Newsflash to CNN (but NOT gun owners) NRA’s political Cash Comes from You & Me

By Ammoland

by Chad D. Baus

Ohio –-(Ammoland.com)- Those who who oppose the individual right to bear arms recognized by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution love to talk about the “gun lobby.”

They claim that while a majority of American people opposes the “gun lobby,” their elected representatives are enslaved by money provided by this “gun lobby,” supposedly made up of evil corporate gun manufacturers via the NRA.

There is no doubt in my mind that CNN set out to prove these claims when they began working on what eventually became an investigative piece which became known as “The Money Powering the NRA.”

The problem for CNN, and for the anti-gun rights extremists with which they sympathize, is that they found something else entirely.

After first noting that corporations do donate millions to the NRA, and specifying the majority of these donations fund NRA initiatives like member newsletters, sporting events and gun safety education and training programs, the article goes on to explain that NONE of this money is used to support legislators. That’s because “companies are barred from donating to the NRA’s political action committee, which the agency uses to fill campaign …Read the Rest

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