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By ALANA ABRAMSON Updated: March 2, 2018 4:20 PM ET
The National Rifle Association and its allies have found their political influence under fresh scrutiny as gun control advocates push for new restrictions and corporations sever their ties in the wake of the deadly high school shooting last month in Parkland, Florida. But outside the gun control debate in Washington, membership in the NRA and gun rights groups across the country, which includes more than five million Americans, is spiking, according to people familiar with the numbers.
The spike isnt a surprise, as such increases happen whenever people feel their Second Amendment rights are under threat, and many groups reported similar surges after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. But as gun control groups seek to use the anti-NRA backlash to mobilize their grassroots, recruitment this time seems to have taken on a more urgent tone.
Wake up people and see whats happening!!!!, Charles Cotton, a member of the NRA Board of Directors, wrote on a message board, TexasCHLforum.com, a site described as the focal point for Texas firearms information and discussions, earlier this week. [Former New York Mayor Michael] Bloomberg and Hollywood are pouring money into this effort and the media is helping to the fullest extent. Weve never had this level of opposition before, not ever. Its a campaign of lies and distortion, but its very well funded and they are playing on the sympathy factor of kids getting killed. If you really want to make a difference, then start recruiting NRA members every single day.
The NRA better be 15 million strong soon, or this is only going to get worse, Cotton, who didnt respond to a request for comment, added on the message board.
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Squinch
(50,949 posts)the gun companies are all going bankrupt.
Let's put out that the "National Anti-gun Imbecility Association" membership has jumped to 15 million.
That is "according to people familiar with the numbers." I.E. you and me.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Hello, NO!