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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by artimaeis on Friday January 08, 2016 @12:47PM (#10866670)
It seems to me that the NRA positions itself to the government as a representative of all gun owners. Around 31% of households in America claim to own guns [1] - so maybe this group shouldn't have so much political sway as it does? I recognize that groups with moderate views are few and far between but the collective "we" that the NRA stands for keeps pushing me further away from it.

[1]: http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Trends%20in%20Gun...

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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by pdeuchler on Friday January 08, 2016 @01:01PM (#10866786)
31% of Americans is an enormous political faction, you'd be hard pressed to find another group of citizens with a singular lobbying purpose that reaches that size (AARP and Agriculture lobbies come immediately to mind).
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by DrScump on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:25PM (#10869602) 

  It seems to me that the NRA positions itself to the
  government as a representative of all gun owners.
Rather, the media position the NRA as the representative of all gun usage.

Blaming existing law and the NRA after a highly-reported shooting is common, even when the gun was obtained illegally and the shooter not legally eligible to own one. An analog would be blaming Planned Parenthood when a newborn is abandoned to die.

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