When you are increasingly out of step with everybody around you, isn't it time to reassess your position?
Not if you're the National Rifle Association, apparently. Even being out of step on background checks at gun shows with the majority of their own members doesn't trump being in step with the money bags that keep them going.
How many people opposing you is enough? Apparently, there is no limit. The NRA maintains a list of people and organizations -- a sort of enemies list, thought they don't call it that -- who have contributed or otherwise supported gun control and anti-gun violence causes. The NRA official list is very long.
I counted some 141 organizations, including the AARP, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Bar Association, American Firearms Association, American Trauma Society, American Psychological Association, Anti-Defamation League, National Association of Police Organizations, NAACP, National Education Association, National Urban League, Inc., Physicians for Social Responsibility, United States Conference of Mayors. That about 10% of the organizations.
Then there are the celebrities: 240 of them, including the macho icons George Clooney, Sean Connery (007 himself), Jack Nicholson, and Michael Douglas.
And a bunch of journalists, national figures from politics and religion, and corporations: former President Carter, Time-Warner, Levi Strauss Company, Kansas City and St. Louis professional football teams, many newspapers and news magazines, broadcasting companies, professional sports teams.
That's a pretty impressive list of enemies of your position. Isn't it time to reconsider?
Ralph
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