The NRA-Institute for Legislative Action is the lobbying arm of the NRA. All they do is lobbying. And the reason other organizations exist is because the NRA has a history of compromise. The NRA signed off on EVERY Federal gun control law on the books. In some cases, they helped write the legislation. More @Wikipedia
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