redstate.com has some inside baseball stuff on the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) lobbying efforts in our nation’s capitol. Unless you’re a beltway boy, it’s pretty esoteric stuff. Suffice it to say, “Shocking new e-mails obtained by RedState show that the National Rifle Association actively opposed and sought to undermine gun-rights legislation offered in the Senate by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).” The key communication [after the jump] reveals that the NRA worked to make sure that the law allowing firearms into national parks excluded rifles. To prevent poaching. Yes, well, handgun – bear. AR – bear. Know what I mean?
