NRA - making them 'effectively'work for us

[JohnBT]

For the members, please remember that federal law prohibits the NRA-Political Victory Fund and NRA-Institute for Legislative Action using our dues for political purposes. Dues support the educational activities of the NRA. Please send whatever you can spare to the political action arms of the NRA.

John
Member www.vcdl.org
NRA Patron

 

[JohnBT]

Going back to the original post...

"That's the problem with any so called 'non-profit', SALARIES?"

What's the problem? It takes money to hire the right people with the right connections. Not just any old person gets their phone calls answered and requests for appointments granted. Try it sometime, call a Senator or the White House. See if you can get an appointment for early next week.

John

 

[ldcarson]

I am still contemplating joining the NRA. You may ask whats holding me back? ONE major Issue, that to me shows lack of interest in 2A rights that THEY have not done. i.e. it wasn't their idea so they aren't getting behind it.

While I applaude the effort of the NRA in many areas, I have also been very disapointed in their stances. One issue is doing something simple like supporting the various OPEN carry movements in several States. Regardless of "Where" we are on CHL or OC, most of these states and organizations aren't even asking for Material Support, Just verbal support for the 2nd Amendment cause. Yet NRA and others are silent. For 1 million a year, and given that their charter is in support of the 2A rights, WHY is the NRA silent?

THATS my issue with NRA. Its the LACK of support across the broad spectrum. Support can be verbally, Written, or wholesale legal involvement. If the NRA is to be the premeire guns right advocates, that they should be, then IT should be supporting all groups working for 2A rights and that includes endorsing orginizations and their ideas as long as they are working for 2A rights.

Thats my two cents.

 

[X-Rap]

So you agree with most of what they do and admit that while they maybe unsupportive of some things you find important they are not opposed or anti.
And for this you decide not to join and enhance the largest pro 2a organization in the world
We can all join up with those specific groups that focus on our favorite issue but without the NRA there are just a bunch of small less influential gun orgs. and I don't think we get the best representation.
If we all just skip a couple dinners out or a movie or ball game there is enough to help support 2a on many fronts.

 

[Lonest@r]

I think everyone here supports what the NRA represents, but are just questioning how money is spent and effectiveness of their actions. Thats it.

The topic if this thread was asking how can we get involved and effectively voice our thoughts and opinions to the organizational leaders to get members involved, rather than simply asking for donations.

Why can't we organize a NRA or 2A type rally or demonstration. The GAYS organized a national Civil Rights demonstration in protest of PROP 8 in California (there was even one in KY) simply using email, MySpace and Facebook and are effectively getting it overturned.

 

[chemist308]

For which task, you must be a member.

Patience and persistence.

In the meantime, you may want to actually keep your guns, and it seems to me they're your best hope for that.

So, my suggestion is to join the NRA and be active in it. It is only from this that change will come.

+1. Best advice and answer.

 

[TEDDY]

NRA support

first you MUST know what the NRA is and what it can do and what it cant.
you will never know unless you ask.for those who can go to headquarters,you should find it eye opening.the NRA is a training and teaching org first.only since the attack on the 2nd began did they ever have to work in politics.they were the only congress approved org.they may or not be now.there main thrust was marksmenship.as I have been in the NRA since 1939 I have some idea of their operation.I was a member of a high school rifle team in Mass in a city of 60,000. all the team members went into the service in WW2.as an aside all firestations in that city had rifle ranges in their basements.If your not an NRA member your not helping.yes I flame!Mass had 1,700,000 licensed gun owner and 2 million voters and look at them.now they have 200,000 licensed gun owners.because the gun owners wont get of their ***** to vote for their rights.:banghead: