Is the NRA funded by Russia? What we know and what we don't

OMG. They got a WHOLE $2500 from Russian citizens. Oh, and ALSO included in that $2500 is Americans living in Russia.

So you are a state department employee currently assigned to Russia? I guess you're a Russian, according to Newsweek. Alphabet agency doing covert work? Russian. American visiting relatives? Russian.

This is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. An effort by hyper-paetisan extremist IDIOTS to discredit "the opposition."


And I ain't even an NRA guy, despite owning a rifle.

If the NRA were solely or significantly funded by Russia, it would be the single dumbest thing they've ever done, even dumber than invading Ukraine. The NRA is a major pillar in the defense of the 2nd Amendment which is the major pillar in the defense of the Constitution. Unlike the ACLU which abandoned defense of the 1st Amendment and since fought to pervert it, the NRA has never wavered in its defense of the 2nd Amendment

If we really want to fundamentally fix congress - term limits and zero lobbying - this includes big pharma which lobbies Democrats with the same sort of money that the NRA does with Republicans.

When it comes to gun - the US is home to the top 5 gun manufacturers. The reason is the US government is complicit in the international arms trade. This arms business includes everything from guns to fighter jets and its billions of dollars. In fact the US is the number 1 arms exporter. Three times as much in terms of revenue than number 2 Russia. Yet we are supposed to be surprised and disgusted with Russia in starting a war with Ukraine. Really - the number 1 and number 2 arms producers fighting a proxy war is a surprise?

Danial Defense the maker of the gun used in Uvalde was awarded a contract by the Department of Defense for $9,100,000. Point being congress says one thing - guns are bad due to the "gun" violence - yet they are the ones responsible for funding a global arms market. Its very hypocritical to say guns need to be banned as a form of personal protection while in the same breath say our military needs more guns in order to protect the country. What these individuals are really saying is screw the people we rule over, protect our ability to rule them.

Look at all the military aid we are sending to Ukraine - $9.8 billion - in order to "fight for freedom".

Take a look at the list of top arms exporters - you won't find Canada of Australia in the top 10. Point being its easier for them to stop participating in the arms trade and ban guns as their politicians aren't getting rich via the international arms market.

Money in politics is like a cancer this goes for both parties - if indeed Russia is funneling money into our political system its due to the fact that congress is allowed to own stock in arms companies that they award contracts to, companies are allowed to lobby congress in order to pass the laws that the companies have written, politicians spend 2/3rds of their day working to secure campaign funds, and etc.. - in short they are gaming the system that congress has written the rule book for - so congress is to blame.

As such I feel there needs to be fundamental changes to congress in order for anything to actually get fixed in this country. I'm not surprised that congress isn't rushing to pass mental health legislation - maybe if the US was the number 1 world exporter of mental health they would.

How about before we allow congress to fundamentally change the executive and judicial branches, maybe we force them to fix the one branch that is actually broken - their own.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2976212/
https://www.vox.com/23069517/ukraine-military-aid-weapons-chart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry