Quote Originally Posted by ERNO View Post
Yes, I am also a member of the NRA, because of my firing range rules. I dislike the NRA in certain ways; but first I would like to tell you why the NRA supports Harry Reid over Sharon Angle.

Reid has always been a good pro gun supporter, and he has a good rating with the NRA. But if Reid loses the Senate race, and the Dem's still control the Senate, guess who would become the next Senate Majority Leader of the Senate? You guessed it, Senator Chuck Schumer [D] of New York, who is the most biggest anti-gunner on the Senate floor.

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While I do understand the strategy they are taking, it is exactly compromises like these that have lead us down the road we are currently on. The NRA has made several concessions over the years for the "big picture," but where are we now? We have a larger, more intrusive government than possibly ever -- save for during WWII when the entire country was devoted to the war effort -- and every policy that is voted "for" grants the government more, not less, power and authority over every day life.

The Health Care bill is but one example; within the bill are provisions for things such as the BATFE being able to look at VA patient records -- enabling them to confiscate guns from veterans who have had a PTSD claim filed. Should we just look the other way, then, when politicians like Harry Reid vote in favor of unprecedented government expansion simply because he is mostly pro-gun? And because we don't want someone else in his place as Majority Leader?

My answer is no. No compromises anymore -- that is where conservatives have failed for decades and will continue to do so if they don't own up to it. We cannot continue to give politicians a pass simply because it fits some bigger picture, especially when that bigger picture will eventually lead to bigger, more powerful government.