EP>         The NRA (alone among gun-rights groups) was around a long time
 EP>         before the RTKBA became an issue. We taught marksmanship,
 EP>         conducted matches, defended hunting issues, collected guns and a
 EP>         hundred other things. We could do only those things again; if
 EP>         we weren't so wrapped up in all this political unpleasantness.
 EP>         *ONLY* the NRA would survive if the fight over gun-rights
 EP>         suddenly ceased. The other groups would go away. Think about
 EP>         that. EP
If only it could be true....  
Those "other groups" would include NRA-ILA, often confused with the 501(c)3 
NRA
itself by many members, never mind the public.  
Terry
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