I'm disappointed that gun-rights have been allowed to become a partisan issue. This may not be a direct failing of the NRA-ILA, but I think it makes the gun-community weaker. We become dependent upon one party to look after our concerns, and popular opinion will never allow one side to hold power for long (thank god).
I feel like our gun-rights are eggs and all of them are in the Republican basket. This is a failing of the NRA-ILA. The alienation of more liberal gun owners (like myself) by supporting candidates they'll hate more than they love their guns is not a smart policy. I can't find reasons to join such an organization.
OK, this is starting to get a little silly here.
It certainly is not the fault of the NRA-ILA that gun rights tends to split on party lines.
If the Democratic party wants to make gun rights a non-partisan issue, that is entirely in their control. All they have to do is drop gun control from their policy platform.
I think this is misplaced frustration on your part. The NRA-ILA is not preventing the Democratic party from embracing gun rights. For this you have your own party to blame. Maybe you should put some of this righteous indignation where it belongs.