NRA Joins Mitch McConnell Against Rand Paul and Gun Owners for America

[freemind]

NRA Joins Mitch McConnell Against Rand Paul and Gun Owners for America
http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/26/nra-joins-mcconnell-against-ra
"This fits with what a Senate staffer told me yesterday, which is that Paul's office didn't even bother reaching out to the NRA. But it doesn't exactly help the group's Tea Party credentials, certainly not when you consider that it supported the DISCLOSE Act and opposed Dick Heller taking his case to the Supreme Court."


It reads like the NRA’s whole position focuses on the implication that the current process for acquiring gun records is an open one.

 

[mr ed]

The way I read this is that Rand Paul's amendment was hastily written and as such, while well meaning could have caused more intrusions than it stopped. When doing amendments about guns they have to be thoroughly researched and debated by the gun lobby before being introduced or they can become a disaster.