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Thoughts in the long term

Posted by David Hardy · 22 April 2015 08:59 PM

In the wake of Brady Campaign being handed its posterior in court, Sebastian notes that Brady no longer serves any purpose, even to the antigunners, and Bob Owens asks "Is the Brady Campaign done?".

Both good points. I just had one worry, though. There have been rumors that Bloomberg's groups have been in some conflict/rivalry with the older antigun groups, trying to encroach upon their space, as it were, in terms of PR and fundraising. Might this lead to Bloombergian hegemony? They may be astroturf, but they have the money to form mercenaries, and the other side has never worried much about real grassroots anyway.

4 Comments | Leave a comment

JC | April 24, 2015 3:11 PM | Reply

Much as I like the symbolism of the Brady Bunch folding after the death of their founder, I'm of the mind that from a strategic point of view, they're best for us to remain alive. The friction between the various groups helps us, as does the fighting for the scraps of limited resources (outside of Bloomberg).

Long may all such groups wallow on life-support. They need to become the Westboro Church of the gun issue, and it's our job to guide them there :)

Now, if we could get Bloomberg to move on to other shiny baubles, then that would be good. I guess it depends on how successful his UBC efforts are.

Ken M | April 24, 2015 4:07 PM | Reply

The problem with having an obviously lunatic and mendacious fringe group is that they provide the more subtle groups with an easy way to portray themselves as a "reasonable compromise" between the two extremes, with all the pro-Second Amendment groups portrayed as a single "extreme".

Miguel | April 24, 2015 6:30 PM | Reply

There is an advantage about Blooomberg's group being the only honchos in the dance and not paying mind to the old school: They repeating the strategies of old. Think of them as teenagers that swear their parents never had any fun and never had the experiences they are having.

James N. Gibson | April 24, 2015 8:48 PM | Reply

The final note is Key. When Brady falls it takes whats left of Million Mom March with it. From that point on its The NRA groups, with their large numbers of voting members, against an organization that can't even begin to say they are public funded, or have any kind of significant membership. It will simply be Bloomberg's special interest group, paid and operated by Bloombergs millions.

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