Sort of like Terry McAlliffe claiming this morning about five minutes after the attack that 93 MILLION Americans are killed by gun violence every day? At that rate the USA should be empty within a month. Lol. He said it three times until a reporter corrected him. No, the NRA does not own conservatives any more than LGBTQ interests own the Democrats. While the ideology does influence party direction, both are mechanisms for allowing citizens their rights and freedoms.