Thank you, Robert.
I never cease to be amazed at the short-sightedness of some people.
They gripe about the mailings, but think it's swell when the NRA mounts a lawsuit to protect gun rights, lobbies Congress to pass laws ending nuisance suits against firearms manufacturers, files "friend of court" briefs in cases like the Washington D.C. gun law case going before the Supreme Court, and files a lawsuit (with the Second Amendment Foundation) to force New Orleans to stop confiscating guns, and find the owners and give back the 800-plus guns they have stored that were confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
These complainers remind me of the anti-hunters who bitch about the hunting, yet enjoy the use of the lands bought with the taxes spent by hunters on wildlife management, land acquistion for public use AND hunting, and subsidizing state and federal wildlife programs. They do their camping, birdwatching, hiking, and tree hugging without spending a thin dime except on their own hardware to enjoy their own hobbies paid for by the monies of other end users of whom they don't approve.
Drink the milk, criticize the cow.
When you can accept that any large organization is never going to please everyone, and look to the greater good it does, you will have reached a level of maturity never shown in these threads.
I've been a life member for many years. Once I became one, the solicitations to renew stopped. I still send the NRA far more every year than a regular membership, and wish I could send more. The payment plan is a great way to stop all that annoying mail that seems to get under everyone's skin...I get it all the time from the news magazines and (dare it be said) gun magazines I receive. I ignore them until they become almost frantic in nature, or tell me "This is it! We won't send you anymore magazines!" Then I renew. How hard is it to throw solicitations in the trash?
But then, if they could think past their noses, they wouldn't be bitching about the mailings, would they?
(I've gotten a lot of Silver Bullets too--you used to get one every time you recommended a new member. Heck, I had friends calling me Kemo Sabe.)
I never cease to be amazed at the short-sightedness of some people.
They gripe about the mailings, but think it's swell when the NRA mounts a lawsuit to protect gun rights, lobbies Congress to pass laws ending nuisance suits against firearms manufacturers, files "friend of court" briefs in cases like the Washington D.C. gun law case going before the Supreme Court, and files a lawsuit (with the Second Amendment Foundation) to force New Orleans to stop confiscating guns, and find the owners and give back the 800-plus guns they have stored that were confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
These complainers remind me of the anti-hunters who bitch about the hunting, yet enjoy the use of the lands bought with the taxes spent by hunters on wildlife management, land acquistion for public use AND hunting, and subsidizing state and federal wildlife programs. They do their camping, birdwatching, hiking, and tree hugging without spending a thin dime except on their own hardware to enjoy their own hobbies paid for by the monies of other end users of whom they don't approve.
Drink the milk, criticize the cow.
When you can accept that any large organization is never going to please everyone, and look to the greater good it does, you will have reached a level of maturity never shown in these threads.
I've been a life member for many years. Once I became one, the solicitations to renew stopped. I still send the NRA far more every year than a regular membership, and wish I could send more. The payment plan is a great way to stop all that annoying mail that seems to get under everyone's skin...I get it all the time from the news magazines and (dare it be said) gun magazines I receive. I ignore them until they become almost frantic in nature, or tell me "This is it! We won't send you anymore magazines!" Then I renew. How hard is it to throw solicitations in the trash?
But then, if they could think past their noses, they wouldn't be bitching about the mailings, would they?
(I've gotten a lot of Silver Bullets too--you used to get one every time you recommended a new member. Heck, I had friends calling me Kemo Sabe.)
