larryh1108
Member
Right now the NRA is the face of our side. Right or wrong, it is what it is. I still do not understand why we have less than 5 million people in the NRA. With all of the guns sold to new people since Obama was elected in '08, that number should easily be doubled. Something is wrong there and needs to be fixed.
I say that every gun purchase should come with a free 1 year membership to the NRA. Even if 10% remain after the free membership expires, it seems like it's more than what they are getting now. This would swell the membership to a number that the people running for election can't ignore. 10 million sounds a lot better than 5 million. When the 90% drop out after the year is up, they will be replaced by the next year's gun buyers. The number should reach a certain peak that should remain steady until the number of new buyers decreases.
The people who recruit at the NRA need to change their approach to resigning their members. I know they turn off a large number of members now with their tactics so they need to hire someone with PR experience who can recruit the new members to return instead of coming across as the sky is falling propoganda agenda they run now. Yes, we are in a fight for our lives (so to speak) but I do not like how they deliver the message. There has to be a better way to recruit and then keep the membership growing every year. We need 20 million members, not 4 or 5 million. That would intimidate anyone running for office.
Right now we are a strong annoyance. We could be a huge force. Something is not right when you consider all the new people being introduced to the gun market in the last 5 years.
I say that every gun purchase should come with a free 1 year membership to the NRA. Even if 10% remain after the free membership expires, it seems like it's more than what they are getting now. This would swell the membership to a number that the people running for election can't ignore. 10 million sounds a lot better than 5 million. When the 90% drop out after the year is up, they will be replaced by the next year's gun buyers. The number should reach a certain peak that should remain steady until the number of new buyers decreases.
The people who recruit at the NRA need to change their approach to resigning their members. I know they turn off a large number of members now with their tactics so they need to hire someone with PR experience who can recruit the new members to return instead of coming across as the sky is falling propoganda agenda they run now. Yes, we are in a fight for our lives (so to speak) but I do not like how they deliver the message. There has to be a better way to recruit and then keep the membership growing every year. We need 20 million members, not 4 or 5 million. That would intimidate anyone running for office.
Right now we are a strong annoyance. We could be a huge force. Something is not right when you consider all the new people being introduced to the gun market in the last 5 years.