> You're conflating marketing a product to a market and bribing politicians to not restrict the sale of guns. There isn't any overlap
I disagree. In the case of gun ownership, lobbying creates the market, and the more generalised marketing helps to grow it. They're two tines of the same pitchfork.
Lobbying is, after all, just highly focused marketing at specific demographics (politicians) and in often underhanded ways.
I was illustrating a point with an example, not documenting an exhaustive list of the NRAs expenditure. And the fact that you're picking meta-arguments rather than refuting my point head-on, speaks volumes.
I disagree. In the case of gun ownership, lobbying creates the market, and the more generalised marketing helps to grow it. They're two tines of the same pitchfork.
Lobbying is, after all, just highly focused marketing at specific demographics (politicians) and in often underhanded ways.