:snort: Voted. It was at 66.9%
(I paraphrase)
"STOP one of the only lobbying voices directly supported by the American People themselves!"
This whole "gun lobby" tactic irritates the hell out of me. The NRA has the power it does because, for the most part, it ACTUALLY represents the views a helluva lotta Americans. Congress knows this. They are well aware that we are buying up every AR, AK and every last round of 7.62, 5.56, 9mm and 22lr. The anti-gunners are correct in that the gun industry also supports the NRA and they are making a good living at the moment.... but that isn't why the "gun lobby" has the power that it does.
The "gun lobby" has that power because regardless of what politicians, the Supreme Court and gun ignorant peace activists think, WE believe that the 2nd Amendment means we have the right to (oddly enough) keep and bear arms. And we overwhelmingly vote with our dollars every time there is a whiff of a challenge to our (already much infringed) ability to do so.