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Don't get me wrong, the NRA has done a tremendous amount of good over the decades in supporting hunting and shooting. It is their legislative efforts that sometimes compromise too much where they SHOULD be taking a hardline stance.

I could not agree more. I've nothing against the NRA, and I do not like the way the threads on this bill have at times descended into NRA bashfests.

Maybe the actions of the NRA can be attributed to a continued effort to not be seen as a too radical. I remember when the NRA's image took a real hit in the early 1990's when they started talking about Jack Booted Thugs, and President H W Bush publicly resigned from the organization.

I see this as just the opposite. They have moved too far in the other direction and have gotten too close to the likes of those taking our rights.

It's time to push hard for constitutional rights, not run away. After Virgina Tech there were as many or more calls for more guns on campus as there were those to ban. Instead of pressing the advantage the NRA rushed to 'control' a bill that never should have happened in the first place.

Trust in Schumer, Leahy, and McCarthy, with their past history of anti-human rights legislation in removing self defense options is proof of it.