I'm Dissappointed in the NRA

[banks74]

Dudley stays on top of it

+1 Dudley is on the ball!

RMGO, GOA, JPFO is the way to go. The NRA is ridiculous.

[Wulf202]

Take the postage paid envelope from their junk mail and glue or tape it to a box, fill the box with assorted goods (bricks work) and drop it in the mail.

A credit card company got their very own piece of the rocky mountains from me after they kept sending me credit card apps that were pre approved and then they'd deny me. Hope they like the 15lb granite rock.

[wyzardd]

It's not that difficult to get the NRA to quit sending all that crap. I told them last time I reupped that I didn't want the magazine, the free gift, or the endless junk mail. I still get renewal notices every month or so, but nothing else from them.

Gotta be a member for the club

[Sucka]

Just donated $25 to RMGO. I know it isn't much, bit if it helps spread the word than that's all that matters.

I'll try and remember to donate every few months for the cause.

[ColoradoShooter]

+1 Dudley is on the ball!

RMGO, GOA, JPFO is the way to go...

another +1, and don't forget the Second Amendment Foundation too!

Sometimes I wish I had joined RMGO as a life member instead of NRA...sigh...at least I eventually learned.

I both regret and yet do not "regret" joining the NRA as a Life Member. I even asked if I could resign and have them send me a refund because I was so po'd by their support of some legislation...So, have I taken issue with NRA - hill yeah, and I let them know it too. But on balance, they still do a lot (NRA ILA, Friends of the NRA, Eddie Eagle, etc).

Let me also say this: There is a constructive purpose in having a more "moderate" gun rights lobby group. It can be a gateway for those who would be "scared" off with harder, no compromise groups. And, the others by comparison make the NRA look moderate, which can also be useful for our rights; for NRA has proven they are willing to say, "hey, you want to keep pushing this hardline, then you will have take us all on" and perhaps then we would not get compromise, maybe one day only a total illegal loss of all our rights...

Do I like that. Hill no! But the world ain't perfect. If you got issue with the NRA then do us all a favor and join GOA, RMGO, SAF, JPFO! Then pick up your pen and start writing you representatives too. I hope you're not just sitting there bitching or feeling smug 'cause your a member of this or that XYZ "guns right group. I am a force of one because I write letters to my reps. I am also part of a team working hard to preserve our rights. Are you?

It's sad to admit that I went for years (actually decade or more) with out renewing my NRA membership because I though they were too extreme. Now, I don't think they're extreme enough...go figure....

My point is that by rejoining the NRA, but that time as a LIFE member (in part for repentance), it turned out to be a gateway to me eventually working through my own philosophy and taking my own personal stand - which now is a very hard line!

If there wasn't the NRA alternative, then I doubt I would have gone straight to GOA, RMGO, etc....and to be honest, the first time I contacted Dudely at RMGO I was a bit turned off by their reaction when I told them I was also a Life NRA member....so I hesitated joining them at first...but now the rest is history.

Now my sig line says it all. And knowing this inside scope, you too know it is also a testament to my own journey in working through and owning this issue for myself.

You have to love this country. Here I also have the right to change my mind as well as make my mind up for myself (by doing my own research, etc.). So I exercised that right too.

Oh, and Pickenup made some excellent points as well, one page back.

'nuff said?

[Gman]

So....the NRA is a gateway 2nd Amendment org. That's a different perspective.

[ColoradoShooter]

In the end I do believe we will all hang together or we will all surely hang separately.

[Sucka]

Lets face it folks, the grave has been dug so to speak. We're not in a position to have a "no compromise" gun movement anymore. While i appreciate them, agree with them, and donate to them, i'm also realistic.

We can't overnight take back our rights as gun owners, and erase years of legislation. There are so many gun owners out there who will not compromise; and i respect that, appreciate that and love that. But lets be honest with ourselves for a moment. Is it realistic the .gov is going to remove current restrictions, background checks, concealed carry laws, and so forth? Is that honestly a goal we should be striving for?? Of course i believe it is, however i also realize it is not realistic. We all know liberals have no common sense, they don't rationalize things, they don't see things right in front of their eyes. This is the reality we live in.

I would love to take a hard line stance when it comes to gun control, believe me i would. But realistically, does anyone honestly believe the .gov is going to remove all firearms restrictions, background checks, ect from the current laws??? I mean honestly, a hard line stance is a great idea, but is it rational? Would you be willing to go toe to toe with the US voting population with all their emotions and say "we want unrestricted gun sales, to anyone, without background checks, without reglulations"? Imagine how that sounds to the liberals of this country, which might i add put a dem house and senate in office?

Of course i want FA weapons, suppressed weapons, ect ect. But is it realistic to think the liberals would pass such a measure? The money we donate, is best spent on protecting the rights we currently have. We can slowly try and open up other laws to benefit us, but we have to remain vigilant, and above all reasonable. What seems like a mole hill to us, is a mountain to a democrat. You have to understand the reasoning behind our argument, sounds like a foreign language to a liberal.

I must say, i am 100% against gun legislation, registration, restrictions, ect ect. But i also recognize the times we live in, and the government "we have" elected. Disagree with me all you want, but i'm just trying to be reasonable. Personally i would rather fight for current laws than imagine a perfect future, it's just more realistic that way...