In another forum, I started a thread asking those who were not NRA members, why not, what other groups they were members of, etc. Here's a response I received:
I have a horrible, sick feeling in my belly that this is why most gun owners don't vote like gun owners, why so few people are members of various pro-2A organizations... they lie back figuring someone else will carry their burden for them.
I won't name the forum or the person. Anyone who really cares will be able to figure it out pretty easily. I would ask that everyone not light the torches and go off looking for rope... I asked for, and received, an honest answer. I don't think there's much chance of showing this misguided individual just how wrong they are, and a bunch of people assaulting them would just make "gun owners" look like "crazed gun nuts".
jnojr, the NRA and all those other wonderful organizations you mention are already lobbying on my behalf. I just don't want to be associated with them. Namely because membership in them would label me as a gun nut.
I have a horrible, sick feeling in my belly that this is why most gun owners don't vote like gun owners, why so few people are members of various pro-2A organizations... they lie back figuring someone else will carry their burden for them.
I won't name the forum or the person. Anyone who really cares will be able to figure it out pretty easily. I would ask that everyone not light the torches and go off looking for rope... I asked for, and received, an honest answer. I don't think there's much chance of showing this misguided individual just how wrong they are, and a bunch of people assaulting them would just make "gun owners" look like "crazed gun nuts".