National Association for Gun Rights. Good or bad deal?

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I recently found out about these folks. I've always been a supporter of the NRA until they screwed up my 5 year membership to the point all I had to show was a card after signing up my wife, which somehow confused them. They lost my confidence if they couldn't even keep my account straight.

To make it worse, the NRA's silence is bothersome. I can understand the mourning process, plus the "wait and see" approach, but in the meantime, the antis are the only one's doing the talking and anyone listening is only hearing the negative. Even the most positive folks can be swayed, ie., brainwashed, if they are constantly bombarded with one side.

So, what do these other guys (National Association for Gun Rights) have to offer? I'm all for supporting either entity provided my money goes toward the cause and not directly to someone's pocket. And what other organization is worth considering?
 
There is no other meaningful org other than the NRA-ILA. Your next best bet is to donate to Alan Gura, I think he has a fund set up.
 
There are other GREAT organizations. Look around at JPFO, GOA, and SAF.
 
I think the NRA's silence was smart...

1) they didn't want to make a statement without all the facts, they didn't want to say something that would come back to haunt them later.

2) it shows some class, rather than hop on the microphone the second after the shooting, they allowed people to mourne and calm down. They don't use high emotions from tragedies to flog their agenda like some politicians do. By waiting, it gives them the opportunity to respond to NRA attacks rather than make it appear they are trying to profit from the event
 
The NRA silence is a mistake. All this stuff about respecting the dead is letting our opponents get the upper hand over us. The problem is that the people that run the ILA have been in the beltway too long. They are elderly, unaggressive and passive, which is what happens to non-liberal activists in the beltway after they have been there for too many decades. There is a problem with street-level activists too. A little negative publicity and media hysteria and they fall to pieces like a cheap camera and start talking about concessions. Count me out of the "crying in your beer" crowd. I am redoubling my efforts on all fronts.
 
The Anti's agenda---Divide and conquer!!! The best shot you guys will have is to throw support behind ONE organization! Ask youself this---If you were the mailman, would you rather be attacked by 200 fleas or one great big Rottweiler??? The NRA (like the NFA in Canada) is a democratic organization, SO--if you are not happy with the way the current leaders are doing things---get involved on a personel level and make sure things get done your way. Just voting is not enough! (just like municiple, state (province) or national politics)! Your country---Your call.
 
I'm not defending or demeaning any of the gun groups, but it just so happens those 200 flees DO have a lot more voices than the one dog. Attacks from many little guys versus one. Flip a coin on that argument.
 
The problem is that the people that run the ILA have been in the beltway too long. They are elderly, unaggressive and passive, which is what happens to non-liberal activists in the beltway after they have been there for too many decades.
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That is probably one of the most backward and confused statements I've read about the NRA in a long time.

I'm guessing you don't actually know any of them personally. That would change your mind. ... if all the almost over-the-top hot rhetoric they've been publishing over the last few years hasn't already. But hopefully tomorrow we'll see just how hard-nosed the NRA will be for our rights.

If nothing else, they've had EIGHT THOUSAND new members join up EACH DAY since the shooting in CT...that would tell them all they need to hear about how much "backing down" their membership is going to accept.
 
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But hopefully tomorrow we'll see just how hard-nosed the NRA will be for our rights.
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Tomorrow as in, "tomorrow", or as in "the near future"? Is there a planned announcement I should know about?
 
Tomorrow as in, "tomorrow", or as in "the near future"? Is there a planned announcement I should know about?
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the NRA is issuing a statement tomorrow (12/21)
 
KMatch said:
been a supporter of the NRA until they screwed up my 5 year membership to the point all I had to show was a card after signing up my wife, which somehow confused them. They lost my confidence if they couldn't even keep my account straight.
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Accounts are not handled by the brain trust at the NRA. Please forgive a junior customer service representatives error and support an organization that has significant national influence.
 
Back to NAGR: NAGR is run by Dudley Brown, the owner of Rocky Mountain Guns Owners. Brown allowed the tax exempt status of RMGO to expire. Now he may have tax trouble with the feds. Until recently NAGR spent very little on our Second Amendment rights issue.

The NRA is still the top contributor to our gun rights, followed by an organization many have never heard of, Safari Club International.

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=Q13
 
Well, Sam1911, if the NRA doesn't "cave" tomorrow, then I promise I will manfully state on this forum that I was wrong. I hope to God that I am wrong.
 
The 4 million steadfast members of the NRA are a pretty damn small group compared to the DNC. All the news media and big labor attack our small group of NRA members. Hell even gun owners attack us. When we get beat up the "Summer Soldiers" of gun owners side with Dems.

The real problem is there are 150 million gun owners. The facts are 146 million do not belong to the NRA. Why not attack that group.:confused:
 
Well, Sam1911 you were right and I was wrong. Appearently, there is still some backbone left at NRA headquarters. Believe me, I have never been so happy to say that I was wrong about something.
 
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