Political Parties, Pressure Groups, and Voting Behavior
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The National Rifle Association is among both the most effective and most controversial lobbying groups in the United States today. While their initial intention is to preserve peoples right to bear arms, they have done so by staunchly opposing any piece of legislation specifically targeting any form of gun control. This has allowed legislation that could prove to be harmful to citizens to pass, and potentially life saving legislation to fail. While the NRA has made some big concessions over the years, they have remained largely successful in their mission to ensure that gun control laws do not supersede individual rights.
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- The NRA, the Snipers of the Lobbying World.
- Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans authorities began confiscating weapons from victims of the catastrophe.
- Another integral division of the National Rifle Association is their Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).
- Realizing just how effective the divisions of the NRA are it is clear that they, as an organization play an active role in the legislative process.
- Once the issue goes beyond common human decency, as so many of the NRA issues do, it then becomes a power struggle.
- The NRA along with many other pressure groups have the power to not only influence but create public policy.
- Clinton made it clear that the Brady Bill was a necessity.
