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Originally Posted by Kyuu
The priority of the NRA has long been directed towards gun sales. This is apparent after its dialogue after Sandy Hook. Therefore, it is wise for many gun people to disassociate from the NRA and actually get some sound solutions put forward. For the NRA to speak against increased background checks has been astounding; and thankfully, many sound gun people disagree with that.
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You're probably right, but I perceived their stances a bit differently. I suspect their fear is along the lines of "give them an inch and they'll take a mile." Yield in any form on gun control, and it won't be long before the controls are tightened a bit more, then a bit more than that, and so on.
They have good reason to feel that way, too. Beyond the crazy rhetoric about how dictatorships started by banning guns lies the fact that there aren't many (any?) first-world nations with the access to and lax laws surrounding guns. Less than half of all Americans own guns - the numbers vary somewhere beween the low 30's and low 40's percentage-wise, meaning that gun owners aren't in the majority, either. So we see that many countries similar to us have already placed extremely heavily restrictions on firearms, and even here in America we don't have a strong majority who can be counted on to speak out against such restrictions. What's the best way to compensate and work against such an outcome? Be extreme, be aggressive, and be loud. The NRA does a pretty good job at all three.