I strongly disagree. Other than the 1968 FOPA which gained far more than it conceded, please describe for me the NRA's "long...history of compromising on our rights."lbuehler325 wrote:That said, the NRA, as good as they have been on many gun issues, has long had a history of compromising on our rights.
BTW, here's a report resulting from the NRA's backing of that controversial 1968 FOPA, a report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 97th Congress:
I am a Patron Member of the NRA; I am not unbiased. I have been a member for decades. I believe this organization to be our best bastion against federal infringement of our Second Amendment rights.The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.
Again, explain to me me how the NRA has a long history of compromising our Second Amendment rights.