Wait a minute now, you’re shifting the goal posts here. What you said was that the NRA was at at fault for the current state of affairs because they were funnelling money into campaigning by the wheelbarrow, and now that I’ve shown you the receipts, you’re telling me that you’re not surprised and that the people behind the NRA have some kind of undisclosed stash of funds? I’m sure they’re quite wealthy in their private lives, but how does that affect legislation? I don’t really care how much money people have in their accounts, domestic or off-shore - I only care about lobbying, since that was the subject. It doesn’t really matter to me either way - I despise corrupt politicians regardless of whether they’re being bribed to do things I agree or disagree with, but if the numbers don’t align with the conclusion, I have to point it out. In your opinion, is it at all possible that firearms are prevalent in America and gun rights are strongly supported simply because a large part of the population, about half of it, actually believes that they have utility and consider bearing arms to be a right? Now, for the record, this isn’t a question about supporting or not supporting more gun control measures, it’s about the sentiment towards guns in general. I think that’s far more likely to be true compared to it being a result of campaigning by gun rights groups.