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I am also a life member. For those that don't like the advertising you can opt out of it. Just call them or email them and ask to be removed from the list. Pretty simple ya know.;) I just contact them when I want to donate and they are happy to take my money.:D Yes they are the antis biggest target and I love that even though they are not always thinking the same as I am on all issues.
 
Life member here. I judge an organization by its enemies, the NRA and I have many of the same so it's hard to not agree with them.
Their latest TV add campaign against Hillary reflects that sentiment.

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Life here for 35 or so years.

Whenever anyone brings up gripes about this or that slight they feel the NRA
has done to them, I reply with one question.

What would your gun rights be today if the NRA had never formed?

JT
 
Was yearly member for a long time. Recently, took the easy pay $500 offer for Life. I've always opted-out of their advertising. It has never been a problem.
 
The NRA was founded back in the late 1870s as an organization for training and education. As America's 2nd Amendment rights began to be threatened in the latter part of the 20th century, the NRA stepped up to defend those rights and morphed into a super lobbying group. They still are the best source of training and education for the gun owning community, but they are also a heavyweight in the defense of your gun rights.
 
The NRA is not an inanimate object; it is the voice of you and me. I became a life member 40 years ago and as my finances improved so did my membership.

You have added to its strength.
 
I am the NRA also. I usually re-up on a promo. I just got their roll bag for a discounted 3 years. I like the Friends of NRA dinners and got a pretty good multi tool although it was a pretty expensive free gift my wife is showing interest in 2a causes and I thank them for that. I also think the Pratts at GOA are doing a great job.
 
Nice of you to join us :D

Usually it is a persistent myth about the Hughes Amendment and the NRA position on it. People forget how bad the ATF abuses and entrapment of dealers was, not being able to travel state to state with guns, the restrictions of owning black powder in any significant quantity, and having to buy all ammo from FFLs! It's a case of rose colored glasses.

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Arizona_Mike said:
Nice of you to join us :D



Usually it is a persistent myth about the Hughes Amendment and the NRA position on it. People forget how bad the ATF abuses and entrapment of dealers was, not being able to travel state to state with guns, the restrictions of owning black powder in any significant quantity, and having to buy all ammo from FFLs! It's a case of rose colored glasses.



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And yet the never "corrected it later" like they said.
 
ljnowell said:
And yet the never "corrected it later" like they said.
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By waving a magic wand???

Every time I travel through hostile territory with a gun (a lot less of that in recent decades), or have ammo delivered to my house I am grateful the NRA's work in passing the FOPA. Same with being able to buy significant amount of Black powder through the 50lb sporting exemption (I think it was 5lb before). That also set a prescient for Tannerite.

Mike
 
Arizona_Mike said:
By waving a magic wand???

Every time I travel through hostile territory with a gun (a lot less of that in recent decades), or have ammo delivered to my house I am grateful the NRA's work in passing the FOPA. Same with being able to buy significant amount of Black powder through the 50lb sporting exemption (I think it was 5lb before). That also set a prescient for Tannerite.

Mike
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When was the last time you saw them address it. Please, cite the attempts the NRA has made, since the passing, to repeal the Hughes amendment. Obviously they have done it every year since, right? Since it was no sweat and they would work on it later??
 
Thanks for joining up. I joined when I was 16 yrs. old - that was 48 yrs ago. Just remember - no organization is perfect because people are not perfect. They may be hated by the gun control idiots but they garner their attention.
 
Thank you for joining.

I have been an Annual Member since 1985 and a Life Member since 1998. I know that they are doing good work when Martin O'Malley mentioned them as being a pain in his side during the democratic debates and Hillary Clinton blaming them for every problem on the planet.

I now donate to the NRA every time I order from Brownells, which is a lot :).

Just my .02,
LeonCarr
 
ljnowell said:
When was the last time you saw them address it. Please, cite the attempts the NRA has made, since the passing, to repeal the Hughes amendment. Obviously they have done it every year since, right? Since it was no sweat and they would work on it later??
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The NRA put their full support behind Farmer v. Higgins 907 F.2d 1041, (11th Cir. 1990). They put Stephen Halbrook, one of their best litigators on it. They lost big and the loss hurt us.

The NRA has some success in the Rock Island Armory and Dalton cases, but the government only appealed the non-922o aspects of the case to avoid loosing in a higher court.

Litigation failed (and even backfired). They have not waged a public relations campaign because the optics of "machine guns" are too easy for the antis to demagogue and would have harmed the fight for Heller and "assault weapons"--esp. when their key take home message for non-gun people on "assault weapons" was the fact they they are not fully automatic. I think this was the right decision. Most of the on-the-fense public only supported an "assault weapon" bad because they thought they were machine guns.

Mike
 
Welcome aboard !

I joined back when you needed a "sponsor" to join, became a life member back when $500 was $500 --call it 1968, I don't remember for sure.

Much of what was needed to be said was said in this thread. They ain't perfect, but they're "close enough."

One thing that wasn't addressed was what Ranger Roberts said:

I really do wish that they would stop sending me junk mail to renew my membership. The junk mail literally starts immediately after becoming a member... "your membership is almost up, renew now!!!" I always imagine how much more money they would have if they didn't start that crap until the last month or two before the expiration of your membership.
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A lot of organizations do that for obvious reasons. E.g., my AARP membership expires in December. Yet I just got a membership renewal notice for 2017 in the mail a week ago, and will get more before the end of the year --usually three more by December.

I got pretty good at scaling them across the room into the trash can.

Also, yes, you can opt out of the solicitations. It takes them (like any large organization) maybe a month for them to stop it.

And their main publication, the "American Rifleman" is outstanding. The first thing I look at is the "I have this old gun" section on the last page.

Terry, 230RN
 
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The complaint that the NRA might be too buddy buddy with beltway bandits is understandable, but it is also how politics work. It's about relationships. The antis hate the NRA because they are tremendous lobbyists and know how to make things happen.
 
While Wayne La Pierre gets most of the headlines, Chris Cox, Exec for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is an excellent speaker and deserves a lot of credit for the "800 lb gorilla."

Samples:

https://youtu.be/jiXOEGGaQkw


Funny:
https://youtu.be/4sJPW_3TapQ

"We welcome the members of the press at this meeting. You are well-protected today because of the NRA members who legally carry weapons." < (A paraquote of his initial remarks to the press corps present.)

Search for "Chris Cox on the NRA" for more.

Terry
 
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The NRA is probably the most hated organization among the world of anyone who wishes to restrict or remove the 2A, so they must be pretty darned good at what they do!!!

While I wish the NRA would further diversify its outreach, and while I do not agree with every single decision made (which applies to any organization given no one will agree with every single aspect), I support them, am a member, and think that NRA membership is probably the best defense we have against turning the country into a gun-free zone. Simultaneously, I belong to several local organizations that are more focused on gun ownership at the State-level, and I think these smaller organizations are also very important.

As for the people that hate the NRA, I love how they fail to realize that they themselves are the reason the NRA exists. For example, the ACLU asserts that gun ownership is only a collective right. We feel that gun ownership is both an individual AND collective right, and refusing to acknowledge gun ownership as being an individual right is an attack against our freedoms the USC is supposed to guarantee by-birth as a US citizen. Like with any other topic pertaining to civil and constitutional rights, we're not going to take that lying down. So if those people want the NRA to disappear, all they have to do is acknowledge that gun ownership is an individual right, and to stop attacking that right. As antis love to talk about common sense, I must say I feel that is a really viable common sense solution!!!
 
The best thing I ever did for the nra and the environment was switch up to a life membership. I still contribute to ila regularly but saving them postage and printing is icing on the cake. Now when i get pissed off at anti 2a bs, i just place an order from their store. They have some really good quality merchandise and the branding helps promote even more.
 
I have been a member since I started shooting a little over fifteen years ago. Best organization we have to protect our 2A rights. And as others have stated"if Hillary hates them they must be doing a good job!"
 
I have been a Life Member since October 1, 1975 - the best birthday present from my grandfather ever! It was also something like $100 back then.

I don't agree with some of the stupid things the NRA says to the media, but as others have said, their aim (pun intended) is to retain our second amendment rights. I want to keep them strong - no one else has the pull and the power that the NRA does. I get pissed off at their continuing calls for more money, but they NEED us to continue to support them. Just the membership fee isn't enough in the long run! It's even a great idea to get the monthly magazine in a .pdf format on your computer, so maybe they don't have to spend so much on postage. Think how much they could save if all of us opted to NOT get the hard copy of the magazine.... just sayin'
 
Whenever anyone brings up gripes about this or that slight they feel the NRA
has done to them, I reply with one question.

What would your gun rights be today if the NRA had never formed?
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I too use a similar line on those that snivel about the NRA and refuse to contribute. If it wasn't for said group, can you imagine what the anti-RKBA crowd would have done to us by now? Probably the only "arm" you could own is a Daisy Red Ryder and it would require NFA registration. ;)

Anyway, good on OP for finally signing up. All responsible gun owners, imho, should support the NRA.
 
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