The United States Concealed Carry Association has 600,000 members. It is now launching a Super PAC to dive deeper into the political arena. thereload.com/americas-large…
“We’re focused on three things: national concealed carry reciprocity, firearms training, and removing barriers that hinder responsibly-armed Americans’ ability to protect themselves,” @USCCA Super PAC chairman Mike Lowney told @TheReloadSite. thereload.com/americas-large…
With the NRA in turmoil, it's easy to see the potential of a group as big as USCCA getting deeper into politics. Their biggest appeal to date has been their concealed carry insurance (which I have) but they are big enough to make real noise. thereload.com/americas-large…
But they're pretty new to politics. They aren't disclosing their budget or how they plan to spend in the upcoming elections. They say they don't want to replace the NRA and they have a long way to go before their operations were remotely capable of that anyway.
In fact, they've already drawn backlash from some gun activists for accidentally linking to an anti-gun bill that shares the same name as a pro-gun bill they support on their website. It's a rookie mistake but it doesn't inspire confidence out of the gate.
But the potential is still there from the size of their membership. The NRA's paying membership is what gives them influence. USCCA is much smaller but still among the biggest membership organizations in the gun-rights movement. We'll see where they go from here.
Read more about what USCCA is trying to accomplish with this group and who they want to reach here: thereload.com/americas-large…
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