Gun Control Reform Activism

gun movement took over the NRA. Prior to that the NRA was all about sportsmanship, safety, training and marksmanship. After the coup of 1970 it became about self protection, guns everywhere, concealed carry and fear mongering to help sell more guns. After the coup the NRA got more of it's income from the gun industry than it did from its membership. The focus shifted from all the things that hundreds of years of safety training and marksmanship to selling guns.

Fear sells guns. Talk to the gun rights movement supporters and they tell you that you must have a concealed gun on your person with a round in the chamber and 19 more in the magazine so you can be ready at less than a second's notice to open fire on the 'bad guy with a gun'. They talk about 'situational awareness' and have contests called Three Gun where a shooter will compete with an assault weapon, a pistol and a shotgun on tactical courses shooting at popup man-shaped targets.

Like my dad said to me, don't hate a man (or group) just for what they are, get to know them first. You'll find a good reason.