How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Such a decision could galvanize gun safety supporters while also emboldening gun rights activists - making the debate about guns in America even more tumultuous.
55% : This means that the protection and advancement of gun rights are propelled by the broader conservative movement, so that the NRA no longer needs to carry the ball by itself.
52% : From this point forward, the NRA became ever more political and strident in its defense of so-called "gun rights," which it increasingly defined as nearly absolute under the Second Amendment.
48% : But support for gun rights has become a litmus test for Republican conservativism and is baked into a major political party's agenda.
48% : The Supreme Court will soon rule on New York State Rifle & Pistol Club v. Bruen, the most significant case regarding gun rights it has considered in years.
43% : Inevitably, if also understandably, many Americans are blaming the National Rifle Association for thwarting stronger gun laws that might have prevented these two recent tragedies and many others.
42% : Despite this trend, however, the grassroots gun community is no less committed to its agenda of opposition to new gun laws.
37% : Throughout this period, however, the NRA remained primarily focused on marksmanship, hunting and other recreational activities, although it did continue to voice opposition to new gun laws, especially to its membership.

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