Apparently, some folks are unhappy with the NRA’s actions leading up to the passage of SB 308. In fact, they’re so riddled with angst, they’re quitting the NRA and urging others to do so.
Why? The claim is that the NRA withdrew their support for the bill because the language re-legalizing carry in the insecure areas of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was stripped from the final version. Allegations have been made that NRA lobbyists pressured Senators to vote against the bill, and that they attempted to “sabotage” it.
As far as I can gather, this comes from three sources:
- a poorly-written article with a misspelled title
- a claim from an organization that’s voiced hostility to the NRA before, and
- the utterances of two Senators who were opposed to the bill’s passage.
Of course, none of the three people who foamed at the mouth to me about it in person could tell me exactly what was said, who said it, or in what context it was said. Continued...