'Misfire' takes an inside look at the corruption at the heart of the NRA
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The Nra and the Gun Debate in America
The NRA is one of the biggest things that stands between the united states and adoption of gun control legislation. After big school shooting like columbine more than 20 years ago, or sandy hook in two thousand 12 after columbine, they decided to take a certain stance. The nra's ad people and its membership people and its fund raisers won out against the compromising lobbyists. And you know, it would be a mistake to say that dhe enara isn't part of the broader politicization and polarization that we see in this country.
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