With the NRA engulfed in turmoil, gun control groups are trying to convince firearms owners that there can be bipartisan solutions to gun violence that don’t infringe on Second Amendment rights.
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md. Amid all the turmoil engulfing the National Rifle Association there’s one big question: Will it still be a force to be reckoned with in the 2020 presidential campaign?
“The more gun owners I contacted, the more I found out that everybody is thinking the same thing: The NRA does not speak for us,” said Mokos, who was a founder of the Minnesota Gun Owners for Safety. At the same time, various pro-gun organizations at the state level have been more active in staking their claim as the true defenders of the Second Amendment. Many of those advocates see the NRA as too focused on raking in donations to fuel a large organization out of touch with American gun owners.
“Those folks are openly saying we have to move now while the NRA is in turmoil. They are very much trying to take advantage of this,” said Tom Gresham, who hosts the syndicated radio show, “Gun Talk.” In the first half of this year, the NRA spent $1.6 million lobbying Congress, the State and Justice Departments and other federal agencies on legislation that ranged from recreational shooting on federal lands to concealed firearms permits, according to disclosure records filed with the House and Senate.
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