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