PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Fire Memes for Traitor Haters@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGoddamn secessionists steal everythingimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1imageGoddamn secessionists steal everythingPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Fire Memes for Traitor Haters@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareklu9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIIRC the (US) NRA started out created by unionists in New York State who wanted to make sure patriotic citizens had good gun skills in case white supremacists again betrayed the United States of America. Then it was taken over in the 1970s by a racist killer from Texas, and with its recent legal transfer from NY to TX is now completing its transformation into the exact opposite of everything it was created for. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-teen-killer-who-radicalized-the-nra/
IIRC the (US) NRA started out created by unionists in New York State who wanted to make sure patriotic citizens had good gun skills in case white supremacists again betrayed the United States of America.
Then it was taken over in the 1970s by a racist killer from Texas, and with its recent legal transfer from NY to TX is now completing its transformation into the exact opposite of everything it was created for.