"The Strongest Evidence We Have that Background Checks Really Matter"

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7. Up until the right-wing

purchased (under the table) the NRA, and ALEC came along, the gun laws in this country were fairly reasonable and for the most part worked, and most honest American gun owners obeyed them.

About the time Charles Heston started spreading the lie that the "government is coming for your guns," and Newt Gingrich started selling the "contract with America" the NRA saw a lucrative marketing avenue by using the unfounded fear of gun confiscation to influence politicians for ALL right-wing ambitions. The NRA "rating system" became a scorecard for politicians (both Republicans and DLC DINOs) from Red State districts to win votes from their constituents, and sell them back to the right-wing cause du jour for a handsome profit.

Like all other right-wing political machines, the NRA contributes much to the corruption of politicians in this country, and it will take a great effort on the part of sensible and honest Americans to reverse that trend.