Many people call the NRA (National Rifle Association) the most powerful organization in the United States. The way the association has handle some mass shootings at school grounds and over the american people has been awful. This organisation is persistent to stop the gun right activists,the gun control movements, and laws. This with the excuse that the government is trying to take away the citizens of america their right to bear their firearms.The essay will explain, the evolution of the NRA, their tactics to take some control over congress and the overall power the organization has. The evolution of the NRA was an overwhelming one. According to The History And Evolution Of The NRA “The NRA started as a group to help people improve their marksmanship in 1871, it became heavily politicized in the late 1970s, when newer NRA members decided to focus more on halting gun control legislations instead of recreational hunting and safety training.” This shows that the NRA has been much of the political side that recreational and the proper safety training, as
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are a lot. According to CNN “Since the 1990s, the powerful pro-gun NRA has targeted the heart of what most legislation is based on: studies about the effects of gun violence.” This shows that the NRA has targeted the evidence of gun violence and the proof of there ever being gun violence. As stated in CNN ”If a bunch of people do research and generate solid evidence that suggests firearms policy should be reformed and either firearms or people who used them should be regulated in new ways, (if I'm a gun-rights advocate,) I'm not going to like that." “So, I'll simply prevent the evidence from being collected in the first place. It's a brilliant strategy, and (the gun lobby) succeeded." This means that the gun lobby prevented the evidence from being collected. They succeed and were able to make people feel that the new gun control laws were not
are a lot. According to CNN “Since the 1990s, the powerful pro-gun NRA has targeted the heart of what most legislation is based on: studies about the effects of gun violence.” This shows that the NRA has targeted the evidence of gun violence and the proof of there ever being gun violence. As stated in CNN ”If a bunch of people do research and generate solid evidence that suggests firearms policy should be reformed and either firearms or people who used them should be regulated in new ways, (if I'm a gun-rights advocate,) I'm not going to like that." “So, I'll simply prevent the evidence from being collected in the first place. It's a brilliant strategy, and (the gun lobby) succeeded." This means that the gun lobby prevented the evidence from being collected. They succeed and were able to make people feel that the new gun control laws were not