[Man50D]

As an NRA member, I want the organization to look out for my best interests; not the GOP's.

This issue goes beyond a political party. It involves the first Amendment rights of all Americans. Many if not all those who are NRA members will have their first Amendment rights sacrificed rights as individuals so the NRA can maintain its second Amendment rights. Sacrificing one right for another will only lead to the destruction of all rights for all individuals. Self interest is the mechanism by which socialists seek to divide the country. They did it with bribes to Senators to support the unconstitutional Obamacare and they have now done it with the NRA.

By your line of reasoning it would be acceptable for another group to sacrifice Americans second Amendment rights in order for a group to preserve its first Amendment rights.

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By your line of reasoning it would be acceptable for another group to sacrifice Americans second Amendment rights in order for a group to preserve its first Amendment rights.

But that is precisely what you are asking the NRA to do. You expect them to sell out their members' right to keep and bear arms to serve some other purpose.

The NRA is a single issue advocacy group. It is not some sort of conservative political action committee nor is it a wing of the Republican Party. The NRA has the tremendous influence it does because it stays narrowly focused on one issue. It doesn't wander off topic to go serve the whims of the GOP or whatever conservative group to address issues unrelated to the Second Amendment. It is neither conservative nor liberal; neither Republican nor Democrat. Thus the NRA has influence on both sides of the aisle.

To the extent that the First Amendment affects the Second, the NRA's sole obligation is to the membership. They have protected the rights of their members under this bill and thus their work is done.