text: What I fail to understand, is that the NRA actually gives less to campaign coffers than organizations like the Catholic Church and the K of C. How does the NRA wield so much power? For years I thought the NRA was some giant cash cow. With the aging out of it’s membership and the resulting loss in income, they are barely a ghost of themselves, yet the media promotes them as a giant factor. It is starting to sound like the wizard behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz.