Question on the NRA - President seems to be a bit extreme

[Romer]

I was about to join the NRA when the NRA President commented about the Presidents kids needing armed gaurds. Look I don't like Obamas policies and voted for Mitt, but the Presidents family need to have proper security. I have no qualms that the secret service protects his kids and mine don't have any armed guards. Not like they could kidnap my kids and hold the country hostage to set off a nuke or something. Even his back pedeling seemed poor. I would have thought the leader of such a large and important organization would have beem more elequant. I was thinking when he announced his press conference he would have been more elequent as this was a great opportunity to stregthen the NRAs image across the nation. I sent the NRA a letter after that and received no response.

I wanted to join the NRA to support our rights. I likiley will join in any case as thats the only group I see that will push it. I would just like the leader to not be as poilarizing, no need for that. He could easily make statements that put the NRA in a better light. He could have said that the NRA will work with the goverment to improve gun safety. Thats a statement that says nothing, could be taken in a positive note and doesnt make them do anything. If they show support on one thing, they can claim success. I am not suggesting give on the gun ban or high capacity magazine, but there were some small no big deal and make sense. The NRA could easily have said they supported the following 3 points to the Presidents plan and dont agree on the gun ban or magazine count. None of the 3 items below impact our rights and only deal with response or helping the mentaly ill.

• Financing programs to train more police officers, first responders and school officials on how to respond to active armed attacks.
• Providing $30 million in grants to states to help schools develop emergency response plans.
• Providing financing to expand mental health programs for young people.

Like I said, I will likely join the NRA to help support Gun ownership. I am just venting because I thought the President of the NRA could be handling this situation much better. Members of the NRA support his views, the left wing does not. Like the election, there is a center group on the fence and those are the ones who made a difference in the last election. Thats the group my fellow Republicans forgot in the last election. You don't want those folks to take a position because they are irritated by the tone of the NRA, that would hurt in a future election and also gaining support from constituants.

You can state you are strongly opposed and fight for rights, just don't come out and say stupid things and in my opinion thats what he did. By at least supporting the above 3 items, the NRA can easily say they are working to improve the process and it costs us nothing.

Sorry for the vent. To be clear, I am not dissing the NRA, it's policies or for the work the organization is doing to protect our rights. This vent was about one man and his being the mouthpiece for the organization. I apologize in advance if I insulted anyones view.

I am sure there will be plenty of discussion here and I look forward to a positive discussion. I am hoping to get educated by the forum members in things I am not aware of as I know I am a dumb noobie in this area. It would be great if I could also see the many positive things the NRA is doing that are not widely known.