Originally Posted by
Bulletdog
You sir, are part of the reason why "they" have been so successful at incrementally eroding our rights over the years.
Our enemies love it that you don't like the NRA or contribute to fighting their anti-gun BS. Way to go man!
Actually if you want your money to be effective, the contributions need to go to the NRA-ILA because pretty much every dime you give to the NRA is spent on operational costs and membership drives, advertising. Granted a large membership creates a "voting block" that politicians have to respect on some level but a basic membership doesn't really send any money to actually fight the fight.
Also I don't think any gun owner is obligated to like the NRA, let alone support the NRA anymore than they are obligated to vote Republican if they don't feel represented by the GOP. And we will always trail behind because most gun owners are "individualists" who don't feel they owe anything to anyone because they are also inherently opposed to ideas of socialism / communism.
This is also why so many of them prefer to join "no compromise" organizations that most politicians have never even heard of and of vote or at least support third parties groups when it comes to politics. Unlike many on the left who genuinely believe Democrats are the party of "freedom" when tend to be a little more thought out and researched so we are less than satisfied when the Republicans fail to represent us and take it very personally when a second amendment advocacy group falls short.
But that's the nature of things and freedom means "free to decide" even if we don't agree with the decision.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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