Yes, The NRA Helps Gun Rights Groups Outside Of U.S. And For Good Reason

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Today, in newspapers all over the country, a report ran about how the National Rifle Association (NRA) advises gun rights groups throughout the world. This comes on the heels of an Australian “scandal” where a pro-gun political party sought help from the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.

The outrage swept across Australia, but plenty in the United States have been furious as well. Somehow, it’s forbidden for the NRA to look beyond our national borders.

In the report previously mentioned, however, they try to talk about why the NRA supposedly inserts itself in other nation’s affairs.

There are several reasons why the NRA doesn’t confine itself to the U.S.

For one, it’s helpful to American gun makers if other countries make it easier for citizens to buy and possess firearms, opening up new markets. And when other countries ease restrictions, it helps bolster one of the NRA’s most prominent messages.

“They can make the argument, you know, ‘Look, other nations don’t like stricter gun laws either,’ because one of the debate points that has hurt the NRA is that pretty much every other democratic nation has stricter gun laws than us and lower gun ownership,” said Robert J. Spitzer, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms