Trade AARP membership for NRA

[kimbernut]

Aarp/nra

AARP membership= NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!

NRA membership= Life Member

The NRA has made some judgement errors, no doubt, but they have done more for gunowners and shooters than any other organization.
IMHO if you are a gun owner and not an NRA member you are either a part of the problem or have not yet realized their importance and contributions to the cause.

 

[MisterMike]

This was the AARP's official position in 2000 on federal gun legislation:

"The federal government should continue to regulate the availability of handguns and semiautomatic and automatic weapons. Congress should eliminate the 1998 expiration date for the Brady bill’s five-day waiting period and should leave in place the assault weapons ban."

Does anyone know what their current official position is?

 

[mljdeckard]

For a long time, AARP was the only option for seniors benefits. But now, outfits like the others have posted give great alternatives. Drop them. (My parents just did.)

 

[JFrame]

We seem to have a general consensus regarding AARP...

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[TexasBill]

Hate to spoil the party, but I've been a member of AARP for a number of years. I like the purpose and the discounts and ignore the politics (same as I do with the NRA).

No, I don't like their position on guns but I figure I have a better chance of making my viewpoint heard as a member than as an easily ignored outsider.

 

[Larry E]

Texas Bill from what I've seen of AARP's purpose, it's selling insurance, selling seniors short so that they can promote their socialist agenda, and being totally anti-gun. I've got about as much use for their "purpose" as I do for a festering boil on my backside.

Whenever my wife or I get mail from AARP it goes in the circular file without opening, and that's been happening for over 30 years because they've been sending me their garbage since before I was 40.

 

[TexasBill]

I don't buy the insurance, but the various discounts are nice. I haven't seen them selling seniors any shorter than the NRA has sold gun owners and I get a steady stream of stuff from the NRA wanting me to take out a new credit card, buy a new car, buy insurance, wine, etc., just like I get from AARP. However, I have no intention of dropping my membership in either organization.

 

[msb45]

Just got my first application to join. In red marker I wrote NO to YOU, NO TO OBAMACARE on the app and exterior of the envelope. Like other posters I don't care what the discount is. There's an old saying regarding something being the same whether it's done for a dollar of a million dollars. I also like to use their dime to spread my message.

 

[Mark8252]

I have always been able to get discounts on my own...usually at a minimum of equal to the NRA or AARP discount. Sometimes more. You simply have to ask for it . Did you know even Walmart will knock off $10 on a oil change simply by asking the automotive service manager for the discount??
That said.....I belong to the NRA to keep my guns. But I pay yearly dues. I make them prove to me every year that I still want to be a member.Following blindly is not my style.
AARP is not worth anything to me.