NRA’s_Affiliations_with_Politics

NRA’s Affiliations with Politics NRA’s Affiliations with Politics Special interest groups have dominated government since the beginning of America's political system. Special interest groups or lobbies are collections of individuals who join together to engage in common interests and to influence the decisions on public policies. Many people view special interest groups as an essential part of the political process. By this means, special interest groups can be good. The point that displeases many people about organized interests is that more often than not money overpowers the right decision; that is why some interest organizations can be a problem. The richer the organizations, the better chance they have to persuade the government officials and the average citizen. A great example of an affluent organization with the purpose of exerting influence over the government and citizens is the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA is more of a single-issue interest group that uses business dominance theories of representation. This organization tries its best to demise any political act against the Second Amendment, the right to bare arms. Members of the NRA consist mostly of Republicans; therefore, this interest group has a political party gender dominating the majority of nra, lobbying, political, interest, grassroots, members, money, great, washington, senators, nra’s, influence, gun, groups, citizens, business, bill, ban, rifle, group, example, direct, senate, process, national, local, congress, together, support, special, repeal, over, organized, organization, keep