NRA Or Not

[NineseveN]

...and thus, as always, we degrade into name calling and finger pointing. Good grief people, The High Road?


I think not.

 

[IndianaDean]

Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, the best group I've found to date.
I try to support as many 2nd Amendment organizations as I can afford.

 

[PX15]

Nah I don't want to nail anyone, I want you to be right in fact. I just wanted to be sure they actually have a history of actions to back up their claims. .

Soybomb:

OK, I've had my fiber, zoloft and a good nights sleep. In reflection I think my comments to you yesterday were a bit below the line of good taste and I sincerely apologize for them..

In my advancing semi-senility sometimes I am guilty of putting my mouth in motion before putting my brain in gear.

Sorry,

J. Pomeroy

 

[Meplat]

Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, the best group I've found to date.
I try to support as many 2nd Amendment organizations as I can afford.

JFPFO is a very fine organization, and you gotta love their motto of "Never Again!" There's a group of folks who UNDERSTAND what the loss of gun ownership can mean. GOA is yet another great grass roots organization. I think the fact that as many people as possible belong to as many organizations as possible who fight for our RKBA is a very positive thing.

But we all have to admit, it's the NRA who Sarah Brady and company love to hate. There has to be a reason for that. Yes, joining in January and then getting monthly notices that your dues are about to run out from March on is a pain, but lets face it, how many other mailings do we get that we just chunk without even opening? It never fails that when I get an early "reupment" notice, I also discard at least three usurus loan offers, two or three credit card net casting letters, and probably at least one car dealership offer for the "deal of a lifetime". What do I get in return? Well, for thirty five bucks, I get an excellent magazine of my choice. Which has nothing to do with why I join. I automatically get a set amount of free gun insurance, which is not why I join. I get the chance to purchase, at a very reasonable amount, extra insurance for my guns if I so desire (not a single homeowner's insurance company in my area offers a rider for firearms at any price). Again, not why I join. My kids and I have had the opportinity to shoot at a range that the NRA has helped to build, maintain and insure. The police in my area owe a lot of their training to the NRA. All great and good things, but once again, not the reason I am a member.

The main reason I join is what I have stated earlier, and still firmly believe. Were it not for the NRA, there would be no reason to join JFPFO, GOA, or any other organization. Our rights would have been history long ago. Politicians FEAR the NRA, with good reason. Tread on the Second while in elected office, and you WILL have to deal with them. There's reason enough right there. The best I can hope for as an individual cititzen is to be a very minor gnat inflicting only minor irritation to anti-gun politicians even on a local level. As a member of the NRA, I am part of a body that becomes a hornet with a real stinger. One that cannot be ignored. When I spit in some grabber's eye, I want the gob to be big enough for them to feel. For thirty five dollars (and yes, money is more than tight here) I get the satisfaction of knowing that I can at least be a part of bloodying the nose of someone who wants to deprive me of a God given, Constitutionally recognized right. Cheap at twice the cost, I think.

 

[NineseveN]

Beware the enemy that unveils the path to their defeat, it is surely a trap.

 

[bdutton]

Absolutely YES.

Both for the need of a competitive governing body and as the most successful grass roots lobbying organization in the US.

 

[civilian]

I'm torn about NRA. The organization seems to have lost its direction, though in my mind they continue to be the big axe that we can wield in maintaining our 2-rights. I'm considering dropping my membership and sticking to the $200 I pay them each year for the HQS range membership.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, the best group I've found to date.
I try to support as many 2nd Amendment organizations as I can afford.

Being half jewish on my dads side (which actually makes me not at all jewish), I almost thought this was a joke until I found some more info. Thanks for the lead. Not going to find a stronger argument than that one very easily.

 

[YankeeRebel]

As has been reported on several sites, Kansas is considering conceal carry legislation. Week before last a Senate comittie held hearings on the bill and I was there for the hearing. A woman representating the NRA was there and testified for the bill. She did a good job of bringing in the fact that many women are in favor of CC and it not just the men. We got our monies worth from her.

Still not sure if the gov will sign the bill into law. The bill has passed the Senate and now goes to the House and should be on the gov's desk by March first. Hope she does, but I am not holding my breath.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

As has been reported on several sites, Kansas is considering conceal carry legislation. Week before last a Senate comittie held hearings on the bill and I was there for the hearing. A woman representating the NRA was there and testified for the bill. She did a good job of bringing in the fact that many women are in favor of CC and it not just the men. We got our monies worth from her.

Still not sure if the gov will sign the bill into law. The bill has passed the Senate and now goes to the House and should be on the gov's desk by March first. Hope she does, but I am not holding my breath.

I took the firearms class again the other day just to see if I was right about something ( I had argued with another board person that in oregon just drawing your weapon and having it it in your hand where others can see it is considered brandishing and that you did not have to wave it around or do something overtly aggressive. The instructor confirmed this to be true. ) and I noticed that 7 of the 12 people in the class were female...4 of them elderly.

 

[3fgburner]

Life member, here...

Had the bucks, and plan to live long enough for it to pay for itself. I also got tired of those whinges "from" LaPierre every six months, to renew early. I'm an NRA member primarily for the bennies. I don't contribute to ILA or PVF. I did tell 'em not to call me any more.

For ass-kickin' gun-rights activism, I support GOA at the national level. In-state, I'm an active member of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Q: What's the difference between VCDL and NRA lobbyists? A: NRA lobbyists don't wear guns in the General Assembly building.

I've been known to call up NRA and ream them for trying to weaken a VCDL-promoted bill. Those morons will "compromise" even when a bill is a slam-dunk to pass, as-is. BTW, it's easier to get into the building if you have a gun permit. Show permit, tell 'em you're packing, walk through, don't worry about the detector going off. No permit, get frisked - even if you're a teen-age girl who just happens to be wearing jewelry.

 

[IndianaDean]

You're welcome for the JPfO link. I also support GOA, the Second Amendment Foundation, along with the NRA.

And it's correct about the NRA, they're the first ones the media zeroes in on. Tonight when they were talking about Cheney and the hunting accident they stated he was a member of the NRA.

I'd like to see these other groups get bigger and bigger, putting pressure on the NRA to not give in to compromises. Whenever good and evil compromise, evil wins.

 

[mp510]

For me, it is a way to help promote a political item that I support and I enjoy being part of an organization. I am an annual member, and the magazines that I get 1st Freedom, American Rifleman are wonderful.

 

[RaySendero]

Don's quote regarding PlayboyPenguin

Dude, your hopeless, I think your some anti-gun troll..

Who is this guy PlayboyPenguin?

• A big tree hugging republican liberal
• Joined in Feb 2006
• Already 350+ posts (25+ posts per day)
• Senior Member??????????
• Just acquired 1st rifle but doesn't have room in safe for it, seemingly to indicated large ownership of handguns ---- then
• Says has bought Beretta tomcat .32 but wants to know what would be good for CCW - Duh!!!!!!
• Certainly can't say anything on this thread positive about the NRA

Looks like a troll, sounds like a troll, even smells!
PlayboyPenguin, Dude you just topped my ignore list!

 

[2400]

Me I choose not. Reason: I dont feel I need to pay to join a organization to have a hobby. I agree with a lot they do, but i also disagree with some of the stuff they do. Then there is the $$$ issue they take in a lot of revenue but thier output doesnt justify it (IMHO) so I wonder who is getting all the $$$?

Some of us don't feel like the Second Amendment is a hobby.
So, you just stay out of NRA, and those of us that believe this is all more than a hobby will continue to support and protect YOUR rights. We don't mind, we've been doing it for years anyway.

+1
My wife and I are life members.