@georgetakei

Other examples of NRA hypocrisy:

1. Anti-communism
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

2. Anti-corruption
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

3. Protecting the Constitution
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/18/trump-at-nra-convention-floats-a-three-term-presidency-00158786

4. Rule of Law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-opens-investigation-new-york-ags-office-brought-fraud-case-trump-rcna223731

5. Protecting the vulnerable from fraudsters
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/wayne-lapierre-nra-trial-verdict-self-dealing

6. Protecting children
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/trump-to-speak-at-nra-event-in-texas-after-uvalde-school-shooting.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-cruz-stand-by-gun-rights-at-nra-convention-days-after-elementary-school-shooting

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/16/white-house-condemns-nra-ad

7. Land conservation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/nra-wilderness-clayton-williams-energy-oil/

8. Public safety
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/us-gun-control-human-rights-amnesty-international

@Npars01 @georgetakei

Gun owner here. The NRA does not represent gun owners. It represents gun manufacturers, the rich, and the GOP.

@stevewfolds @LevZadov @georgetakei

The question is why? Why in the 70's and not before?

Answer?
The NRA became an ally of white supremacy after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

That's how freaked out white Americans became about a multiracial, pluralistic slightly fairer democracy.