rogerjames
member
I'm a noobie, only owned a handgun and been shooting less than a year. I'm 34 yrs old by the way. I joined NRA a few months after my handgun purchase. I have become, at least philosophically, a big advocate of our 2nd amendment rights. (I'm sure everyone on this board are big supporters of 2A rights but I only mention this because before my handgun purchase I was a non-gun owner and quite ambivalent and unconcerned/uninterested in these issues).
Anyway, I appreciate the e-mails that I get from NRA informing me of legislative issues within my state of Florida and nationwide AND the e-mail addresses of my senators and representatives that will be voting on these issues. I have used these e-mails to construct short letters that I copy and paste and e-mail to each and every legislator voting on these 2A issues asking for their support on these issues. Most of my e-mails only receive generic/ automatic responses so I am sure that most of the content of my e-mails goes unread, but I am quite sure that my "Support such and such bill" in the subject line of my e-mail gets counted in some sort of bean-counting system so that these legislators know where their constituents stand on these issues.
For those of you on this board that haven't joined the NRA, why?? I admit I'm a noobie, but I've never been handfed so much information than my measly $30 NRA membership has given me. Power exists in numbers. Even if you join and never do anything else, the sheer size will increase our power.
My question is... How many of you fellow NRA members take the time to call or e-mail your legislators urging them to support 2A issues?
I'm sure I don't spend more than an hour a month in this effort and I'm sure these anti-gunners are flooding these offices with their opinions and we need to show them that they are "outgunned" and outsmarted. We need to let our legislators know that we read, write letters, inform our communities, and VOTE!
Anyway, I appreciate the e-mails that I get from NRA informing me of legislative issues within my state of Florida and nationwide AND the e-mail addresses of my senators and representatives that will be voting on these issues. I have used these e-mails to construct short letters that I copy and paste and e-mail to each and every legislator voting on these 2A issues asking for their support on these issues. Most of my e-mails only receive generic/ automatic responses so I am sure that most of the content of my e-mails goes unread, but I am quite sure that my "Support such and such bill" in the subject line of my e-mail gets counted in some sort of bean-counting system so that these legislators know where their constituents stand on these issues.
For those of you on this board that haven't joined the NRA, why?? I admit I'm a noobie, but I've never been handfed so much information than my measly $30 NRA membership has given me. Power exists in numbers. Even if you join and never do anything else, the sheer size will increase our power.
My question is... How many of you fellow NRA members take the time to call or e-mail your legislators urging them to support 2A issues?
I'm sure I don't spend more than an hour a month in this effort and I'm sure these anti-gunners are flooding these offices with their opinions and we need to show them that they are "outgunned" and outsmarted. We need to let our legislators know that we read, write letters, inform our communities, and VOTE!