"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Thread drifts amuse me when someone is trying to direct the attention away from their comments :laugh:
Put up or shut up, it's that simple. I've said it many many times across a lot of Internet forums. If every firearm owner wad a NRA member we wouldn't have the problems we do. The number would be to large to ignore. And the media wouldn't be able to spin it as a "vocal minority".
The ILA has to get their hands dirty politically. This is the game they're playing and it can't be avoided. I understand if you take issue w/ the ILA. The NRA on the other hand supports all types training and ranges. They supply the insurance to ranges. A lot would disappear were it not for this insurance. The NRA does a lot of good.
I'm boycotting all the inane Polls until I see the results I want!!
Lets make America GREAT again!
Go, Go, Go, Go, Go Donald Trump
Keep your head on your shoulders
Sit with your back to the wall
Be ready to draw on a moments notice
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
I am also a lifetime member of the NRA, I have also given from time to time but do get tired of every single time a poll, questionnaire, or many of their emails always end with money requests. I also get tired of getting told I don't support the NRA because I don't send in money when they ask. I can see getting told that if I was not an current NRA member, or never a member but when is enough enough? I understand we need to keep the fight up, and we should get as many gun owners to join the NRA and other 2A organizations but at the same time we should not be berating those that have given their support to those organizations.
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
~Pericles~
Second layer:
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Third layer:
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Yep. Nice and cool here. No burns.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Is the NRA perfect....no.....do they need a pile of money and members to combat the other side......yes. 100 million gun owners and we lose elections???????......absurd. Become a voting member and research and pay attention. The membership elects the board. There are many of us here have heard the old....they give in.....they compromise....they aren't conservative enough.....we heard all this while trying to get more and more members as we fought for board members like Neal Knox. But no....instead all we heard is complaints. So with 100 million owners either a huge number of them either don't care or are voting for the other side and letting the few carry the load.
Lets make America GREAT again!
Go, Go, Go, Go, Go Donald Trump
Keep your head on your shoulders
Sit with your back to the wall
Be ready to draw on a moments notice
They don't care. They are to self obsessed and distracted by shiny objects to do what's best for everyone. Like a lot of things in life a few will carry the burden for the masses. It's pathetic that we have the issues we do because people expect an organization to think exactly like they do.
I don't get the letters asking for money all the time. I might get a handful a year. They aren't hard to ignore. If you can't contribute I understand. You are supporting them if you're a member. Anyone that says otherwise is a fool.
I'm like the other 99.8% here. I like my 2nd amendment rights and I need to pay, to help the fight to keep my rights. We would be an extinct group about now without the NRA.
I like your attitude, but I seriously doubt that 99.8% of our membership is made up of NRA members.
If statistics hold true, it's probably more like 5% who are active, a similar number (like W) who have quit, and a squirming mass of gun-owning humanity which has never joined.
The quitters are very vocal about their dislikes, and because they are 'experienced' their rants help keep the squirming mass away from the membership webpages.
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
This thread brings out a good point. I need to send a few bucks to ILA to help fight the coming storm. All that has been on TV lately is the murder of 2 TV journalists in VA. I don't hold out much hope for a reasoned approach to finding a solution to the problem of unstable persons being able to legally purchase a handgun. An unreasonable approach would probably classify all of us as unstable.
I got my Life membership when they were discounted a few years ago. I owe quite a bit on the balance of what I would have paid had I signed up for Life many years ago.
John
W.TN
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