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Financially, Trump's victory Was a disaster for the NRA: members
became complacent with an ally in the White House, and dues
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dropped by $35 million. In the midterm elections, for the first time,
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the NRA was outspent by gun control advocacy groups, and they've
had layoffs. All this has made them increasingly dependent on
~large donations from gun manufacturers 
sometimes estimated to
be at least 60 per cent oftheir income: It's not just American
money: & quarter ofthe
the US were made in Europe
and
Austrians (Glock), Germans (SIG Sauer) and Italians (Beretta) have
The Women's Liberation Movement
donated millions of dollars to the NRA in order to protect their
biggest market: The interests ofgun sellers and gun buyers often
Jenny Turner
overlap, but not always_
used to wonder why the NRA seemed to
value the right to carry a concealed gun over an openly carried one,
The worlds, pre-internet
were So much smaller and
dingier and
it was pointed out to me that gun manufacturers often make
more accidental than those of today's feminisms Whether or not
more money from accessories
waistband holsters, ankle holsters,
you knew about this group or that argument depended on who you
jackets with special pockets, vegan leather handbags with gun
knew or which bookshop you happened to have nearby Women's
compartments
than from the guns themselves.
Liberation really was
movement
physical, embodied, bounded:
Ideas and actions were transmitted in
completely different way:
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