I cannot speak for anyone other than myself. I don't currently own a gun, but that is more because of my life circumstances than belief.

I believe in gun rights because I have had relatives / personally been protected from both people and animals (feral dogs) by gun ownership. I believe weakening any of the bill of rights provides avenues to weaken the others. I also believe that it is an important counter balance to authority figures becoming despots. Mostly I just see guns as another tool and have serious problems with saying an object did something when it is the person who did. Plus, most of the gun stat stories were done narrowly and didn't include rural areas (did a stint in the social work area).

So, I understand the purpose, but am horrified by the picture and do not think NRA membership is a factor in the reaction to the picture.