Advocacy NRA

The NRA is not an organization that I support but I do know that they accept donations to help support their lobbying. I also know that the NRA has major weight with a lot of political decisions due to their ability to lobby which in turn comes from the donations they receive so they can afford to pay their lobbyists to do what they need them

too. https://membership.nra.org/Join/Annuals/prospect?gclid=Cj0KCQjwkpfWBRDZARIsAAfeXao7qydnL4gaIpedpVpYGQT7-GQRk-v7gYz5UNURg32cf3_rTCZszy0aAnLuEALw_wcB

Above is the link to NRA website.

You can sign up to be a member of the NRA which costs varying amounts depending on how often and how much you want to pay.

The slogan for their website is It’s Not Just About Guns it’s About Freedom. This in itself is a logical appeal as well as an emotional appeal because Americans love freedom we fight for freedom so the NRA uses it to gain support.

When asked to describe who they are and what they do here is the NRA’s response

“The NRA provides firearms training and gun safety programs to all gun owners.The group also says it fights for the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which states: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

The NRA uses the second amendment to basically justify everything they stand for, they use law, therefore, their argument is backed in fact (though this fact is up for interpretation) it is something they believe to be fact. However since the interpretation of the second amendment is so hotly debated I feel like this is not the most effective way they can gain support from people who don’t support them.

“The NRA says it uses dues to fight for Second Amendment rights and create training programs for kids, self-defense programs for women and training programs for law enforcement.”

All throughout the NRA emphasizes the fact they provide safety and self-defense programs which are smart because people are more likely to support these things than recreational use of guns these are buzz words which the NRA logically uses to build their argument.

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