You Can't Have It Both Ways

The usual Mantra of the "Leftist Liberal Gun-Grabbers" (but I repeat myself!) is that the NRA is the tool of the firearms manufacturers.

That would suggest that anything which widens the market for newly manufactured firearms would be a primary effort which the National Rifle Association would eagerly espouse to advance the fiscal well-being of their supposed "masters" .. the gun makers.

But what's this?

The NRA is backing laws to require LEOs to keep and resell confiscated firearms, rather than to destroy them?   Even if it means that the market for new firearms may be undermined?

NRA Keeps Killer Guns on the Market - POLITICO Magazine:

In the past eight years, 11 states have passed NRA-backed laws encouraging or requiring police to resell confiscated guns. The legislation is consistent with the guns-everywhere strategy the lobbying arm of the NRA has advanced at every level of government since the late 1990s—more guns in the hands of more people in more places. Dealers buy them in bulk from police departments and sell them to the public with no disclosure that such weapons were once used in robberies, assaults or homicides. In some notable cases, these guns are used to commit new crimes. Even so, efforts to expand these laws to other states are underway.

Either the NRA is the toady for the gun makers, or it's an advocate for the American Citizens who own (or want to own) guns.  As this article illustrates, you can't have it both ways.



Cognitive Dissonance

Even though I'm just a doddering old fool, I'm inclined to believe that there's a functional conflict in this POLITICO report:  The Washington Post puts POLITICO well toward the LIBERAL side of the scale, among all other popular internet news websites.   But it's difficult to tell from this article whether POLITICO thinks the NRA mission is to build the business for Firearms Manufacturers, or to laud the NRA for sticking to it's stated goal of supporting firearms owners in America.

Did some Politico editor show up for work with a bad hangover and let this slip through?  Does Politico have a secret agenda?  Or are they really trying to achieve what Fox News has not consistently achieved ... provide a "Fair And Balanced" view of the news?

I think it's a Hanlons Razor moment.

What do YOU think?