When I was picketing the Romney rally in Weatherly earlier this year, I was asked if I were a Communist. The question surprised me, and I answered no, but then I said I thought Marxist analysis can explain a good deal of politics. My interrogator asked me to explain, and I told him you could sum it up in three words, “Follow the money.”
Yesterday I read in a New York Times editorial that the gun industry is a major contributor to the N.R.A. Since the N.R.A. does not publish a list of donors, the best estimate is between $14.7 and $39.9 million since 2005. Even that high figure might be conservative.
Since a large majority of N.R.A. members support background checks for gun purchasers at gun shows, you’d think the organization might reconsider its stand. No way. There’s money to be made. If a few kids get killed here or there, so be it.
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