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[BryanSayWhat]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

that's the word of a single idiot at a convention run by a group that literally supported Reagan as a beacon of freedom after he sent a letter supporting the assault weapon ban in 1994.

This is the irony of the left condemning the NRA. The NRA has two (2) sides. The "organization" and it's "members".

NRA as an "organization" is actually very much for "AWB, limited capacity, compromises and etc.". It's the "members" that actually get the NRA to not compromise on "certain" issues.

One of the best examples was the ban on Military Surplus 7N6 5.45x39mm. The ATF reclassified 7N6 as "armor piercing" due to one (1) company supposedly importing one (1) AK "pistol" that could shoot 5.45. The NRA and it's members just let this happen, because 5.45 was/ is somewhat of a niche caliber (but it was extremely cheap to buy and shoot).

The ATF then tried to do the same thing with SS109/ M855 NATO 5.56x45mm (what the vast majority of AR-15's are chambered to shoot). It was the actual "NRA members" in this case that were able to make the NRA step up and stall the Obama Administration from doing so.