Who's The NRA Kidding?

       I still have a problem with the NRA.They keep yapping about the second Amendment's "Right To Bear Arms". But that was written by folks who were unaware of the potential future of "Arms" and the lethality of those arms. Oh if only George Washington had had a few dozen AK47s around Boston or any of the other battle sites. The Revolution would have been over much sooner than it was. Hey, if only the Republican South had been able to equip some of Lee's men with a couple of dozen of those Kalashnikovs,  the Civil War might have turned out differently.
       But for our fighting forces of the 17th and 18th centuries and much of the 19th century, an assault rifle consisted of a single shot, muzzle loading firearm that had a firing capability of about two a minute. Which, in a crowded movie theater, would have allowed nearly everyone to escape. Even a classroom could have emptied in that time.
       I think we should all remember that the stated goals and the actual goals of the National Rifle Association are two completely different questions. Since the NRA receives nearly 90% of it's funding from firearms manufacturers and sellers you need to take anything they say with more than just a grain of salt. About a five pound sack of salt might do the trick. For a day.
       The NRA is in the business of fostering gun purchases. Now there's nothing wrong with doing that. It's a legal business and is entitled to advertise and promote it's business. But let's not pretend the NRA is anything but a lobbying mechanism of the firearm industry.
       So the question of whether we should allow anyone to purchase an assault rifle with a 30 plus, round clip without even a background check, is a question for civilized thinking men and women, not the lobbying firm of the gun maker. Who for the sake of a few more dollars will say anything, blame anyone, to protect it's handlers.