Barbour to Recieve Endorsement from Extremist Republican Gun Group

The NRA ia going to endorse Haley Barbour today.

Whatever.

If you look at their history of endorsement you'll see that they almost always endorse Republicans.

Even when they endorse Democrats, like they did Musgrove, officials also issue letters supporting the Republican without any consequences effectively negating the endorsement.

Their endorsement of Democrats is usually simply that while they will often do independent expenditures on behalf of Republicans. An example is the lack of support following the gubernatorial endorsement in 2003 while doing a sizable expenditure on behalf of Scott Newton against Jim Hood in that same year.

So as Republicans crow about another group that almost exclusively endorses Republicans remember that this is a group that opposes the sale of automatic, assault weapons on the open market and opposes basic background background checks at gun shows that would make it more difficult for criminals and terrorists to acquire weapons.