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MONEY_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 5, 2018 7:45 AM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 5, 2018 7:45 AM UTC John Oliver took on the National Rifle Association — “a group that feels about guns the way the rest of us feel about Nutella” — on Sunday night’s episode of _Last Week Tonight._ In the wake of the shooting at Parkland, Florida high school, Oliver noted that the public pressure is actually working and many companies are [dropping the discounts](http://time.com/5182755/delta-airlines-nra-atlanta-georgia/?iid=sr-link1) given to NRA members. However, so far, one group has held firm — [big tech companies](http://time.com/money/5176783/nra-boycott-fedex-amazon-apple-gun-control-youtube/?iid=sr-link5) like Amazon, Apple, and Roku have resisted public pressure are all still offering access to NRA TV. Oliver had one question, though: What is [NRA](http://time.com/5178100/gun-injuries-nra-conventions/?iid=sr-link6) TV? Turns out it’s a channel that produces a lot of videos that are “trolling for your attention.” The channel has spawned odd viral videos starring country musician Charlie Daniels and spokeswoman Dana Loesch talking about the “[clenched fist of truth](http://time.com/4841051/gun-owners-nra-advertisement/),” as well as series like _Media Lab_ where a gun-loving ex-military man reenacts scenes from his favorite movies, most of which involve bank robberies. According to [Oliver](http://time.com/5175069/john-oliver-italy-last-week-tonight/?iid=sr-link4), NRA TV also has an entire group of shows dedicated to luring women into the gun life through things like handbags that can hold a concealed gun and gun-oriented arts and crafts where guns are monogrammed and sprayed fun colors. Shows like _Armed and Fabulous_ are created, because according to one NRA executive speaking in a video clip, “if you get the woman, you get the family.” Another show, _Love at First Shot,_ helps acclimate women to using guns with one episode featuring an arms instructor calling an [AR-15 ](http://time.com/5160355/ar-15-rifle-florida-parkland-school-shooting/?iid=sr-link7)— the gun used in the Florida high school shooting — like “a light poof of happiness.” As Oliver noted, it’s a little odd to describe a semi-automatic weapon the same way Bob Ross describes a cloud. It’s not all fun with guns, according to Oliver, things on NRA TV get much darker, because the NRA wants to paint a bleak vision of America that has only one solution—guns. As Oliver puts it NRA TV is basically one long infomercial asking questions like: “Do you have ISIS sympathizers in those hard to reach places? Are you tired of getting 9/11-ed?” In Oliver’s opinion, NRA TV simply isn’t that scary, describing it as the stupid hat sitting on top of an actually frightening bear. “It’s the dumbest most transparent thing it does,” said Oliver. 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