I recently heard that AARP is anti- second amendment. Can someone direct me to recent AARP writings/literature on second amendment issues? I am considering dropping my membership and would like to know exactly what they say concerning the second amendment and what their positions are.
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I dont know much about their politics, but I do know my dad used to use the discount all the time for hotels, rental cars etc, and after a year of not being required to show his AARP card, he cancelled his membership and continued to use the discount 
Art Eatman
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The membership of the AARP is spread across the issue, just like the population at large. However, most of us Old Farts don't care about the politics; we want the discounts and cheap insurance. (Well, that's what I'm told; I'm not a member.)
The people who actually do the office work and administration and lobbying for AARP seem to be anti-gun. They aren't very active, as there was a good bit of bitching at them some years ago (early Clinton?) when the anti-gun stance was made known across the membership.
And that's about the limit of my knowledge.
Art
The people who actually do the office work and administration and lobbying for AARP seem to be anti-gun. They aren't very active, as there was a good bit of bitching at them some years ago (early Clinton?) when the anti-gun stance was made known across the membership.
And that's about the limit of my knowledge.
Art
JohnBT
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Copied from their site:
"Gun Control
AARP believes in the Constitutional right to bear arms. But to make the nation safer, we must do what we can to keep guns out of hands of children and criminals. AARP supported the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which went into law in 1994 with bi-partisan support, but was allowed to expire this year.
AARP supports measures to eliminate firearm possession by juveniles, convicted domestic abusers and those under domestic violence restraining orders."
"Gun Control
AARP believes in the Constitutional right to bear arms. But to make the nation safer, we must do what we can to keep guns out of hands of children and criminals. AARP supported the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which went into law in 1994 with bi-partisan support, but was allowed to expire this year.
AARP supports measures to eliminate firearm possession by juveniles, convicted domestic abusers and those under domestic violence restraining orders."
Wiley
Member
Look on the aarp site for the Public Policy document. They are explicitly anti-gun.
Also socialist, wealth redistribution (i.e., take your property and give it to somebody else), etc.
Also socialist, wealth redistribution (i.e., take your property and give it to somebody else), etc.
longeyes
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I suggest gunmakers provide special senior citizen buying hours and big discounts. That should help.
I suggest gunmakers provide special senior citizen buying hours and big discounts. That should help.
I'm an AARP member. I spend all of $10 a year (or something like that) to be a member.
Yes, they are an insurance marketing corporation.
They also are against Bush's abolition of Social Security.
I know many fuddy duddy old people who belong to AARP. These 'oldsters' also have a loaded blue steel revolver stashed around someplace.
Yes, they are an insurance marketing corporation.
They also are against Bush's abolition of Social Security.
I know many fuddy duddy old people who belong to AARP. These 'oldsters' also have a loaded blue steel revolver stashed around someplace.
oldfart
Member
Many years ago (more than I like to think about) I checked out the gun policies of AARP and decided not to have anything to do with them. They continued to send me junk-mail until I wrote back, telling them that I intended to send their postage-paid envelopes back to them stuffed with washers, thereby increasing the cost. I haven't heard from them since.
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