Tom Gresham (Gun Talk Radio) is particularly plain-spoken about them. I don't remember the exact quote, but it was something along the lines of if NAGR's HQ was on fire, he still wouldn't bother to spit on it.
The guy behind NAGR, as best I can tell, actively wants gun control, because as long as there are restrictive laws or rumors of restrictive laws he has something to stir fundraising with, and that's why he does what he does. To have a job as a fundraiser.
The NRA isn't perfect but it has a mission well beyond legislative war-making. The NRA walks the walk. They create educational material for kids, promote shooting sports, keep gun safety in the forefront, all kinds of good stuff.
For an outfit created in the 1870's to try, perhaps without a glimmer of hope, to teach Yankees to match Southern marksmanship, the NRA ain't half bad.
