The
NRA won a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last year in the District
of Columbia v Heller case on June 26th 2008. The Supreme Court said
the Second Amendment to the Constitution specifically created the right
of individuals to own and keep guns.
It is my humble view that the ability of ordinary people to read the Bill of Rights and see this interpretation which flew in the face of the entire Lefty gun control world is what gave the National Rifle Association so much power, vigor and coherence for so many years.
I further believe that now that the NRA's view of the Bill of Rights has been vindicated by the U.S. Supreme court that the NRA will lose members, vigor and political power.
When you are right it is hard to be self-righteous. Even for an organization.