NRA support

[belizejet]

I'm not sure if this is the right area. Admins move if not. I was wondering why some people refuse to support the NRA? If you don't then tell me why and who you do support if you have an alternative organization who fights for your gun rights? I send stuff to the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF).

[Bailey Guns]

Benefactor Life Member. But when I send money, I usually send it to the ILA...the political lobbying arm of the NRA.

[sniper7]

If anything the basic membership is worth it for the gun insurance at a minimum. Anybody who owns a gun should be a member just for that protection alone

[belizejet]

I agree to be at least a basic member is worth it, but I hear a lot of people bashing the NRA and saying they will never join. Yet, they complain about losing gun rights. I'm just wondering who they have fighting for them if not the NRA? 100 million gun owners yet only 5% are NRA members. Has to be a reason why only 5 million people are members. With this election year coming, we need to find someone to fight for us.

[Wulf202]

Now that they've gone away from the fudd centric system they had before. I support them.

[Aloha_Shooter]

belizejet, there have been a number of pro-2A organizations that bash the NRA, primarily because the NRA will sometimes agree to a half loaf when it looks like our whole loaf is being taken away. There are other reasons -- Wayne LaPierre's constant fund-raising and self-enrichment rather annoy me -- but I believe it's primarily the question of when or how to compromise.

Some organizations don't believe in any compromise, feeling that puts us on a slippery slope toward losing our 2A rights. The NRA in contrast tends to work with legislators when they see some legislation affecting the 2A is going to pass in order to make whatever passes less damaging. This approach is what gave us the Gun Control Act and the National Firearms Act but you could argue more onerous restrictions would otherwise have taken effect due to the mood of the country at the time.

The other thing that gets the NRA bashed is legal strategy -- when and where to sue. The NRA has at times opposed some lawsuits or court cases, presumably because they feared a loss would be even more damaging to all gun owners even when the situation was clearly injust for a particular gun owner.

You'll have to make up your mind which argument and organization you're in favor of. I personally am a Patron Life member of the NRA, Life member of SAF, and Life member of USA Shooting. In my mind, they all do good work.

[bellavite1]

Both myself and my wife are members, but why do they have to send 10, 15 renewal letters a year (between the two of us), when our memberships are not even remotely close to expire?
How much money is being wasted in postage and handling, nationwide, each year?
This pisses me off to no end, kind of like seeing a fire engine with it's full crew and an ambulance dispatched to pick up a drunk passed out on the street!
But I digress...

[wctriumph]

Basic member, as are my wife and daughter. Donations sent to ILA.

[SamuraiCO]

Member. ILA donations sent periodically.

[Ramsker]

Wife & I are lifetime members. While I don't agree with everything they do . . . or that they don't do . . . I think the benefits and influence they offer are hard to argue with.

Not a fan of LaPierre for a variety of reasons.