"Connecticut Judge Dismisses Newtown Lawsuit Against Gun Maker"

[branford]

95. You appear to be confusing the First and Second Amendment and

vastly overestimating the power and reach of the NRA.

First, the NRA, just like everyone else, can support any candidate they wish for any reason they want. The NRA, whose sole purpose is to advance gun rights and proficiency, supports Trump because they quite correctly believe he's a stronger supporter of such rights. The First Amendment does indeed entitle them to speak and act to protect the Second Amendment, including support for idiots like Trump.

Moreover, the efforts that you and others undertake to make the NRA their gun control boogeyman are absurd. The NRA has about 5 million members among 80-100 million legal American gun owners. Blaming an organization than represents about 5% of gun owners for the myriad of gun control failures are little more than constant exercises in denial. Any power or influence the NRA does possesses is because significant numbers of Americans agree with their positions, and if the NRA didn't exist, another one of the multitude of gun rights groups would simply take their place.