They’d get better results flushing money down the toilet.
Brooklyn Democrats ran the Friends of the NRA dinner out of town two years ago. They aren’t taking NRA money. They’d make a show of refusing it actually to build even more anti-gun cred.
No. The party makes decisions based upon who gives what to whom and the primary reason they don't like NRA is because NRA does not give their candidates money/support. Elected Democrats come right out and say that. This is also why NY does not allow gas fracking.