Paul Rusin says:

I don’t know what to say about this. We are looking at full scale disarmament by the DemoncRATic Party with their ownership of the country. By “ownwership,” I mean their full control of both houses of congress, and the presidency. Past indiscretions by NRA (Brady NICS, AW Ban) were not followed up with repeal while the Republicans held sway in both congress, and the presidency. Instead, the NRA fiddled. I can’t blame this totally on the NRA, because their is a powerful anti-gun element within Republican circles, as well. Both anti-gun laws in NYS were pushed, and signed by Republican (RINO) governors (Rockefeller, Pataki). Though pro-gun groups worked to get Pataki unseated, an NRA operative stopped a pro-gun Republican from running a primary against Pataki. That operative undermined Shooters’ Committee (SCOPE) members’ initiatives to rid the state of Pataki after he pushed through his 5 point plan which contained 1)a permanent AW Ban, 2)Combined Ballistic (shell casing, and spent lead) ID System (CoBIS) for new legal pistol purchases (law abiding only were impacted as illegitimate gun owners don’t register with the government), 3) bans on slingshots, and various knives which looked like other things, 4)raised the age for Pistol Permit’s (PP’s) to 21, 5)supposedly closed the gun show loophole (which never really was)by prohibiting sales, and transfers (firearms to heirs, giving a gun as a gift to another), between individual citizens. SCOPE fought this, and won it, on 1rst Amendment grounds. This effectively proved that their is no gun show loophole. For further info see http://www.scopeny.org/pataki.html

I’m not sure of what NRA has been trying to do over the last 30 years, but it seems at odds with their bylaws. However, I am a life member, and will continue to be, pressing them to change tactics, because the one’s they are employing are not working.