Considering becoming an NRA member

[Caveman Jim]

The next post we want to see here B H is;

"Today I joined the NRA, GOA, SAF and a few other pro gun rights organizations because it is past time to sit on the fence and talk, it is time to act!!!!"

So how about it, did you join or not?

 

[boogerhook]

The next post we want to see here B H is;

"Today I joined the NRA, GOA, SAF and a few other pro gun rights organizations because it is past time to sit on the fence and talk, it is time to act!!!!"

So how about it, did you join or not?

I did join SAF for life, and WSRPA for life. Still studying ... do I join the NRA for life, or do I buy a nice revolver? ;-)

 

[etrain16]

I did join SAF for life, and WSRPA for life. Still studying ... do I join the NRA for life, or do I buy a nice revolver? ;-)

You can get on the easy pay plan for lifetime membership and spread the payments quarterly for several years. That's something just about anyone can do. It's called EPL (Easy Pay Life) and makes it much easier to pay for the life membership - and still buy the revolver

 

[3MTA3]

You can get on the easy pay plan for lifetime membership and spread the payments quarterly for several years. That's something just about anyone can do. It's called EPL (Easy Pay Life) and makes it much easier to pay for the life membership - and still buy the revolver

I'm doing the EPL, currently halfway through. It's a great plan with no downside.

 

[Hayshaker]

I'm doing the EPL, currently halfway through. It's a great plan with no downside.

I personally think that I'd join Gun Owners of America as they do more than the NRA and do not bend on gun issues. Just my two cents.

 

[Hayshaker]

I'm doing the EPL, currently halfway through. It's a great plan with no downside.

I personally believe that "Gun Owner of America" do a better job on gun issues then the NRA. Some of the NRA decision s were not in the best of gun owners. I feel that they are bending to the anti's.

 

[RW-Ore]

The NRA is the largest and the oldest pro 2a group in the states . The white house hates them so they have to be good.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket join as many pro 2a groups as you can afford.

 

[3MTA3]

I personally believe that "Gun Owner of America" do a better job on gun issues then the NRA. Some of the NRA decision s were not in the best of gun owners. I feel that they are bending to the anti's.

I'm also a GOA member and contribute to OFF wherever possible. Let's face it though, everyone knows who the NRA is, but outside of firearm enthusiasts few are aware of GOA. Numbers matter, and the large number of NRA members gets the attention of our politicians. They aren't perfect and I don't agree with them 100%, but the NRA has done very well for us at the national level, especially the last election. I'm becoming a lifetime member to help keep those numbers high and also to get a vote.

It's not possible for the NRA or GOA to keep on top of what's happening in every state, and also remember that the NRA is more than just a political entity - look at all the gun safety and training programs for example. Organizations like OFF are better suited to fight local battles and have more at stake. There is no one organization that can do it all. I leave the NRA and GOA to fight the national fight, and support OFF for local and statewide issues.

Join together and win or splinter apart and lose.... and, yes, it's better IMO to skip a firearm purchase and contribute where you think it will do the most good. I did that last year and do not regret it one bit.

 

[rick benjamin]

My Dad taught me to shoot a gun responsibly.
He gifted me a .22 rifle when I was 10 (61 now) and had memorized the gun safety rules.
I read my Dad's American Rifleman cover to cover every month.
I learned
to shoot accurately,
about responsibility, accountability, and downstream consequences.
to hunt,
what our armed forces go through,
How to disassemble, clean, reassemble many firearms.
I got a lot out of my Dad's annual subscriptions.
Became a life member when I began to earn my own paychecks.
Then
I left home, enlisted in the Marines, and discovered most of what they taught I already knew.

Since the 70's, the anti's have been pushing their agenda.
Took a while for the NRA leadership to realize these nuts were serious, dedicated, fascists.
But they stepped up to the challenge and are in the fight.

Gottleib, SAF, GOA, OFF say the NRA is a paper tiger.
Libs say the NRA is a stone wall that won't budge, co-operate, share, give an inch.


We were talking politics around the break table. Mel asked me if I was a "one subject voter"?
Said I guess I am. He didn't understand, said "If you like 60% of what they do, you get more than less".
I said I found that If they didn't pass my "2A litmus test" first, then they didn't get my vote.

I worked with a liberal who also owned guns.
He opined that the 2nd Amendment was antiquated and that there should be gun confiscations.
I said "Mikey, if they come for mine, I will give them your name and address".
He was shocked and appalled.

I think posts 16 and 3o are on target.

 

[americanredoubt]

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@boogerhook: Let me make something clear: you are NOT a "gun rights activist" if you are not in support of permit less carry.... http://t.co/Ww4ZA0Qj9M

 

[defending fathers 1787]

Hello all,

I am contemplating becoming an NRA member - not a big deal for a gun owner, right? It's a little bit of a deal for me, because I don't always agree with the politics and hard-nose tactics. I realize that a lot of it is a reaction to the increased pressures by the gun control movement, but I wish at times a more conciliatory tone was struck.

I do want to support the NRA as it is the best chance to preserve the 2nd Amendment.

What is your take?

Thanks

It took some courage of you to start this thread, but conciliatory is making or willing to make concessions, placate. This makes it dealing with the true gun control advocates difficult, but I do like your idea of gun safety in schools to push the middle.
Alas, since moving here, I notice that people in the NW are generally more polite to each other and often have an overarching need to to be this way. Same with Iowa, people are nice to you for no good reason there as well. The gun grabbers in other in other states are fierce and they lie a lot and that is what we are up against. Approx. 25 % of the US population lives under atrocious guns laws. Irregardless of which polls you use, gun ownership is down in the US over the past 1/2 century, especially nationwide amongst liberals. Don't let your need to be overly polite and conciliatory stop your support. You can be that way with your own interactions, but do not let your guard down or else we will become CA.

 

[U201491]

It took some courage of you to start this thread, but conciliatory is making or willing to make concessions, placate. This makes it dealing with the true gun control advocates difficult, but I do like your idea of gun safety in schools to push the middle.
Alas, since moving here, I notice that people in the NW are generally more polite to each other and often have an overarching need to to be this way. Same with Iowa, people are nice to you for no good reason there as well. The gun grabbers in other in other states are fierce and they lie a lot and that is what we are up against. Approx. 25 % of the US population lives under atrocious guns laws. Irregardless of which polls you use, gun ownership is down in the US over the past 1/2 century, especially nationwide amongst liberals. Don't let your need to be overly polite and conciliatory stop your support. You can be that way with your own interactions, but do not let your guard down or else we will become CA.

Yep an armed society is a polite society.
I always try to be polite up to the point a lib gets in my face and space and breathes the foul stench of socialist, marxist, communist sounding controls at me. Then its time for groin removal, a reset of their jaw to slightly above the hairline and kidney removal by other than surgical means.

But other than that polite has its place.

 

[boogerhook]

Yep an armed society is a polite society.

Yes, you don't want the other guy to get angry and shoot you for nothing ;-)

 

[U201491]

Yes, you don't want the other guy to get angry and shoot you for nothing ;-)

And make sure you are faster than they are if the time comes ROFLOL

 

[usagi]

if you are an NRA member you get to vote on the board members. the NRA also does listen to feedback.

join multiple organizations. NRA for federal and state level legislation, and SAF/CCRKBA for federal and state level litigation. also join your local state organization (OFF, etc).

and get involved! joining organization and sending money is better than nothing, but activisim/volunteerism is far better.

also, conversion is better than confrontation. take a newbie to the range!

 

[dbpep]

I signed up for the NRA and OFF... I figure the NRA are the heavy hitters in D.C. As for OFF, I don't know much about them but I hope they have a decent amount of influence locally. It'd be nice to see Oregon pushing for constitutional carry!

 

[3MTA3]

I signed up for the NRA and OFF... I figure the NRA are the heavy hitters in D.C. As for OFF, I don't know much about them but I hope they have a decent amount of influence locally. It'd be nice to see Oregon pushing for constitutional carry!

Good job on that and you will not regret supporting OFF. Having seen Kevin Starrett in action I'm convinced that OFF is the best state level advocate we have.

 

[edison bulb]

All this blabbering about the 2A means nothing unless you throw money at the NRA, OFF, and other pro 2A organizations.

PRO SECOND AMENDMENT ADVOCATES ARE BEING OUTSPENT BY BILLIONAIRES. DONATE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN!

 

[NSDQ]

I'm in some agreement with the OP in that I feel that the NRA has become a poster child for the gun lobby. Gun ownership and sales are at an all time high and I never buy into the rhetoric that guns will be taken away. If anything the fear of guns being taken away has always fueled sales for the industry and more funding for the organization itself. The sandy hook shooting bolstered the stock prices for almost every gun company that was traded on major markets.

The climate and political clout that these organizations have is beyond the level of the clinton era days. Also as a veteran there are some dumb bubbleguming civilians out there with firearms. I see them every day at the range. Every idiot thinks they are Travis Haley after watching some youtube video. If I have to listen to another know it all "gun expert" or watch poor safety habits at the range, I'm inclined to support gun control. OH NO. I said it.

 

[3MTA3]

Quick question - which Multnomah County Commissioner are you?