The GOA is an adamant enemy of gun control measures of all stripes, and proudly calls itself the “no compromise” gun lobby. Its surge in lobbying spending reflects one way it has capitalized on the financial and legal problems of the once 5 million-member NRA in the hopes of expanding the GOA’s political clout, say gun experts.

“The GOA was formed in the 1970s because they believed the NRA was too liberal,” said Robert Spitzer, the author of several books on guns and a professor emeritus at Suny Cortland in New York. “True to its creed, the GOA has opposed every manner of gun law and attacked the NRA at every turn.”

  • @ghostdoggtv
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    201 year ago

    The right to bear arms is a liberal value. The new kids are fascist extremists.

    • spaceghotiOP
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      -121 year ago

      The right to bear arms is a liberal value.

      That sounds like a very archaic and irrelevant definition of “liberal.”

        • spaceghotiOP
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          -91 year ago

          Since it isn’t relevant to modern politics, it doesn’t contribute to the discussion.

          • @ghostdoggtv
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            71 year ago

            Conservatives would love for you to think so

      • @kerrigan778
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        61 year ago

        Do you consider George Orwell to be archaic and irrelevant?

      • @surewhynotlem
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        31 year ago

        You can’t seize the means of production with a strongly worded letter.

        Not that I approve of seizing, ofc