Put down the Kool-Aid and try again ...
Were you around in 1968 when the MSM steamroller came through? I was. The NRA, then less than one million members, was the only force able to divert the true aim of the anti-gunners from registrations and bans.
We lost some, but not all. We’ve been holding the line and gaining some of the rights back. Have you noticed that WWII army surplus rifles are again on the market? These where the guns the MSM demanded be banned back in 1968.