jk, they're fucking fascists
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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I think OP’s “jk” is the important part here. They (meaning NRA leadership) do believe the Second Amendment exists primarily to allow the country’s citizenry to defend itself against a tyrannical government. I don’t think they believe the government that is happening right here is tyrannical, so they’re not hypocrites. Just because you think it is doesn’t mean they do.
As another commenter on this thread pointed out - they’re misogynistic. Just because they have a subsection of their website for lady gun owners, doesn’t mean that they think that women are equal to men. They are also racist (see Philando Castile and the NRA’s total lack of action on the murder by the state of a legal gun owner). LGBT folks? Indigenous people? People outside of USA’s territory that are on the receiving end of US state policy? Forget all of them entirely, despite tyrannized (by my measure).
As the NRA leadership belongs to a class of people (wealthy, White, male, probably cishet) who are not harmed by current GOP policies, actions, and stated future goals - no need for an armed revolution.
I type all of this as someone that thinks oppressed people should absolutely have access to firearms to defend themselves. The NRA does not represent the proletariat.