One problem with the discussion of the second-amendment is that the NRA no longer cares about the membership it claims to represent, but only gun manufacturers, which pay its way in the shadows. Its sole mission now seems to be to prevent any common sense measures at all, which are overwhelmingly supported by its own membership, by cynically sounding the alarm of "tyranny" at every turn.

A recent article perfectly described the NRA these days as an organization with a Field-and-Stream membership and a Soldier-of-Fortune leadership. I bet that rings true to a lot of Alaskan gun owners.