Ray Ring

Senior Editor

Richard Feldman is the author of a provocative book called, Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist. He gives us an unusual insider’s take on the NRA, in a Washington Post column.

The column is headlined:

The NRA’s Main Target?

Its Members’ Checkbooks.

And it says:

… This major lobbying group has become intoxicated with money and privilege. … Today, the association’s primary business is fundraising. And nothing keeps the fundraising machine whirring more effectively than convincing the faithful that they’re a pro-gun David facing down an invincible anti-gun Goliath. In the NRA’s lexicon, “compromise” is a dirty word …

Feldman also reveals questionable financial deals by the NRA boss.

It helps us understand why gun politics are so powerful — and uncompromising — in the West and nationwide, an issue I explored in a recent High Country News cover story called “Guns R Us.”