I'm not sure how I missed
this story, but it's a good one:
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has come out against [Supreme Court nominee Sonia] Sotomayor, stating it will factor the vote into its legislative scorecard because the group feels the nominee would curb gun rights.
[...]
[Mark] Warner told The Hill on Thursday he intends to support Sotomayor — and that he was “very disappointed” in the gun lobby. Warner also said he is not worried that Sotomayor will restrict the rights of gun owners.
“I’m very disappointed. [NRA seems] to be going beyond their Second Amendment issues, particularly when I think the judge’s positions on those issues are still fairly open,” Warner said. “I trust in her judgment and temperament. I think the NRA at some point has gone beyond its mission, and are perhaps allowing themselves to get hijacked by those who are in the extreme.”
Good for Mark Warner! The question is, when are Democrats in general going to realize, as Mark Warner obviously does, that the NRA long ago was "hijacked by those who are in the extreme," went way beyond its core mission of protecting legitimate second amendment rights, and became a
de facto arm of the Republican Party?
