FBI launches investigation of NRA over pro-Trump Russia money

[Shuck]

Man, back in the '80s, who could have imagined this future?

@anon75430791

The one which does the stuff the NRA always has done, like gun safety, conservation, etc. and the other which is the propaganda arm (which is the one we always hear about).

@xkot

So in other words, one unit is a propaganda arm, and the other one is a propaganda arm for the propaganda arm.

And then there’s the kid’s gun safety/gun culture propaganda portion, a propaganda arm of the propaganda arm of… hell, it’s turtles propaganda all the way down.

[hecep]

Let’s see:

1. GOP Congress takes NRA $$$.
2. NRA takes Russian $$$
3. Russia and Trump have $$$ ties to each other.
4. Therefore, USA is fucked.

[anon62577920]

@anon75430791

There are two organizational units within the NRA is my understanding: The one which does the stuff the NRA always has done, like gun safety, conservation, etc. and the other which is the propaganda arm (which is the one we always hear about).

Might be a legal thing. ACLU is split in two IIRC: one part can lobby, one’s a 501c3 (no politics)

[TripleE]

Yep, that’s the case. The one you hear about is the ILA – the lobbying arm. The current and longtime head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, came from that side and has been running his mouth nonstop since the 90s.

I left ages ago when I saw that was the case, and sadly couldn’t convince my father to do otherwise.