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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/changing-story-nra-and-russia
I can add dozens of other stories about how Russian money was funnelled into the organization.
If you want to talk about gang violence, we can talk about how Oliver North's cocaine Contras flooded the USA with enough powder to create the Crack Wars of the 1980s.
There wasn't much meat in that story. While it is suspicious that a Russian oligarch paid for a lifetime membership in the NRA , that is not the same thing as funneling money into the Trump campaign. Can you cite any others that have more substantive allegations around Russian money in the NRA?
Before the more reactionary people attack me for being pro NRA, I most certainly am not. I just prefer to advance one or two solid arguments instead of a dozen mediocre or weak ones.
Edit: And thank you for posting that. I did not know there was even that much suspicion on them for accepting Russian money, though it isn't much of a surprise.
Cool, fuck the NRA, I really don't give a shit about that crap organization for FUDDs.
What does history in the 80s have to do with solving our today problem? Ending the war on drugs, removing for profit prisons, ending qualified immunity, single payer healthcare and safety needs for the poor. all will have a bigger effect than trying to take guns away.
Especially now you've got representation that's even more far-right and cultish.