Wow, I'm surprised at all the NRA bashing going on here, all the while they keep on fighting for our 2nd Amendment freedoms.
The key to the NRA is that they are unified and powerful. The more other groups try to attack them, the weaker all of us, as American gun owners, become. It's called divide and conquer.
To clear up some misconceptions, the reason that the NRA wasn't backing the Heller case initially was because they didn't think that they would win. The lawyer which defended Heller in the case calculated that he could win and chose the opportune moment to continue with the case.
The NRA supported the individual right to keep and bear arms; can you imagine the blow it would have if the Supreme Court declared it a collective right? I really can't. I think it would cause a revolution in this country, no joke.
Seriously guys, if you want to sit on your computers and "support" your freedoms by chatting away on this forum and pretending that you are making a difference, be my guest. It's appalling, though, to see you guys attacking each other and groups which are effectively fighting and winning back the freedoms which were lost throughout the years.
If you don't want to join the NRA, nobody can force you, but don't shortchange them for all they've done. I'm pretty convinced that without the NRA, we would have very little gun rights in the U.S..
Don't listen to hearsay and emotional arguments against the NRA. Those are the same reasons why anti's don't like guns. We are better than that.
I read a liberal article saying that the NRA was losing it's steam. It seems like many of you guys are helping make that self-fulfilling prophecy a reality. Don't worry, that's just what Helmke, Obama, Hilary and any other gun-grabbing politician want. :banghead: