If the US finally moves on gun violence despite the NRA’s best efforts, then is there not grounds to suggest that the NRA has consciously forced negligence on the part of our legislation, and is therefore - in part - to blame?
Legislation after all, is supposed to be the seat belt in the sometimes rocky ride that is life. As best as it may, it is supposed to serve to protect us. So if a passenger on the ride thwarts another person’s ability for them to buckle up, is the acting individual not committing a crime? Since the NRA aggressively acts to prevent legislation geared at making the acquisition of a weapon-of-human-destruction more difficult, they are actively ensuring that people needlessly die at the hands of assholes. Not to suggest that it wouldn’t happen anyway, but by at least making the process of purchasing a weapon harder and way more bureaucratic, assholes may get distracted by something else in the meantime, or themselves be accidentally killed by a work of God... who knows, they may even find a shag and lighten up a little.
The leaders of the NRA over the last decade should face full justice. They have actively worked to prevent serious legislation on the topic of gun control, from passing. Because a small, sexless minority of wealthy, sexless (did I say that twice?) white people get pleasure out of the bang caused by a gun, and in-part because they are the ones who will go out and vote (as well as meet all the easy voting criteria), the general public remains at risk of being the next batch of victims to the next asshole with a chip on his shoulder and weapons designed for nothing but human annihilation. The time for holding organizations and their leaders accountable for interfering with social policy has arrived.
