Shifty
Member
It is completely wrong. But that is the trend I see.
Maybe gun owners are spending all their extra money on 22 ammo. I have no use for the NRA being they were for background checks and they agreed to the idiotic cop killer bullet bans which has just led to the banning of Russian 5.45x39 ammo. They are like politicians now living first class jetting around the country"I just don't understand why the NRA membership has not increased with all of these new shooters. It seems to have stuck at 5 mil for a while now."
Wait, I thought it was like 4mil before Newtown? That would "only" be a 25% growth in a single year
"With an estimated 100mil households with guns, why only 5mil members? That's only 5%, which is pretty pathetic."
Subtract;
-Gunowners who actively object to NRA activism* (I'll bet a quarter, or more)
-Gunowners who can't spare the money or think they can't (I'll bet another quarter)
-Gunowners who don't think it will make enough of a difference to be worth their time and that others will be able to get the job done for them (the remaining 45%)
Getting people to give you money for free is hard work
TCB
*Not just politics, but endless solicitations and 'impolite' public personas