Democrats rejoiced at the news that the New York Attorney General is aiming to dissolve the National Rifle Association. Mondaire Jones, the progressive rising star expected to win New York’s 17th Congressional District seat, Thursday summed up the prevailing Democratic view: “Dissolving the NRA would remove one of the biggest impediments to gun safety measures at the state and federal level.”
But that’s a dangerous assumption for Democrats to make. Even if the NRA is gone or tied down by litigation, about 43 percent of Americans will still live in gun-owning households. A fervent gun rights culture of hunters, collectors, open carriers, militia members and self-defense enthusiasts would still persist.
They even have a paragraph on Gun Grabber Mark Kelly
However, Kelly is not running hard on gun control. Not one of Kelly's TV ads even mentions guns. And when discussing his views on his campaign website, Kelly is careful with his language. He is quick to note that he is a “gun owner and a combat veteran.” And he sticks with measures and phrases that poll strongly such as, “universal background checks” and keeping “guns out of the hands of stalkers and domestic abusers.” He does not use the word “ban,” not even for semi-automatic assault weapons, even though such a ban is a focal point for many gun control advocates.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/08/nra-gun-rights-voters-392604