The Moment When The National Rifle Association Shot Itself In The Foot

[TupperHappy]

1. The NRA couldn't NOT endorse Donald Trump

Pardon the double negative, but realistically, what choice did they have? Not endorsing anyone was never going to happen, not with the stakes in this election. Endorsing a third party candidate was also not in the cards. The only two third-party candidates with even a mathematical chance for winning the presidency will be the Green and Libertarian party nominees, guess which one supports the Second Amendment. And even though I would love to see the LP win this year the chances for that are slim to none, and Slim just left town.

So it comes down to selecting the least worst option. Do you go with a candidate whose has constantly flip flopped on gun rights but is at least saying the right things now, or with the candidate who is unrelentingly hostile to the Second Amendment?

To borrow a phrase, when it comes to the two main parties, all Presidential candidates are awful, but one is more awful than the other. To put it another way, this time around, the devil you know is NOT the better option.