Join the NRA NOW (if not already a member)

[Det-Sog]

On the mail and cold call thing. I don't get calls anymore since I told them to stop calling. I didn't have to make a separate call, just told the last dude that called me asking for a donation. The calls stopped for me. The mail, well I just toss it out with all the other junk male.

That. Being called is not an excuse not to join. Just tell them to put you on the "no call list". I have not received a call in YEARS.

This is it folks. The left IS making their move NOW. I really thought they'd wait for the next democrat president.

[moonshot]

The left IS making their move NOW. I really thought they'd wait for the next democrat president.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[Det-Sog]

Never let a crisis go to waste.

True, but they're shooting their wad this time.

[SteyrAUG]

It has been pretty obvious that the NRA is the current progressives boogieman, and that alone makes me want to support the NRA.

$30 is cheap insurance. But more importantly the left doesn't give a damn about what the NRA thinks about bump stocks, if they are for them or against them, nobody will even care and only we give a damn.

What the left gives a damn about is numbers, and a surge in NRA membership at a time like this puts everyone on notice more than anything else. Congress crunches the numbers and decides what kind of shit they can pull.

When the NRA did $400 Lifetime memberships after Obama was elected, believe me people paid attention to those numbers. Pelosi isn't going to poll gun owners about bump stocks or if they like AR-15s, Bloomburg doesn't care what people on gun forums think.

They are going to evaluate the competition (which is the NRA and a handful of Congressmen) and then decide if it's worth it to their careers and how hard they are actually going to push. If you don't think the anti gun crowd isn't lining up and building memberships in various anti gun organizations you are delusional.

Being an NRA member is probably more important than who you voted for in the Presidential election. Want to send a real message to government, that is how you do it. The only thing government respects is people who vote with their wallet.

[P2000]

I will never join the NRA or GOA. I really don't want to be called. I don't want emails. I don't want them to pay good money to send me mail which I won't read and will throw in the trash. I don't want my name and info to be sent to the highest bidder either.

Instead, I periodically donate anonymously (without membership) to the GOA. And every time I buy something from Brownells/Midway/Sinclair, I add some $ for the NRA. It all adds up to more dollars for them than a membership and without the shenanigans.

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[panzerr]

So I can get sold out, berated with emails and called 3x a week begging for money? Nah. I'll pass.

Maybe if they hadn't openly endorsed a ban on bump stocks, but that ship has sailed.

All you have to do is tell them not to call you when you sign up. Simple as that.

I renewed for 5 today. Mostly because of all the people whining about how terrible the NRA is.

[Dist. Expert 26]

All you have to do is tell them not to call you when you sign up. Simple as that.

I renewed for 5 today. Mostly because of all the people whining about how terrible the NRA is.

There's still the whole "getting sold out" thing. If I'm paying someone to defend my rights, I want them to actually defend, not surrender before the fight even begins.

[ChaseN]

Politics is about money, plain and simple.

GOA seems like a fine organization that stands for our rights, completely. In 2015, they made $2.1 million in revenue.

In 2016, the NRA made $433 million.

The only reason the guys with an (R) next to their name care about the second amendment is because of $. In politics, $ = reelection. Conversely, they want reelection because reelection = $.

If gun owners (particularly the type of gun owners on this forum) abandon the NRA, 2A is dead in the water. There's no chance in hell any other gun rights group would take up the momentum the NRA has. Politicians will literally laugh in the face of lobbying groups that small - I've seen it in another industry first hand. Changing the NRA from within is the answer - and you can't do that without being a member, and VOTING for board members.

[Dist. Expert 26]

But, as we discussed in another thread, you either have to be a life member or have 5 consecutive years of membership. That makes enacting real change difficult at best.

[ChaseN]

But, as we discussed in another thread, you either have to be a life member or have 5 consecutive years of membership. That makes enacting real change difficult at best.

Obviously that rule has it's pros and cons, but exists for a reason. That said if everyone with an AR joined the NRA the same day they bought it, I'd wager 90%+ of AR owners could vote by now (think how many bought during Obama panic buying days).

Even without change, NRA has and will stop more infringement than every other group combined. I don't like the compromises either, but I also realize we are all stronger allying with the fudds than not. Or we can splinter and fight within ourselves and lose the whole thing in an instant. No other group is even on DC's radar.