3 Reasons Not to Trust the NRA
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#3. The NRA Doesn't Represent Most Gun Owners
The NRA claims to have around 4.5 million members, which sounds
impressive until you consider that there are an estimated 50 million gun
owners in America, and that's not counting the ones who scared
pollsters off their lawns with shotguns. In other words, about 90 percent of gun owners aren't in the NRA. The Quiznos loyalty card program probably has a better subscription rate than that.
And while some NRA members are the sort of people who build survivalist
compounds deep in the wilderness, others actually disagree with the
organization on several issues. For example, a large majority of NRA
members support criminal background checks on gun buyers,
which goes against the NRA's stance of glancing at buyers to make sure
they don't have "the crazy eyes." So sure, the NRA represents gun owners
... just not many of them.
You do realize that Cracked.com is a satirical site, no?
ReplyDeleteNo. You've misunderstood. It only appears to be satirical to the uninformed. In reality it is a highly respected, refereed sociological journal that publishes only research meeting the highest of academic standards.
DeleteI seem to have missed my sarcasm control meds, today.
That's why it has so many pages about celebrities--I don't know how I could have misunderstood...
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