Unfortunately, the NRA has co-opted the "gun-owners-representative" position in the US and, IMHO, they are generally the antithesis of the idea that most gun-owners are on the whole reasonably sane.   Once upon a time, they stood for safe and responsible gun ownership. However, they have long since moved passed that to focus on the idea that nobody should have the right to control or restrict anyone's right to carry or shoot just about anything.