NRA (National Rifle Association)

The National Rifle Association of America, a US organization originally founded as a moderate sporting and gun-safety group that gun-control proponents argue has evolved into a political lobbying force aligned with gun manufacturers and opposed to gun-control measures including buybacks and restrictions.

Claims that use this term

• The NRA was originally a moderate organization that supported gun control measures
• The NRA represents gun makers more than its hunter constituents
• The NRA opposes even voluntary, privately funded gun buyback programs.
• The NRA times its silence to exploit the public attention cycle
• The NRA deflected blame from guns to culture and gun-free zones after Newtown
• The NRA is widely viewed as having drifted into fringe extremism