Why does the NRA negotiate with the Rights it is supposedly protecting ?

I would love to have seen the NRA mobilize it's vast membership to go to the aid of those civilians who needed help maintaining their right to keep and bear arms during the Katrina aftermath. I mean march right down there enforce, and stand with the civilians in the face of the B.S. marshall law enforcement. That is the kind of demonstration that would make a lasting statement to those in power. Instead, they sat on their couches and watched the little old lady get tackled by some big doof with a badge. I know there would be logistical problems...........but I also know they take in enough greenbacks to move mountains if properly used.

Should I take heart in the fact that the NRA has seen to it that something like that could never happen again ?