{"id":2904,"date":"2012-10-15T02:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/10\/15\/r-doesnt-stand-for-republican-in-nra\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:45","slug":"r-doesnt-stand-for-republican-in-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"R Doesn&#8217;t Stand For Republican In NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15028,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.grandforksherald.com\\\/event\\\/article\\\/id\\\/246964&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.grandforksherald.com\\\/event\\\/article\\\/id\\\/246964&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15029,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pamgulleson.com\\\/press\\\/gulleson-receives-national-rifle-association-endorsement&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Anti-gun opponents of the NRA will insist that the &#8220;R&#8221; really stands for Republican. While the majority of the candidates supported by the NRA-PVF tend to be Republican it is because they also support gun rights. That said, the NRA often does support Democrats who are pro-gun such as the retiring Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC-11)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/event\/article\/id\/246964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Grand Forks Herald ran a story yesterday morning<\/a> illustrating the NRA does indeed support Democrats. In the race for North Dakota&#8217;s sole Congressional seat, the NRA has rated State Rep. Pam Gulleson (D) an A and given her their endorsement based on her pro-gun record in the State House. She faces Republican Kevin Cramer who is rated AQ by the NRA-PVF. Cramer does have the endorsement of the Gun Owners of America which does tend to be more Republican oriented. The dueling endorsements is what grabbed the paper&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>FARGO \u2013 The North Dakota U.S. House race has attracted dueling endorsements from the pro-gun lobby.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Pam Gulleson, the Democratic candidate, was recently endorsed by the National Rifle Association.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Meanwhile, Republican Kevin Cramer has picked up the backing of the Gun Owners of<br \/>\nAmerica, a more hard-line group on Second Amendment issues.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pamgulleson.com\/press\/gulleson-receives-national-rifle-association-endorsement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulleson on her website <\/a>said she was proud to receive the NRA&#8217;s endorsement and does list them at the head of her endorsements&#8217; list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Gulleson accepted the endorsement, saying, \u201cI am strong supporter of the<br \/>\n 2nd Amendment and will protect and strengthen the rights of law-abiding<br \/>\n Americans to own guns for both recreation and personal security. I\u2019m<br \/>\nproud to have received the endorsement from the National Rifle<br \/>\nAssociation and look forward to working with the NRA as a member of<br \/>\nCongress to protect gun-owners.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-gun opponents of the NRA will insist that the &#8220;R&#8221; really stands for Republican. 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