Austinrealtor, I have several distinct concerns:
As I said earlier, the NRA has a proven track record. To achieve its goals, the NRA has had to lie down with dogs, wrestle with pigs, and otherwise get dirty. That is the nature of
practical politics. It pains me to see the NRA leadership then criticized for not being ideologically pure enough.
This public criticism generally does not come from NRA members (though it might — Michael Moore is a life member of the NRA). Mostly it comes from people who are not members, never will be members, and run organizations that I consider self-serving (IMHO).
There is a much larger body of people who are not NRA members for a variety of reasons, including the notion that their name will get on some government list, the NRA sends too much junk mail, the NRA has its lips glued to the butt cheeks of politicians that they don't like, or the NRA doesn't endorse candidates that they do like.
These people do not hesitate to criticize the NRA; but somehow, I doubt the NRA leadership could ever satisfy them.
Finally, when RKBA proponents publicly criticize the NRA, this criticism is recycled by anti-RKBA interests in the form of "even NRA members disagree with X." Just look at the garbage on
this link.
Everyone has a right to free speech. I don't deny that. But please think about what you say and know the possible consequences of saying it.
- Jim