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Gun permit newbee!

Hello all,

im new here!


i applied for a gun permit ..... a yr ago haven't heard back (until i recently ) ..... i called country clerks office..... they told me the i needed to write the judge..... so i did....asking him to on the status..... i didnt hear any for three weeks ....so i called his secretory.... and she asked if i wanted a hearing ..... so i said yes..... so now a date is in place for one in two weeks........ so what can i look forward on happening at this hearing?:what:
 
If it weren't for the right-wing rhetoric I'd join.

Groups that support my 2nd Amendment rights and go after infringements without engaging in rhetoric ment to distance 'certain folks' from the support of our Natural Rights get my support. NRA-ILA, not so much. Sorry, YMMV.
 
The NRA donates money to both Republicans and Democrats. Furthermore, they generally refrain from taking a stance on issues outside of the RKBA, which makes it kind of hard for me to believe that they're some sort of right-wing boogie man.
 
In all fairness it really is not the NRA who is the scary right wing boogieman.
It is 80% of their members. and if you are not willing to admit to that, you are truly blind on the right eye.
 
"I just wish we could get all gun owners to join. The excuses not to, in my book, never cut it."

I strongly disagree with the NRA's positions on a number of hunting issues so can't support them in good conscious. Right now i'm looking into other groups to find one, or more, that restricts it's actions to 2nd amendment issues.
 
If it weren't for the right-wing rhetoric I'd join.

Groups that support my 2nd Amendment rights and go after infringements without engaging in rhetoric ment to distance 'certain folks' from the support of our Natural Rights get my support. NRA-ILA, not so much. Sorry, YMMV.
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Nothing more than a COP-OUT.

But you are entitled to your opinion, such as it is.

When I was a child, I spoke and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up I put away childish things.
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i disagree with alot of the stuff that gets pumped down my throat as an NRA member (life member), but the simple fact remains...the NRA is the single most powerful 2nd Amendment advocacy group there is.

without the NRA, the 2nd Amendment may have been dissolved long ago
 
The NRA is the biggest stick we have.

Easy pay Life member in progress. Can't afford to throw them $1000 all at once, but broken down over 10 years it's an easy pill to swallow.
 
It is 80% of their members. and if you are not willing to admit to that, you are truly blind on the right eye.
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If that's the case, we should invite more scary left wingers and we can be blind in both eyes. :D
 
Tim the student said:
$375 actually, according to the website.
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You're a disabled vet - your rate for "Distinguished Life Member" is the same as a retiree's rate - $300.00
$375 actually, according to the website.
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Could be....
But I paid 300.00 - I'd been a Disabled Vet for a long time AND an NRA member for a long time when I accidentally stumbled across the "Disabled Vet Rate" (same rate as for retirees) "Distinguished Life Member" -

- I think they credited my account for a few years because I transitioned over from a long-time regular yearly membership.....

.....I came across it by accident - I'm a VFW Life Member and when I "turned of age" was considering joining AARP and did some deep comparative research...

.....I came to the realization that the NRA by itself, represents ME BETTER as a gun hobbyist, sportsman, VETERAN, DISABLED VETERAN, and a (GASP) elderly person than the VFW (a dying organization) and/or the AARP.
 
I strongly disagree with the NRA's positions on a number of hunting issues so can't support them in good conscious. Right now i'm looking into other groups to find one, or more, that restricts it's actions to 2nd amendment issues.
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The only other nationally active RKBA group I support is the 2nd Amendment Foundation. They do fantastic work from the legal side of things.
 
ErikO said:
If it weren't for the right-wing rhetoric I'd join.

Groups that support my 2nd Amendment rights and go after infringements without engaging in rhetoric ment to distance 'certain folks' from the support of our Natural Rights get my support. NRA-ILA, not so much. Sorry, YMMV.
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I had some doubts about supporting the NRA this year after they disgraced themself by giving a platform to that awful glen beck and that ditz from alaska, but I came back to my senses and remembered that I support the NRA because they are the preeminent, far-and-away, only-game-in-town organization for gun advocacy.

Nobody's perfect, and its important to keep in mind that the freak show mentioned above is, in practical terms, inconsequential to what the NRA does.
 
If that's the case, we should invite more scary left wingers and we can be blind in both eyes.
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Ideally yes! We should! If ye olde politicians realize a very sizable chunk of the population coming from every walk of life, every political direction and more importantly every voter base will not stand for infringements on private weapons ownership then I can *guarantee* you all this talk about gun control by radical fringe groups will come to a very, very sudden end in terms of legislative power.

You just go and sell that to 80% or so of the current membership. 8) Let me know when I can join up and contribute to the big stick, without everyone around me offending me at every turn.
 
Those NRA guys at the booths are annoying as hell! The last show i went too they tried to make me feel bad about not being a member ( they didnt give me time to tell them i was) and every time i walked by one of them would spout off something like, heyyy bud you think about that yet, its only money son. I lost respect after that.
 
Let me know when I can join up and contribute to the big stick, without everyone around me offending me at every turn.
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You've got a point, but the solution lacks merit. How would anyone "offend" you? Better yet, what difference does it make?

You just go and sell that to 80% or so of the current membership.
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No, I don't have to do that. :D Why should that be my problem? Whether I agree with them or not, I'm going to contribute in the struggle. If someone has offended me to the point that I harbor feelings of apprehension or reservation, they have already exerted too much influence over me. I have let what should have been their problem become my problem.
 
Those NRA guys at the booths are annoying as hell! The last show i went too they tried to make me feel bad about not being a member ( they didnt give me time to tell them i was) and every time i walked by one of them would spout off something like, heyyy bud you think about that yet, its only money son. I lost respect after that.
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You just go and sell that to 80% or so of the current membership. 8) Let me know when I can join up and contribute to the big stick, without everyone around me offending me at every turn.
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You're both actually that thin skined?

Must be a harsh world.
 
Nobody's perfect, and its important to keep in mind that the freak show mentioned above is, in practical terms, inconsequential to what the NRA does.
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This. I care only about the NRA's positions regarding RKBA and their political power/ability to defend the 2nd Amendment.
 
I dont care about all the b.s.

I dont care if they are right wing or left wind, if they support palin and beck (eh, i kinda like beck actually( and i dont care who else is a member or what there belief's are. I dont care if every other member is a cheerful fun lad, or an A-hole.

As long as they fight more my right to purchase, own, carry and use (at the range and self defense). Then im happy, and they get my support.
 
You're both actually that thin skined?

Must be a harsh world.
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This has nothing to do with thin skinned. May I kindly remind you that until a few months ago "right winger" got you reported here and "Pinko" was language appropriate enough for "your grandmother?"
Now, imagine an organization, whose membership isn't as open minded as the circumstances here. And then tell me you want to join that if you don't fit in.

Frankly, until the shooting community gets rid of the "If ya dun like it ... git out!" attitude it's gonna be stuck in the position it's in. And I'd much rather see the community grow, so that we don't have to deal with stupid places like Detroit, DC or NYC.

But hey, you go on doing what you do. It's ironically not me who you're damaging. It's your own future as a gunner in this country.
 
Card carrying. Only a year right now though :(

The card has literally saved me hundreds on hotels and I got some free pizza once for it (2 larges and a 2 liter of coke!)
 
When someone can show me another organization that has done as much for gun rights in thsi country as the NRA, I'll suppor that group. until then, I'll continue to fund the biggest lobbying organization that is committed to protecting my rights, your rights, and the rights of gun owners nationwide. While thre are definitely things about the organization I'd change, I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face, so to speak. Overall, the NRA does far more good than harm to the causes I support
 
People always complain that they support candidates they don't personally like (Harry Reid, Sarah Palin, whatever).
People fail to remember that they support anyone who supports RKBA.

If you advocate bringing back slavery or turning America into a communist country, but you support the Second Amendment, they will support you.

That is there job, they are single issue and very focused.
 
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