Bob Mokos is a passionate gun owner who on the surface would seem like a card-carrying National Rifle Association member. "The more gun owners I contacted, the more I found out that everybody is thinking the same thing: The NRA does not speak for us," said Mokos, who was a founder of the Minnesota
1 / 2NRA PoliticsFILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md.
As the 2020 presidential campaign draws closer, gun control groups are seizing on the turmoil engulfing the NRA — as well as recent high profile shootings in Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio, and this weekend's in Odessa and Midland, Texas — to court firearms owners in hopes of persuading them that there can be bipartisan solutions to gun violence that don't infringe on their Second Amendment rights.
"I don't think anybody doubts, even the most ardent critics, that they're the biggest gun lobby on the block and probably will be still for the foreseeable future," said Greg Pruett, president of Idaho Second Amendment Alliance."But I think a lot of people are starting to realize ...
But gun control groups trying to court politically moderate firearms enthusiasts still have a long way to go to wield the same the power of the NRA.
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