by The Firearms Policy Coalition attracted the attention of The Trace for calling out Kamala Harris as being authoritarian. Given that the FPC has it roots in California I think they know of what they speak. The Trace said the FPC was “even more strident than the NRA” which is correct in my opinion. I think The Trace’s writer was horrified that someone would drop the F-bomb when speaking of the selected (not elected) Democratic candidate for President.
This led to someone who goes by Factotum leaving this comment:
They don’t get that we view the NRA as the Romney of gun rights groups
— Factotum (@emery__bored) July 24, 2024
That has got to be the most brutal tweet I’ve ever seen about the NRA. I don’t necessarily agree with it but I can see why someone would write it given the NRA’s long history of accommodation. One need only look to the NRA’s role in the recently overturned bump stock ban to see that.
I don’t have that negative of an opinion of the NRA. I spent a lot of my career hanging around legislators and sometimes you have to compromise and fight another day if you want to stay effective. The absolutists don’t get this as they occupy a different niche in the gun rights ecosystem. Over the years the NRA has been more effective than GOA or SAF or NSSF. That has changed recently with the corruption scandal.
I’m not sure he is wrong… sigh…