How I miss his brilliant tell it like he saw it writing and heroic stand for the second amendment.
It’s been a while since I have engaged in a back and forth. I forgot to detail your writings from mine, but since it is just us, (no pun intended), I figure you will be able to deal with it.
Thanks for the reasoned reply.