Gun owner in the US. I think GP is engaging in demonization by saying first and foremost, the NRA is acting on behalf of gun manufacturers and the most extreme gun owners. 1) The NRA is a membership organization that appears to primarily be funded by the dues and donations of their millions of members. They promote gun ownership not to enrich manufacturers, but because thats what their members want. 2) The "most extreme gun owners" frequently deride the NRA as "Negotiating Rights Away" and encourage people to instead donate to other organizations like Gun Owners of America or the Firearms Policy Coalition. I don't believe the the NRA's positions on gun policy are significantly more radical than their members or most gun owners, generally.

That isn't to say no criticism of the NRA is warranted. The accusations from the NYS AG that the organization has unfairly enriched its executives and their families seem spot on, even if the proposed remedy (dissolution) is unwarranted. And as a gun owner, I've been dismayed to see the NRA lean into guns as a partisan issue. I wish they'd stay out of politics if it was unrelated to guns. In what world should they be honoring FCC Chairman Ajit Pai?