Cenk Uygur
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NRA Lobbies Against Its Own Positions
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February 2, 2013
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6:23Now Playing"A former president of the National Rifle Association said Thursday that the gun lobby reversed its support for universal background checks because the check system doesn't work well enough.
"Yes, the NRA has changed its position," Sandy Froman, the organization's former president, told CNN. "And the reason its changed its position is because the system doesn't work. The [background check system] is not working now. We have to get that working before we can add any more checks to that system." Froman was president of the NRA from 2005 to 2007 and currently sits on the board of directors."*
The NRA has done a 180 on its former gun control positions, now wholeheartedly disowning them. Could it be that money from gun manufacturers changed their minds? Is there a way to make the existing system of background checks work and be expanded? David Sirota (Salon.com) breaks it down.
*Read more from Christina Wilkie/ Huffington Post:
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