Editing National Rifle Association (section)

===Pro-gun rights criticism===
Pro-gun rights critics include [[Gun Owners of America]] (GOA), founded in the 1970s because some gun rights advocates believed the NRA was too flexible on gun issues.<ref name=PGC2012>{{cite book |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |year=2012 |title=The Politics of Gun Control |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NSOquAAACAAJ |location=Boulder, CO |publisher=Paradigm |isbn=978-1594519871}}</ref>{{rp|110–11}} [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]] (JPFO) has also disagreed with NRA for what it perceives as a willingness to compromise on gun control.<ref name=Zelman940523>{{cite speech |title=Aaron Zelman Talks to the NRA Board |first=Aaron |last=Zelman |location=Minneapolis, MN |date=May 23, 1994 |url=http://jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/speech.htm |access-date=June 5, 2014 }}</ref> The [[National Association for Gun Rights]] (NAGR) has been an outspoken critic of the NRA for a number of years. According to the Huffington Post, "NAGR is the much leaner, more pugnacious version of the NRA. Where the NRA has looked to find some common ground with gun reform advocates and at least appear to be reasonable, NAGR has been the unapologetic champion of opening up gun laws even more."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fuller|first=Matt|date=2016-08-01|title=How Republican Gun Legislation Died In Congress|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-gun-bill-died-congress_n_579fa095e4b0e2e15eb6baba|access-date=2020-11-18|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> In June 2014, an [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] group in Texas threatened to withdraw its support of the NRA if it did not retract its statements critical of the practice. The NRA–ILA's Chris Cox said the statements were a staffer's personal opinion and a mistake.<ref name=AP140604>{{cite news |date=June 4, 2014 |title=NRA rolls back 'open carry' criticism |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/04/5871960/nra-rolls-back-open-carry-criticism.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140605194641/http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/04/5871960/nra-rolls-back-open-carry-criticism.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2014 |newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=June 5, 2014 }}</ref>