Just like they were late to Heller, where the hell are they? Why have they not publicly come to this business side publicly, financially and any way possible to fight this travesty. But 80% lowers are bad for FFL's who give them a large amount of money.
The NRA can't be everywhere. There's only a couple of million members out of hundred of millions of gun owners and many millions more in the public at large.
It's an organization of citizens for a cause who all chip in some funding and some feedback to be somewhat more effective.
The NRA is really lead by its members. If NRA members rally to a cause, the group should support and champion it.
But also they only have a limited quantity of money and they need to budget and focus it where it will most likely succeed and be helpful.
I mean some of the anti rights crowd have unimaginable amounts of money to plop on their personal pet issues. And yet these interested million and billionaires often are the ones playing up that the NRA is monolithic NRA and evil and over powered, but it represents several million people and so it has a better, more tempered respect to its influence on an issue. Which in comparision, the few mega-rich of the antirights movement whom represent such a large amount of the people and money in the issue, its disgusting.
Here a couple of billionaires who throw their weight and considerable millions around are complaining about the
unfairness of 4 or 5 million people who put some money in to a group to get their politics better represented and defend their rights.
Hmm..
Alternately, the top guys in the Association make some big bucks, I think I read LaPierre pulls down around 600k a year? I could be mistaken. Could seem a little iffy.. Who am I to judge?
There are also probably hundreds of other vocal rights groups that are more locally/regionally specific and also have a good ability to reach out in these situations and lend support. Having people locally would seem to lend great convenience.
I as an NRA member would want them to help Ares Armor.
But they do rally to so many that I could understand if some slip through.
I think one of the NRA's biggest strengths is in communication. They could print an article in many magazines and get the word out to lots of people which really should help raise awareness and action on the issue.