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[AlexanderA]

Where are these pro-gun Democrats in The House of Representatives?

I'm not saying that there are currently any pro-gun Democrats in the House.

There are, however, degrees of being antigun, and these differences could prove significant to gun owners.

UBC's are the low-hanging fruit for Democrats. I would expect their caucus to stick together on that one.

When they escalate to assault weapon bans it will be a different story.

This is not a parliamentary system, like they have in the UK or New Zealand, where party leaders can impose iron party disciple. In the fragmented American system everyone goes their own way. They are responsible to their own districts, not to the party leadership.

 

[Casefull]

The NRA spends real dollars opposing anti-gun politicians in elections. There is not a more realistic way to support the Second Amendment than that. You may not like the salaries of some of the NRA people and I may not either but no one else is doing what they do.

 

[Casefull]

The NRA becoming increasingly hostile to my way of life by aligning itself solely with a Republican platform is anything but trivial.

I can’t support people who hate me.

I really doubt that you are hated for your way of life regardless of what that might be. Don't be paranoid. If you desire to live free without interference from the government and have the right to protect yourself you are not alone here.

 

[LiveLife]

Keep vote in pro-2A law makers and vote out anti-2A law makers.

Spread the word.

Godspeed.

 

[Bruce D Pease]

Czechoslovakia is a socialist country and lots of people own and carry firearms there. They work on a permit system there much like they do in some states in the US.

Two reasons primarily...one they don’t like the unregulated influx of Muslims from Africa etc (just as Hungary doesn’t) and two they are sick of the EU telling them what to do in this regard. Also they have a tradition of making fine firearms.

 

[Bruce D Pease]

I’m a life member. I upgraded 4 years ago. I’m in my 70s and I’ve never seen more partisan anti gun owner diatribe, or anti gun diatribe in my life than we have now. I live behind the lines in the DRPofMA, and feel for my fellow gun owners on the left side of the nation. On an national level the NRA is the largest organization fighting for us. It behooves us to stand .together on this or we’ll be picked of individually. Yes, most of the rhetoric is coming from the left, and yes the former house leader did not push pro gun legislation as hard as we all would like. However, I believe the President Is on our side, and maybe, just maybe we can see more substantive positive changes after 2020, Many of my gun owner friends are liberal, but the current crop of Democratic Socialists are not their kind of liberal. Bernie, AOC, Omar, Presley, Talib are in it for the power. They talk the talk but they don’t walk the walk. I took the oath in 1959, I see no reason not to continue to follow it. And yes I do carry a pocket Constitution in my edc bag. Support the NRA they are our Gorilla In the room.

 

[AlexanderA]

Keep vote in pro-2A law makers and vote out anti-2A law makers.

That's simple in theory but it's never a pure 2nd Amendment play. Each politician runs on a host of issues. What if I'm pro gun but I also want to see health care reform, tuition-free public college, action on climate change, etc.?

To say that pro-gun liberals are conflicted is an understatement.

 

[LiveLife]

Prioritize your issues.

For me, right to self defense and protection of lives of my family run quite high on my list of priorities.

 

[Jessesky]

I’ll start off by saying gun owners should support the NRA as it is a shield for a lot of the other organizations to do their work and it’s the 1,000 lb gorilla. However, with saying that I too do not appreciate their lack of fight on issues.

The Gun Owners of America is a great organization to support. They are mounting a legal challenge to the bumpstock ban. I have no personal use for a bumpstock but feel it’s within the rights for others if they do choose and it is a definite slippery slope towards further legislation (don’t anyone buy in to the idea there is no such thing). The bunpstock ban is also just another one of the cuts imposed by the “death of the 2nd Amendment by a thousand cuts” campaign.

NRA, NRA-ILA, GOA, SAF all need our support.

Very well put.

 

[Wisco]

I really doubt that you are hated for your way of life regardless of what that might be. Don't be paranoid. If you desire to live free without interference from the government and have the right to protect yourself you are not alone here.

If I hadn’t heard the hate firsthand, I wouldn’t have brought it up.

For one, many local NRA members at things like sportsman’s club (required NRA membership) banquets are openly hostile based on religion, race, and sexual orientation. I don’t bring these things up, it is just open bigotry that they think is okay in my small, rural community because it’s been accepted for so long.

Second, the NRA is politically aligned with the only party that supports gun rights. That party is sometimes hostile to my other rights. Both parties are in some way or another.

So, maybe hate is a strong word, and the NRA itself is officially indifferent to whatever it is I’m into, but their allies and supporters can often seem hateful to many, many people who aren’t the typical Republican base.

Live and let live.

 

[LiveLife]

NRA at work - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...blocks-assault-weapons-ban-in-chicago-suburb/

 

[Ks5shooter]

Life member since 1988

 

[ChanceMcCall]

This is an interesting, if somewhat predictable thread. Here is my two cents:

I am a Life Member to SAF and the NRA, as well as two state organizations and a number of special interest organizations. I would be a Life Member of the Marlin Collectors but they don't offer a Life Membership. I like the Life status because in most of those organizations only Life Members can vote on issues and leadership.

I joined the NRA in the 1950s because it was an educational organization who also sponsored shooting competitions. With their support of the Gun Control Act of 1968 I was furious with them and would have quit but I was already a Life Member. I was very involved in the "overthrow" in the 1970s which made the NRA into a political organization. I often disapprove of some of their actions and their attitudes towards their members, but I recognize that however flawed it may be, it is an organization we need. I, like many others will be in Indianapolis to vote at the Annual Meeting. If we don't participate we deserve what we get.

 

[Hokkmike]

It would certainly motivate more people to join if the first thing the NRA didn't do was to $quee$e members even a little harder.

 

[JTHunter]

Being old enough has certain "compensations".
In the late 80's, I was an annual member. About 10 years later, the NRA gave me the opportunity to go "Life" for half price ($250) with quarterly, interest free payments. About 2005, I was able to "Endowment" for only $300 (IIRC), BUT I haven't gone up from there nor do I plan on it. Having retired early, income is the deciding factor now.

 

[nettlle]

It would certainly motivate more people to join if the first thing the NRA didn't do was to $quee$e members even a little harder.

The calls can be aggravating. The lack of funds for the cause perhaps even more so. Or the NRA could simply do nothing to finance their cause.

GOA is probably a great gun organization. I am not affiliated with GOA. GOA does not aggravate me with funding calls nor does GOA aggressively pursue my interest as a member .

The only thing I have seen GOA do that the NRA hasn't done is the defending of bump stocks. And I didn't even know what a bump stock was until the shooting with bump stocks occurred.

If it comes to be that the GOA overcomes the NRA as the primary defender of gun rights verses the NRA it will not be a day of celebration for me.

 

[Hokkmike]

The calls can be aggravating. The lack of funds for the cause perhaps even more so. Or the NRA could simply do nothing to finance their cause..

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I don't know if they are lacking funds or how they use them.

 

[ChanceMcCall]

It would certainly motivate more people to join if the first thing the NRA didn't do was to $quee$e members even a little harder.

You can ask the NRA to opt out of the fund raising letters, emails, and phone calls. It actually saves them money that can be used for other purposes.

I have raised my Life membership as far as I will so I opt out. I do however continue to give to the ILA every year, as my goals are primarily political and I do attend Friends of the NRA banquets because I believe recruiting and encouraging youth to be involved is imperative for continuing success.

Finally, I will state the obvious. The reason that people that join are constantly asked for more money is because the great majority of gun owners give nothing and other than shooting their mouth off, don't join in on grass roots efforts so necessary for success either. If every gun owner joined, the necessary money would be there.

 

[ChanceMcCall]

Want a painless way to give the NRA money? Read what I cut and pasted from my email:

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Thanks to customers like you, AmazonSmile has donated a total of:
$136,264.14 to The NRA Foundation, Inc.
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[DoubleMag]

Amaz Smile to the rescue! Also SAF uses it (FYI)

 

[rick melear]

I just became a NRA endowment member as well as a GOA member. I also donate $500 a year to both. neither are perfect but they’re what we have. I will continue to support both.

 

[Bartojc]

I became a yearly member of the NRA back in the mid-80's. I paid the annual membership and was proud to be a member as I thought of it as a duty to keep my freedom. As I got older I became frustrated with the constant mailing, and calls urging upgrades, wanting to take surveys etc. To the point that after 20 years of membership I let it go. Ironically a short 5-8 years later things seem to be going south quickly as far as 2A and I became a life member with the election of Obama. I have never regretted being an NRA member. They are not perfect but they clearly support 2a. It's hard to tell what any politician stands for but the NRA clearly stands for the 2nd amendment. If you can't stomach them or what they do spend your money on another pro-2a organization, but the worst thing you can do is sit there and complain about the NRA and do NOTHING.

-Jeff

 

[LiveLife]

On Friday, federal judge ruled California's ban on larger than 10 round capacity magazines unconstitutional and violates Second Amendment. This is a massive win for 2A backed by NRA/CRPA - https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...ia-magazine-ban-violates-the-second-amendment

On radio show "Gun Talk", attorney Chuck Michel talks about overturning California's controversial magazine ban (Listen to the part from 23:00 to 30:00 where Chuck addresses "possession vs. acquisition") and how NRA spends more on legal fees than what they take in member fees on multiple lawsuits - http://guntalk.libsyn.com/advanced-...Jz_57NLo8DBv6Pk7T1PtcUwb3Iwe9L-YaEqjrOEGmmZqc

He will have Q&As by Monday or Tuesday on questions related to the ruling on his twitter - https://twitter.com/crpapresident?lang=en

To those that doubt NRA "does nothing", think again.

Donate to NRA/CRPA and other pro-2A organizations to fuel the war on anti-gun crowd.

THR thread in Legal - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/ca-mag-ban-unconstituional.849632/

 

[Hasaf]

Being old enough has certain "compensations".
In the late 80's, I was an annual member. About 10 years later, the NRA gave me the opportunity to go "Life" for half price ($250) with quarterly, interest free payments. About 2005, I was able to "Endowment" for only $300 (IIRC), BUT I haven't gone up from there nor do I plan on it. Having retired early, income is the deciding factor now.

I went with the extended pay back in the late '80s. A few years ago I upgraded to something else (I don't have the paperwork here).

I do hear "liberal" being thrown around when I go to "gun" events and it is inappropriate. It chases away people who are in general agreement over issues of gun-owner rights. As I have mentioned before, when I first heard Dana Loesch I thought it was a parody. I just avoid gun "events" and in-person organizations. But then, the shooting association in Yreka Ca did a pretty good job of steering me away from in-person gun organizations, I lived there long enough that it has become a part of my personality.

 

[I6turbo]

Second, the NRA is politically aligned with the only party that supports gun rights. That party is sometimes hostile to my other rights....

The above is directly connected to the NRA's mission and objective of protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States, particularly the 2nd Amendment. And they are the best and most effective organization at protecting the 2A. For them to align with the other party would be complete nonsense these days. The NRA will not devote resources to take down the borders, march in gay pride parades, support 3rd trimester abortions, promote the latest pie-in-the-sky luxury communism scam, or any of that. If one is looking for support with those types of initiatives, the NRA isn't your go-to organization. But, for fighting the 2A fight on the real battlefield -- in the courts and in politics -- they are the best-positioned organization to do the heavy lifting.