Why the real defenders of the second amendment oppose the NRA (written by Corey Brettschneider)

March 21, 2018 The Guardian

"Perhaps no subsection of a political movement is so passionately animated by a clause of the US constitution. As many a gun enthusiast is eager to say, gun regulation is a non-starter; the second amendment is the law of the land, so the government can’t tell me what to do with my guns.

But those seeking sensible gun regulation – like the 83% of Americans who support a mandatory waiting period for buying a gun and the 67% of Americans who agree with a ban on assault weapons – should not just accept the distortion of the second amendment as fact."

Why the real defenders of the second amendment oppose the NRA — The Guardian