{"id":4971,"date":"2010-12-15T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2010\/12\/15\/washington-post-in-tears-over-nras\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:12:41","slug":"washington-post-in-tears-over-nras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4971","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post In Tears Over NRA&#8217;s Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18476,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-dyn\\\/content\\\/article\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/14\\\/AR2010121406045.html?hpid=topnews&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:17932,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-srv\\\/special\\\/nation\\\/guns&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230530115439\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-srv\\\/special\\\/nation\\\/guns\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 16:21:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 16:58:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 08:20:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 08:20:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18477,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-srv\\\/special\\\/nation\\\/guns\\\/nra-endorsements-campaign-spending\\\/?sid=ST2010121406431&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:18478,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/pajamasmedia.com\\\/instapundit\\\/111461&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/pajamasmedia.com\\\/instapundit\\\/111461&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18479,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/confederateyankee.mu.nu\\\/archives\\\/309291.php&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:18480,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-dyn\\\/content\\\/article\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/12\\\/AR2010121202667_2.html?sid=ST2010121203267&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:18481,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/15\\\/wapo-on-nra&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:18482,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/15\\\/another-startling-revelation-from-the-wapo-article&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;},{&quot;id&quot;:18483,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/daysofourtrailers.blogspot.com\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/ahsa-bought-and-paid-for.html&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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/14\/AR2010121406045.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post ran a story today<\/a> that was intended to be a hit piece on the NRA and its influence on Congress. It is part of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/special\/nation\/guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Hidden Life of Guns<\/i><\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>In the story they decried the amount of money the NRA spent on Congressional races of which 80% were won by NRA endorsed candidates. However, if you look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/special\/nation\/guns\/nra-endorsements-campaign-spending\/?sid=ST2010121406431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the graphic presented for House races<\/a>, the striking thing is that for the majority of endorsed candidates the NRA spent nothing. As in nada, zilch, zero.<\/p>\n<p>While not true for the Senate, in the House races even when the NRA endorsed candidate lost, their opponent was usually as good on gun rights as the endorsed candidate. I wonder how the Post would like to play that little tidbit.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of good blog posts on this article in the Post. Instapundit linked to the story with the snarky intro &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pajamasmedia.com\/instapundit\/111461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>WHEN IT\u2019S <i>BAD<\/i> THAT CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS have influence.<\/i><\/a>  Bob Owens at<a href=\"http:\/\/confederateyankee.mu.nu\/archives\/309291.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Confederate Yankee<\/a> applies a proper fisking to the story as well.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in the not connecting the dots category comes this from Don Davis of Don&#8217;s Guns and Galleries in Indianapolis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/12\/AR2010121202667_2.html?sid=ST2010121203267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who only yesterday they pilloried for being number three on the list of crime guns <\/a>traced.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Don Davis, 77, has run Don&#8217;s Guns and Galleries in Indianapolis for 37 years and says he is one of the highest-volume dealers in the region. A big supporter of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, Davis resigned from the NRA many years ago. &#8220;They used to be an organization for the hunter and the fishermen,&#8221; he said recently. &#8220;Then they got into politics. They&#8217;re so political, that&#8217;s what they do with their money. Today if you say anything about a gun, they use their money to run against you.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If it weren&#8217;t for the NRA being political, Mr. Davis and his gun shop would have been forced out of business long ago by the gun control forces.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\/2010\/12\/15\/wapo-on-nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell<\/a> does a good job dissecting the Washington Post article. Also both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\/2010\/12\/15\/another-startling-revelation-from-the-wapo-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/daysofourtrailers.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/ahsa-bought-and-paid-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thirdpower over at Days of Our Trailers<\/a> caught the bit about Ray Schoenke being paid by the Obama campaign to shill for them to gun owners. I missed that part.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post ran a story today that was intended to be a hit piece on the NRA and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,176],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nra","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6045,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}