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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
im not sure what damage they did to themselves. Their message is not intended for the blue states. The red states are still a far different culture. the divisions of the civil war have never fully resolved; the education & income of red states lags the coasts enough that the USA really has 2 distinctive cultures that are at war in congress.
to me the measure of NRA clout will be what bill gets through congress in light of all this publicity surrounding gun violence. If republicans in the house can't bring themselves to vote for anything, i think the NRA wins, as they dont need to persuade the nation at large, just the congressmen who rely on red voters for their jobs.
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I think the damage may have been done to their potential power with lawmakers.
Sure, they will still have influence with those from dark red states, but those from battleground states may no longer listen to or care about the NRA's influence.
The NRA is also carrying on a campaign to try to inflate the number of members they have. That is never a good sign for any group. At their peak they have only ever had about 4.3 million members and it has gone down, potentially a lot, since then so they have always been a group that often represents a small group of people in this country (relatively speaking). When they start talking crazy like they have in recent times I think it turns off a lot of those who might not be members, but still like the NRA.
As you say we will see what kind of pull they have in the coming months as the gun control battles start, but I kind of feel like they are becoming less and less powerful as time goes on.