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The '''National <s>Redneck</s> Rifle Association''' (or '''NRA''') is a batshit [[political action group]] that promotes ownership of [[gun]]s<ref>For some really odd reason smoothbore weapons like shotguns are covered, despite the use of the word "rifle," implying only "rifled" firearms.</ref> in the [[United States]] at all costs.<ref>In case money isn't solving the problem, it is likely that they'll simply point their guns at everyone, if not actually shooting the opposition to death.</ref> Not surprisingly, it has knee-jerk reaction against even the most mild [[gun control]] legislation<ref>Despite the fact that the [[Second Amendment|related constitutional amendment purportedly allowing gun ownership]] does not explicitly define what "arms" ''are''.  Suitcase [[nuke]]s anyone?</ref> or even the ''enforcement'' of the existing gun laws.<ref>As seen on the first term of the [[Obama]] administration: "No new laws" somehow means "Future gun control laws" for those guys.  This contrasts with the NRA's stance during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] years, when they ''advocated'' more vigorous enforcement of existing gun laws as an alternative to passing new gun laws.</ref> They are not well known for teaching their members how to properly debate (shout at) increased gun control proponents, and as a result, most members resort to clichès such as "guns don't kill people, people kill people," "a bad guy with a gun can only be stopped by a good guy with a gun," and other ineffective/heartless sound bites.
 
The '''National <s>Redneck</s> Rifle Association''' (or '''NRA''') is a batshit [[political action group]] that promotes ownership of [[gun]]s<ref>For some really odd reason smoothbore weapons like shotguns are covered, despite the use of the word "rifle," implying only "rifled" firearms.</ref> in the [[United States]] at all costs.<ref>In case money isn't solving the problem, it is likely that they'll simply point their guns at everyone, if not actually shooting the opposition to death.</ref> Not surprisingly, it has knee-jerk reaction against even the most mild [[gun control]] legislation<ref>Despite the fact that the [[Second Amendment|related constitutional amendment purportedly allowing gun ownership]] does not explicitly define what "arms" ''are''.  Suitcase [[nuke]]s anyone?</ref> or even the ''enforcement'' of the existing gun laws.<ref>As seen on the first term of the [[Obama]] administration: "No new laws" somehow means "Future gun control laws" for those guys.  This contrasts with the NRA's stance during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] years, when they ''advocated'' more vigorous enforcement of existing gun laws as an alternative to passing new gun laws.</ref> They are not well known for teaching their members how to properly debate (shout at) increased gun control proponents, and as a result, most members resort to clichès such as "guns don't kill people, people kill people," "a bad guy with a gun can only be stopped by a good guy with a gun," and other ineffective/heartless sound bites.
  
After the [[Sandy Hook massacre]] that claimed 20 children as victims, the NRA finally shut up...for a while. Many naively hoped that they had finally come to their senses, but instead, they used their meeting to propose more guns to stop gun violence and blame everything but guns, including [[mental illness]], violent [[video games]], and movies. Of course, despite clamoring for a national mental health database, [[Hypocrisy|they naturally recoil at the thought of a gun registry and as of this writing, their National Firearms Museum which glorifies violent movies is still open for business.]]<ref>http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/02/video-nra-blames-violent-films-for-mass-shootin/191980</ref>
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After the [[Sandy Hook massacre]] that claimed 20 children as victims, the NRA finally shut up...for a while. Many naively hoped that they had finally come to their senses, but instead, they used their meeting to propose more guns to stop gun violence and blame everything but guns, including mental illness, violent [[video games]], and movies. Of course, despite clamoring for a national mental health database, [[Hypocrisy|they naturally recoil at the thought of a gun registry and as of this writing, their National Firearms Museum which glorifies violent movies is still open for business.]]<ref>http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/02/video-nra-blames-violent-films-for-mass-shootin/191980</ref>
  
 
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The National Redneck Rifle Association (or NRA) is a batshit political action group that promotes ownership of guns[1] in the United States at all costs.[2] Not surprisingly, it has knee-jerk reaction against even the most mild gun control legislation[3] or even the enforcement of the existing gun laws.[4] They are not well known for teaching their members how to properly debate (shout at) increased gun control proponents, and as a result, most members resort to clichès such as "guns don't kill people, people kill people," "a bad guy with a gun can only be stopped by a good guy with a gun," and other ineffective/heartless sound bites.

After the Sandy Hook massacre that claimed 20 children as victims, the NRA finally shut up...for a while. Many naively hoped that they had finally come to their senses, but instead, they used their meeting to propose more guns to stop gun violence and blame everything but guns, including mental illness, violent video games, and movies. Of course, despite clamoring for a national mental health database, they naturally recoil at the thought of a gun registry and as of this writing, their National Firearms Museum which glorifies violent movies is still open for business.[5]

Activities that aren't (too) political

The NRA supports firearms education for both children and adults. They occasionally make contributions to the BSA and other organizations.[6] Despite their highly politicized nature, their education programs are usually sound in both concept and execution and do a generally good job teaching the fundamentals and importance of firearms safety. This, of course, isn't doing much to reduce the proportion of gun crime.[7][8][9][10]

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  1. For some really odd reason smoothbore weapons like shotguns are covered, despite the use of the word "rifle," implying only "rifled" firearms.
  2. In case money isn't solving the problem, it is likely that they'll simply point their guns at everyone, if not actually shooting the opposition to death.
  3. Despite the fact that the related constitutional amendment purportedly allowing gun ownership does not explicitly define what "arms" are. Suitcase nukes anyone?
  4. As seen on the first term of the Obama administration: "No new laws" somehow means "Future gun control laws" for those guys. This contrasts with the NRA's stance during the Clinton years, when they advocated more vigorous enforcement of existing gun laws as an alternative to passing new gun laws.
  5. http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/02/video-nra-blames-violent-films-for-mass-shootin/191980
  6. American Rifleman: NRA & BSA—100 Years of Partnership November 19, 2010
  7. If you trust the evil UN!
  8. Or a shockingly-well cited Wikipedia!
  9. Or StatsCan!
  10. Or the National Institute of Justice!
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