Support for pro-gun lobby groups

[spencerhenry]

i know some of you on here dont like the NRA, but there is no doubt that if it werent for the NRA we would not be in the same place we are today. while i may not agree with everything that the NRA does, i think they are a very valuable asset to all gun owners. i personally am a endowment member, life member for about 10 years or more. i also contribute to campaigns for candidates of my choice. my question is to everyone here, especially those making negative comments about the NRA, is do you contribute to some other group? or to candidates election campaigns?
i think everyone who owns a gun, shoots, or hunts should put at least some small amount of effort, be it money or time, to some person or group who helps fight for out rights. i am afraid that alot of people here and in the gun owning population in general do NOT do a damn thing to help fight the attacks against our rights. support some group, regardless of who it is, there are plenty of people on the other side donating their money to take our rights away.
i am curious to what groups you NRA bashers are donating to. or are you just bashing the NRA and not doing anything to help fight liberals?

[Hoosier]

Anyone know of a way to stop the NRA from constantly sending vast quantities of junk mail? I am bombarded by stuff I don't want from them. Please make it stop. I have to keep my membership because my range requires it.

H.

[funkfool]

Anyone know of a way to stop the NRA from constantly sending vast quantities of junk mail? I am bombarded by stuff I don't want from them. Please make it stop. I have to keep my membership because my range requires it.

H.

I called them and told them to just save the postage - send me something every quarter... It worked.

As a Patron member of the NRA - I am trying to change the organization from within... try to get it to at least think about the ramifications of being so single issue you miss the big picture...
I also donate to RMGO, GOA and JPFO... locally to PPFC and CSSA.

[CrufflerSteve]

I think the NRA sort of keeps track since I get less junk than I used to. I paid my life membership off long ago and can't afford to be an endowment member. I also give a little money to the 2nd Amendment Foundation.

At previous jobs I used to have an open offer that I would take anybody shooting who wanted to try it. I'd provide the guns & ammo. BLGC used to be totally open about guests. They've tightened up a bit but are still good. I've probably done this 30 times over the years. Anywhere from one person to a group. I'd mainly do .22 to cut down on noise & recoil and let them shoot heavier if they wanted. Some of them became gun owners, even NRA & gun club members. I'm lower profile since my management isn't Americans and they have weird ideas about guns. Even the Swiss who have full auto rifles at home tend to be kind of anti.

Here is an interesting article where the NRA is only mentioned as an example: http://blogs.the-american-interest.c...with-j-street/ It's mainly about the Israel lobby but makes the point that groups like the NRA have some power from the membership but much more power since people see it as a watchdog group and when it barks it has a reason. The libtard media types like to portray the NRA as extremist but most people are smarter than that.

In my views I sympathize with the GOA but I'd rather have part of the pie than none.

Steve

[Byte Stryke]

The libtard media types like to portray the NRA as extremist but most people are smarter than that.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
-Albert Einstein

[JoeT]

I use to be a member of the NRA. . .I recently moved here from Massachusetts. When the NRA abandoned MA, I left the NRA. I contribute (a decent % of my income) to other Pro 2nd causes.

G.O.A.L- (gun owners action league) a Mass based organization
JPFO (although I'm not Jewish)

and to Politicians that I support.

In addition to the list above, I also contribute to The Children's Hospital of Boston (they saved my nephews life 17 years ago) and The American Cancer Society and the Catholic Church

[Irving]

Just signed up to RMGO.

You should be able to call them and get off the list. I've heard there is something you can do, but forget what it is specifically.