NRA expands its role from fight for gun rights to conservative causes

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NRA expands its role from fight for gun rights to conservative causes
By Libby Lewis, CNN
updated 6:05 PM EDT, Fri April 6, 2012

<..> The National Rifle Association worked with ALEC to spread similar laws that are on the books in at least 25 states.

<..> An NRA lobbyist, Tara Mica, helped shepherd a model bill that requires voters to show a photo ID at the polls. Many conservatives have pushed voter ID laws to prevent election fraud. Many liberals say these laws inhibit voting by minorities.

Mica also helped preside over ALEC's passage of the model bill that became the basis of Arizona's immigration law. That's the law that requires police to arrest anyone who cannot prove when asked that they entered the United States legally.

<..> The NRA's board includes Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and David Keene, former chairman of the American Conservative Union. The board also includes Robert Brown, creator of Soldier of Fortune magazine, and rock guitarist Ted Nugent.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/politics/n...index.html

This was a surprise to me. And Norquist on the board?

[There Is No Spoon]

NRA is simply a right-wing organization now - it no longer has any credibility at all.

[Still a Democrat]

These bastards are dangerous and need to be stringently opposed.