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Straw Man says

Where did you get the idea that the rest is "from gun manufacturers"?

Did you see the five links I provided? Read them all.

bob2356 says

That's the funniest thing I've read in months. I'm sure straw manl jump right up and say hallelua I've seen the light.

As his response indicates, it doesn't matter what the facts are. Any fact that even threatens his political view must be irrationally denied regardless of the evidence. Yes, all evidence is the result of a conspiracy by the left to show how unbelievably stupid and gullible the right is. Ironically, this is exactly why the right is unbelievably stupid and gullible.

The belief that the NRA isn't financially motivated by the profits of gun sales is as retarded as the belief that the "studies" showing that smoking does not cause cancer backed by the Phillip Morris company were not financially motivated by the profits of cigarettes, and for the exact same reason.

Yet even something so clear and obvious must be irrationally denied when someone perceives that acknowledging the reality would weaken his political position, even if the issue of gun rights had mother-fucking-nothing to do with the NRA. The mere fact that the person perceives his political position might be weakened by acknowledging the truth will cause most people to deny that truth regardless of what evidence is presented. This is why I think that our species is stupid.

Dan8267 says

Straw Man says

Where did you get the idea that the rest is "from gun manufacturers"?

Did you see the five links I provided? Read them all.

I skimmed trough them. Sorry, but they are useless, because they are just a collection of anecdotes about which manufacturer shelled out a million or two. The article in The Atlantic is much better researched and paints a comprehensive picture on NRA's funding sources. The stuff you linked is not even in the same zipcode re quality of journalism.