Editor's Pick: What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA

What the PC Industry Could Learn From the NRA

Rob Enderle Jan 18, 2016 5:00 AM PT
	One of the fascinating things about the NRA is that buyers of guns think the organization represents them, when in fact its mission is to represent gun sellers -- not gun buyers -- and certainly never gun buyers against gun sellers. Guns for consumers largely have been banned in most of the world, with the exception of the U.S., which uniquely has the NRA. [More...]

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