Reply #265: The NRA has in fact endorsed liberal Democrats in the past [View All]

[Oak2004]

including my former congressman from Ulster Co. NY, Maurice Hinchey. A lot of those liberals may have lost their endorsement since then (I know Bernie Sanders has) over votes for the Brady Act and/or assault weapons ban (which was seen by the NRA as treachery).

Their endorsements are issued on the basis of a formula - basically, past record, current positions, electability, and points for incumbency. The formula makes no reference to party.

And though it certainly appears at times that the NRA is all right-wing, that's not true. I can even tell you what division of the NRA harbors the most liberals (the NRA-ILA) -- I had some fantastic conversations with a bunch of my fellow NRA liberals all working for the ILA at an NRA convention a few years ago.