Just stay away from AHSA!
But most do, simply because we are willing to engage in critical thought.Just to be clear - not everyone agrees with JImbothefiveth.
Someone is going to bring up the AHSA (American Hunter's and Shooter's Association) so we might as well toss it on the table. It is an organization claiming to be a viable alternative specifically to the NRA, but somehow supports banning certain types of firearms. The folks that started it come from the anti organizations and their membership is tiny (really tiny) while their visibility is disproportionate to their numbers. They've been discussed repeatedly here and those discussions are easy enough to find
They are to today's American gun owner what the Judenrat were to European Jews in the 1940s. They're trying to get you onto the boxcars without a fight. Don't believe them.American Hunters and Shooters Association are the Brady/VPC puke's propaganda/psyops/disinformation section with a deceptive organization name designed to pull in the intellectually lazy and big labor Fudds.
They aren't "pro" anything, but towing the Brady line.
The NRA agrees with JImbothefiveth on this matter.Just to be clear - not everyone agrees with JImbothefiveth.
Darn right you won't. You can't, because of the previously listed bans they support, and because almost all of the board members have ties to gun control groups, and because the brady campaign said their goals were complimentary, or something like that.and won't respond any anti-AHSA posturing on this thread.
The most telling thing about AHSA is its leadership. A quick look at their website shows that Bob Ricker is listed as AHSA Executive Director. Readers will remember that Ricker is a former NRA employee who switched sides and has actively worked for gun control groups for many years now. A few years ago, Ricker was part of an attempt to sell out your rights by brokering a deal with the most anti-gun administration in history. He then appeared with Bill Clinton in a White House photo-op. Most recently Ricker was paid by a Virginia based anti-gun group, where he lobbied to shut down gun shows and put further restrictions on gun owners.
A little further down in the leadership section John Rosenthal is listed as President of the AHSA Foundation. Rosenthal is one of the founders of the Massachusetts based group Stop Handgun Violence, a group that has been a major force in passing some of the most Draconian state gun laws in the nation. Gun laws that Rosenthal would like to see exported to other states.