Here is the explanation:
How the NRA's money forces Republicans to fight gun control
How the NRA won the obedience of the US government (That should be the seditious repuke part of so-called governance where proper governing is something blood money making repukes nothing about. One thing for sure, they will not be able to take that dirty and bloody money with them when their despicable existence is over on Earth.)
The National Rifle Association’s black-carpeted booth was packed last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. Just days earlier, a school shooter in Parkland, Florida had killed seventeen people.
Khaki-wearing college students and denim jacket-clad retirees gathered under prominent photos of NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch and CEO Wayne LaPierre. Hanging T-shirts proclaimed “NRA: Freedom’s safest place.” The bank of laptops flanked by credit card machines in the new member signup area was particularly busy. Lines formed of people waiting to sign up, some peeling bills out of their wallets to pay the special $20 annual fee, a 50% discount on the regular rate."
https://qz.com/1214787/how-the-nras-money-forces-republicans-to-fight-gun-control/