opinion

Letter: NRA advocating for gun manufacturers, not safety

I was a member of the NRA for many years because its only stated purpose was to advocate for gun safety. Now that the organization has become an obvious subsidiary of the Gun Manufacturers of America, it no longer advocates for gun safety. Its only obvious concern today is the success of every gun manufacturer in the world.

Its only defense for its opposition to any common sense gun law is the "slippery slope" argument. That is, “if you allow any law to be enacted that controls gun ownership, you start down a slippery slope which will end up with the government controlling every gun you own."

Only an individual with a radical right wing agenda or an investment portfolio full of gun manufacturing stocks would fall for this kind of propaganda. I cannot understand anyone other than those listed above advocating for the current gun laws in the state of Florida.

Rodney Letchworth, Tallahassee, rodletchworth@hotmail.com