# When did the NRA become a hyper-partisan anathema to rational thought?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 11, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nra-become-a-hyper-partisan-anathema-to-rational-thought/602568 "2011-11-11T04:04:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nra-become-a-hyper-partisan-anathema-to-rational-thought/602568/301 "2011-11-19T03:47:40Z")

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Yep. Nothing. As usual. Thanks for your input.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nra-become-a-hyper-partisan-anathema-to-rational-thought/602568/302 "2011-11-19T04:03:52Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> > The use of hunting and sporting guns and riffles are an environmental disaster. Any and all attempts to try to stop this abuse is always blocked by conservative Republican interests.
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> Ready for this? I know you are, you’ve already seen it numerous times.
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> CITE?

Just as a point of information, my guess would be that Naxos is confused (surprise!) regarding the discussion over the use of [lead shot](http://www.cic-wildlife.org/index.php?id=324).

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nra-become-a-hyper-partisan-anathema-to-rational-thought/602568/303 "2011-11-19T04:46:47Z")

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> [@Algher](#):
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> Holder complains that he needs more power to stop guns at the border. At the same time Holder is running a program that puts more guns in the hands of criminals at the border.
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> Now, I personally do not think that he did B in hopes of getting A. However, the two going together does not make him look very good.

I don’t think they’re inconsistent. Fast and Furious was really really stupidly done and I’m not going to defend it. But the point of the program was to identify and stop Mexican gun smugglers.

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**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-nra-become-a-hyper-partisan-anathema-to-rational-thought/602568/304 "2011-11-19T18:55:23Z")

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> [@Naxos](#):
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> Hunting or sports guns is a different story.

Your claim was about “guns” (general), not “some guns, however not including hunting or sports guns”. I believe I feel the smell of “no true Scotsman”

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