what is your ultimate reason for avoiding the NRA?

Oof, seriously? Where to start.. I am not going to write a book in this thread. It’s a surprising question. To be clear, this is not the #NRA of the 1970’s, which started as a gun safety organisation. Today’s NRA is the complete inverse. It’s anti-gun safety. NRA has become extremist. They lobby hard against every single gun safety measure that emerges. They would fight for the right of 12 year olds to carry hand grenades and land mines if it were up for discussion. They would advocate for schitzophrenics to carry ak-47s. They fight policy that would prohibit parents from leaving an insecure loaded gun lying around in reach of toddlers.

The NRA is in bed with ALEC and Koch brothers. They channel dark money from Russia and other illegit sources into republican war chests. ALEC is not just a lobby but also a bill mill that:

• opposes tax regs
• masks corporate tampering with politics
• fights immigration; pushes xenophobia
• fights affirmative action and feminism
• fights public education
• fights public healthcare
• fights environmental regs
• pushes climate denial propaganda and policy
• fights workers’ rights and weakens labor unions
• advocates citizens united
• advocates voter suppression and intimidation
• brainwashes voters to think democrats would nullify 2A and generally prohibit guns; they produce a constant stream of extremist propaganda on the Alex Jones level of nutty to have that effect
  etc.

you’ll probably find a lot of people that are ideologically opposed to you.

I don’t give a shit what the guy who packs guns into shipping boxes believes. I care where the money goes. When you buy a gun that feeds the NRA, you feed actions and policy that assault liberal values. You’re not a democrat in practice if you feed the NRA.

what is your ultimate reason for avoiding the NRA? is it just purely a defensive reaction to them being conservative? or do you have specific critiques of what they do?

I ask because I'm pretty confident there are no ethical guns, so if you go deep enough down the supply chains of any weapons manufacturer you'll probably find a lot of people that are ideologically opposed to you. There's no "harm reduction" for buying a gun. Commit to the fact that you're buying a weapon intended to kill, and understand that the way you use it moving forward is way, wayyy more important than the horror of its assembly.

When buying firearms, suppressors and other accessories there's very little to be gained by trying to identify a left leaning company or supply chain. I consider lesser evils and most importantly get what it is that I'm wanting regardless. There's a few companies that stand out that I avoid altogether and that decision is weighted by customer experience - CS/Warranties more than politics.

I choose manufacturers to my best ability, use LGS that I align with and avoid ranges and clubs that are insured through their affiliation with the NRA.

What supplier did you buy guns from who did not give to the NRA? I cannot find a single supply chain that avoids the NRA.

That's a silly af question OP.

I've bought many a gun and never once directly given the NRA money, why would I? They're not involved in any aspect of my shooting, purchasing or owning.

That was actually what prompted this post; I couldn’t tell if the magnet was to secure my weapon or to affix it to the vehicle. Any brands/styles you’ve used?

That's a good point. I guess the other option that wouldn't require drilling holes is some type of adhesive mount but getting it off later on might prove difficult.

I'd always be paranoid about it coming loose either as the magnet naturally degrades or in a wreck, which, absent the Second American Civil War, is much more likely to happen than needing the mount.

I'm not sure what other option you'd realistically have though.

I'd look into a magnet based solution

The media is all in for MAGA. Yes, even "liberal" MSNBC.

Fuck Trump, Fuck Republicans (I mean also fuck democrats but not in this specific scenario), and everyone should be loud about who's fault this is

This article is bullshit. If he does this (which he will), it is 100% on him. It is not the fault of anyone who votes for the shutdown, and it is not anything the democrats are responsible to preemptively fix. He must be allowed to further his proof of his own shittiness. This does not, and will not reflect poorly on anyone but him. And articles like this are fucking hurting the cause!

He is throwing a kegger.

good work, you two

Or a spam bot

would be a shame if their submissions got spammed with zip bombs.

I bet they're proud of themselves for this one

No problem. :) if you know how to find it it's trivial, and if you don't it's not, so it's an easy way to help stop something thats not good.

Post the person who created the website lolol

Hundreds of millions

There’s literally millions of us

It's square space. They don't have a great generic report form, but abuse@squarespace.com is acceptable for generic report.

https://www.squarespace.com/acceptable-use-policy

Defines their acceptable use policy, which this site is clearly in violation of.

The site currently resolves to the IP addresses 198.49.23.144 198.185.159.145 198.49.23.145 198.185.159.144 Which are owned by square space.

Who is their hosting provider and Domain registrar?

Sounds like someone should post the abuse links to report that site.

They would apologize but empathy is a new age made up term that hurts society.