National Rifle Association Special Interest Groups

Special interest groups refer to organizations or group of people with shared objectives or interests that seek the advancement and accomplishment of their aims through a broad range of strategies. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is among the most prominent and influential special interest groups in the United States with more than 5 million members. The National Rifle Association of America had more than $163 million in assets and annual revenues of $227.8 million in 2010 with consistent support from individual and corporate members. The special interest group receives support through the political allies in the Congress along with the corporate members that fund the lobbying campaigns. The lobbying allows the NRA to influence legislation and recruit more members from the legislative bodies. The primary objective and agenda of the NRA are to promote the firearm ownership rights along with political advocacy regarding the Second Amendment (Hickey, 2012). Political lobbying and continuous recruitment of members for increasing the support and activist base are the primary tactics of the support group to advance their objectives. …show more content…
This association support their personal, financial, security oriented issues so that they can work proactively in different public schools of the United States. The overall ideology is to also support and enhance the perspective of public education in the United States. Through publications and online counseling, they convince the decision makers and the parents of the children to enroll their children in different public schools. They have collaborated with different organizations with a mission that every child should be educated regardless of their socio economic