Any groups other than the NRA I can donate too?

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I'll be blunt, I hate Wayne LaPierre. He's terrible at representing us...he always comes off as spineless/whiny/pleady. (I want someone with courage and conviction that gets on TV and flexes his muscles and lists facts, instead of whining his point across) However, I'd still like to get involved with a group so I can help protect our 2nd ammendment rights. Does anyone know of a good pro-2nd ammendment group that I can donate to? Thanks.
 
I would personally recommend the second amendment foundation.


http://www.saf.org/

They did more for heller than any other group in my opinion.

I would also suggest Gun Owners of America. But many will say that they dont do enough(but considering what you are saying about Wayne, you may find Pratt more to your liking). But I have yet to see anyone interested in Gun Rights have anything really negative to say about SAF.

I am a member.

You may also want to look into state organizations as well.
 
SAF is the only other group I'd think of as in the same league of effectiveness as the NRA, and they're doing REALLY important work every day.

But, of course, if you make your donations to NRA-ILA instead of just the NRA, your money will go to the political fight and the head guy there is Chris Cox, who is more palatable in general than Mr. LaPierre, to many folks.
 
yeah, LaPierre, is a <deleted> at best, but despite how crap he looks in public and how he comes off to most gun grabbers, the NRA and NRA-ILA have been pretty good at protecting our rights.

I held my nose and paid my $35 bucks this year. you can too. If you don't like the rest of the NRA's politics and their mucking about in various forms of right wing demagoguery, make up for it by donating $35 to some political candidate who otherwise represents your views (and be sure to make a not on it that you don't want more phony "gun-control laws").

There is also gun owners of america and the second amendment foundation. but the NRA are the big hitters, and they need your support (in terms of membership numbers) to help them sway people in congress.
 
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yeah, LaPierre, is a <deleted> at best, but despite how crap he looks in public and how he comes off to most gun grabbers, the NRA and NRA-ILA have been pretty good at protecting our rights.

I held my nose and paid my $35 bucks this year. you can too. If you don't like the rest of the NRA's politics and their mucking about in various forms of right wing demagoguery, make up for it by donating $35 to some political candidate who otherwise represents your views (and be sure to make a not on it that you don't want more phony "gun-control laws").

There is also gun owners of america and the second amendment foundation. but the NRA are the big hitters, and they need your support (in terms of membership numbers) to help them sway people in congress.
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Yeah, as Hickok45 said: "Hold your nose and sign the check. You can go and immediately cuss him out afterwards, but get involved." I was considering doing that, but I really didn't want to feel like my money was wasted.
 
SAF is the only other group I'd think of as in the same league of effectiveness as the NRA, and they're doing REALLY important work every day.

But, of course, if you make your donations to NRA-ILA instead of just the NRA, your money will go to the political fight and the head guy there is Chris Cox, who is more palatable in general than Mr. LaPierre, to many folks.
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And, another bump for the second amendment foundation.
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Well, I belong to the NRA, and upped my membership this year from "associate" (just to get access to the firearms associate) to "full" (so as to reward NRA for the work it is doing. LaPierre may be a public relations nightmare, but the truth is that anybody the MSM does like for their cultural/political views will get pilloried (just think of Sarah Palin). The NRA is more important for the work it does in the legislative domain, where it has unparalleled influence. So yeah, give to NRA-ILA directly, if you don't want to join NRA.

But I think it is time for me to "kick it up a notch" and give something to SAF, too.

And I'll be at the steps of our state capitol on Saturday, with the other .223/"Day of Resistance" supporters. We need to be engaged on as many fronts, and in as many ways, as we can. This is the fight of a lifetime.
 
The NRA is our bulldog roaming the halls of Congress and for motivating the public.

SAF is our attack dog in the Courts.

Gotta have both to be most effective.
 
Another vote for the SAF. I ditched my NRA membership after a board member went on tv in Texas a while back and and in short said no one "needs" an "assault weapon' and hunters don't need more than 5 rounds anyhow.... But again write the check and hold your nose right now anyhow ......
 
The Heller decision wouldn't have happened the way it did if not for The Second Amendment Foundation.

Other than NRA-ILA, SAF would be the one organization I would highly recommend you donate to.

FWIW, I have found that they will call you a lot more often for contributions than the NRA does, but I consider that a very small price to pay.


Other than that, look into donating to state-level pro-gun groups.
 
As far as I can tell, NRA gets big media coverage strictly because they are
almost totally ineffective, in that they ALWAYS support the "less onerous"
registration, background checks, waiting periods, etc.
SAF actually studies proposals, then ACTS with lawsuits to prevent ,
lessen, or totally repudiate the damage to the 2nd Amendment.
Just my thoughts.
 
Been a life member of the NRA for a couple decades or more but I give money to the SAF for what they do in the courts.
 
Gun Owners of America gets my $ after the second of my "Lifetime" memberships at NRA seemed to magically disappear - in the same lifetime.

SAF gets what I used to give to the NRA-ILA. I appreciate lobbying power but these days I feel better supporting solid legal action.
 
As far as I can tell, NRA gets big media coverage strictly because they are
almost totally ineffective,
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Uhhh....ok....so no, that's not true. The NRA gets media attention because they represent well over 4 MILLION members. Very, VERY few organizations can claim to represent anything like that number of dues-paying members and VOTERS. Nor can other organizations pretend to be able to motivate their members to the level of action that the NRA can.

People say the NRA is "ineffective" only because they believe that if they pay $25 a year, the law should say whatever they want it to say, and politics is a whole lot tougher game than that. The NRA-ILA gets to testify before Congress. The NRA-ILA reps get meetings with Congressmembers daily or weekly. The NRA is given a chance to speak to the freaking United Nations.

But yeah, they're like "ineffective." :rolleyes:

in that they ALWAYS support the "less onerous"
registration, background checks, waiting periods, etc.
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Oh really? :scrutiny:
That would fly in the face of like, every single thing they've said since about 1994...but maybe you're right. They're secretly selling us out. What hooey.

SAF actually studies proposals, then ACTS with lawsuits to prevent ,
lessen, or totally repudiate the damage to the 2nd Amendment.
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SAF does ALL its work in the courts. That is their area of expertise. That's a wholly different thing than lobbying the legislatures and Congress which is the NRA-ILA's job.

It helps to understand the roles both play if you try to compare them.
 
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