jimmyraythomason
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I did it again didn't I? I was SOOOO close too! This time I swear...no more NRA bellyache threads!!!
NRA Built Massive Gun Owner Database
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AKElroy
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Given recent revelations about the NSA, I think they have access to everything they need.
X-JaVeN-X
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The way I figure it...if we ever need to stand up against our government, they have a good list of who to call first...
MarshallDodge
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And why should I be afraid again? Is an agency going door to door taking guns away today or in the near future? Do you think the NRA would just stand back and let that happen?dc dalton said:
May I suggest that you create more positive information about gun ownership rather than coming down on an organization that has done more for gun rights than you could do in a thousand lifetimes.
SharpsDressedMan
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Does membership in the NRA include gun ownership, or can you be a member and have no guns?
jcwit
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They never asked me if I owned any or not, I've been a member most of my 70 years.
savanahsdad
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they could come on here (THR) and see pics of my guns , so what .
alsaqr
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Looks like the founder of another gun rights wannabe organization is bashing the NRA.
My feelings exactly. We have an awful lot of trouble with the anti-gunners. We do not need founders of gun rights organizations bashing the NRA.
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Officers'Wife
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When you give out your information, either to join an organization, apply for services or gain government permission to exercise a right they cannot infringe, you have reason none to expect that information not to be stored, collated and/or sold to third parties.
JohnBT
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"If true it's a tad unnerving"
If true? The NRA is a lobbying group, of course they've compiled mailing lists and lists of possible donors. Just like AARP knows where the old people live. It's what they're paid to do.
You crack me up.
John
If true? The NRA is a lobbying group, of course they've compiled mailing lists and lists of possible donors. Just like AARP knows where the old people live. It's what they're paid to do.
You crack me up.
John
BSA1
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WHAT??? I am shocked, simply SHOCKED! To find out the NRA is storing my name and address in a computer instead of a 3x5 card in a Rolodex.
montanaoffroader
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@SharpsDressedMan
For a short time (~2 years), I was an NRA member without a gun! I remedied that situation as soon as possible, of course.
The NRA is for anyone who has an interest in firearms or shooting sports.
As to the NRA compiling a database of gun owners, so what? As many others have pointed out, it's the way business is done these days. Nothing sinister at all.
For a short time (~2 years), I was an NRA member without a gun! I remedied that situation as soon as possible, of course.
The NRA is for anyone who has an interest in firearms or shooting sports.
As to the NRA compiling a database of gun owners, so what? As many others have pointed out, it's the way business is done these days. Nothing sinister at all.
OilyPablo
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This is a scandal? And the NSA, IRS, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, etc are phony stories. Got it.
splattergun
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Purchasing and selling customer lists is common practice in business and government(even when they promise that they don't). Buy a tumbler from Harbor Freight? Get a catalog in the mail a couple months later from Northern Tool. Bought a gun from Cabela's? NRA solicitations soon follow. Got car insurance or a driver license? AARP knows when you turn 49 and begin sending solicitations (and never stop).
It can be annoying, but I'm not alarmed.
It can be annoying, but I'm not alarmed.
climbnjump
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Funny you should mention that. This following story involves Target, not Walgreens, but Walgreens probably does the same thing:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/
For those folks who haven't figured it out yet, we live in the age of analytics. Quite frankly, I'd be upset if the NRA WASN'T taking advantage of the data that are out there. Organizations that want to grow need to be able to target their recruiting to folks that are predisposed to become members. This is good business and just plain common sense.
And if you think our friendly government doesn't already have -or could put together in a matter of a few weeks - the same info, then you aren't paying attention to current events.
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barnbwt
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I hear the Brady Campaign has a list of all gunowners, too; US Census minus their membership roles. Done.
I think I'd take my chances of abuse from an entity with no enforcement mechanism, no means of gaining one, and whose exercise of punitive force would be quickly stamped out by a jealous Uncle Sam. If the Federal government shared those characteristics, I would be comfortable with a similarly constructed database of willingly offered or public data. Since .gov is not and can not be such a "benign" entity, it cannot be trusted with that data.
TCB
I think I'd take my chances of abuse from an entity with no enforcement mechanism, no means of gaining one, and whose exercise of punitive force would be quickly stamped out by a jealous Uncle Sam. If the Federal government shared those characteristics, I would be comfortable with a similarly constructed database of willingly offered or public data. Since .gov is not and can not be such a "benign" entity, it cannot be trusted with that data.
TCB
SharpsDressedMan
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^^^That's not true! A lot of Brady people own guns. They just believe in double standards.
Queen_of_Thunder
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Much ado about nothing
Justin
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Oh, how cute. One of the useless denizens of buzzfeed stopped posting cat memes recycled from Reddit long enough to play a game of pretend journalist.
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