Well Paul, let me set you straight on a few things;

The NRA used to be an organization that encouraged hunting and responsible gun ownership. It wasn't the gun manufacturers lobbying arm it is now that gins up baseless fears and lies to increase gun sales. That was then, this is now.

As to the enormous amount of money in politics, there is no doubt that money does indeed buy influence. It was ever thus. However, at a time when the very rich have garnered the majority of wealth in the country, the influence of money moves us ever more to becoming a plutocracy. For someone on the right, such as yourself, that threat to democracy should be just as concerning to you as it is the Bernie Sanders.

The problem with conservatives today (that is small "c" conservatives), is that they confuse ideology with ideas. And the right hasn't had a new idea in a long, long, time. If you did, you wouldn't rely so much on ad hominem argumentation.

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