Don’t take my word for it; look at the NRA’s website. As I wrote this, the top of their home page had a rotating banner of important “news” in the supposed war against firearms ownership — three of which are solely about President Donald Trump and the importance of supporting him. The next item on the page is a warning to be wary of anyone who says they support the Second Amendment but wants to discuss any aspect of the NRA’s policy positions because any openness to regulation means that someone is a “gun grabber” — complete with an accompanying video message from NRATV and a button to click on if you’d like to donate.

Click on any of the links, watch any of the shows or peruse any of their publications and the message is the same: The NRA’s main mission is to fight any possible restriction on guns, the solution to every instance of gun violence is to arm more people, anyone who says anything else is part of a global conspiracy to disarm everyone, nothing else matters very much and, oh, by the way, they need your money.