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Old 01-10-2011, 12:57 PM
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Aside from the "defending your 2nd Amendment rights" rhetoric, what does membership offer?

Now, I certainly don't want the King of England coming and pushing me around, but what other benefits does membership provide?
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Any gunowner who is not a member is riding on the backs of those who are. If it were not for the NRA the 2nd Amendment would have been repealed 20 years ago.
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Well said Max. As a club officer, we made NRA membership mandatory to shoot at our club. But even if you selfishly look at just member benefits, it far outweighs other organizations such as AARP or United Commercial Travelers. Insurance, car rental, hearing aid, medical test, eye glasses, etc discounts not to mention the connectivity to all sorts of gun clubs and shooting sports. They are the guiding force for all measure of competition in shooting sports. And, if you ever go to an Annual Meeting you will witness first hand everything.

If you have any interest in the 2nd amendment freedoms you have to be a member. (And then VOTE).
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My feelings exactly Please BECOME A MEMBER AND BE COUNTED as one that will fight the gun grabbers.
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You get the NRA in court rooms all over America fighting to keep the "anti-gunners" out of your face.

It is a small price to pay. Your annual dues times 4 million adds up after a while!!

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Every gun owner should be a member if for no other reason than defending 2A - I do not need to get anything more out of it.
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Great thread! I'm shopping for my first "new fangled smokeless powder shooting iron". Ironicly, I just recieved membership info from the NRA. I'm sending it in ASAP!
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Yes, become a member of the most effective 2A lobby in the world.
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Just think, BIG brother doesn't have to regester guns, they can just confiscate the NRA member's list of names & have a ready made registry of owners.

I can hear the nay-sayers yelling "they can't do that, I got my rights" well, tell it to Randy Weaver or David Korish

I donate my share to the NRA programs but will not have my name on their membership list ever again. Been there, done that & have the junk mail to show for my trouble!
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The answer is a simple YES, and while you're at it, check out the GOA as well: About Gun Owners of America - Gun Owners Of America

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YES! for many of the above stated reasons. I'm a Life member, I got a spouse membership for my Wife, and I got a Life membership for my nephew.
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10 Years ago I would have said Hell Yes!!, 2A would be history if not for the NRA but now I'll just say yes and also check out the other previously mentioned site GOA. I've been a member for at least 15 years but I'm still not happy about the NRA almost endorcement of Harry Reid last year.
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Old 01-10-2011, 02:42 PM
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Just think, BIG brother doesn't have to regester guns, they can just confiscate the NRA member's list of names & have a ready made registry of owners.

I can hear the nay-sayers yelling "they can't do that, I got my rights" well, tell it to Randy Weaver or David Korish

I donate my share to the NRA programs but will not have my name on their membership list ever again. Been there, done that & have the junk mail to show for my trouble!
You could be right.

Reckon how much trouble it would be for Big Brother to track-back to Thorneville, Arkansas and find out just exactly who this cussedemgun character who is posting on one of those radical right-wing gun boards is? Oh, have you ever purchased a gun from a dealer and filled out the form 4473, or whatever it is? Do you happen to subscribe to any right-wing radical magazines, such as guns and ammo? Have you ever purchased any ammo, guns, or gun related stuff with a credit card? You said you won't have your name on their membership list "ever again." Does that mean you have been a member in the past? Reckon they threw that old list away?
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At the NRA show in Charlotte, there were, I don't know, maybe 50,000 of us in the building? I have no idea. But one of the speakers made the remark "lock the doors officers, all the 'nuts' are in here!" Got a huge laugh.

As someone else said, you are already on the 'list' and using that as a reason not to support the NRA is a little weak. If you disagree with some of their views, that's ok, but still support them. They aren't perfect, and I don't always agree with them myself, but they beat the heck out of nothing.

I am a registered Republican too, but I don't always see eye to eye with that party either.

Join the NRA, and vote. If you don't vote, shut up, you have no right to speak about issues.

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+1000!! Max, I agree with you a thousand percent, and have never understood why ANYONE would own a gun, and not be a member of the NRA!! Thanks for being right on target! Take care, and God Bless!

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The NRA used to stand for civilian marksmanship and safety. Now they are mouthpieces for the republicans. Nothing like having "2nd amend" equal "republican gun owner only". As a liberal gun owner the NRA tells me in all so many ways, we don't represent your kind of gunowner.

We have the Texas Rifle Assoc here in Texas that is similar. Wonderful to see gunowners but only republican gunowners.

So to the original poster, join up if they'll represent you.
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10 Years ago I would have said Hell Yes!!, 2A would be history if not for the NRA but now I'll just say yes and also check out the other previously mentioned site GOA. I've been a member for at least 15 years but I'm still not happy about the NRA almost endorcement of Harry Reid last year.
I complained bitterly, several times, to the NRA about their boy, Harry Reid and their endorsement, many of us did, and I'm guessing it did some good. If you don't talk, no one will listen!.

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To Simmer down.... Harry Reid now there's a real right winger. Agreed many more Republicans are members me being one but before you make that blanket statement you might check this out.

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : The NRA's Democratic Endorsements
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The NRA does an excellent job of protecting gun rights, but that's not their only purpose. We seem to leave out the fact that the NRA gives hundreds of thousands of dollars to clubs for building and maintaining rifle ranges, not to mention the shooting programs they fund and support.

The best of these is, in conjunction with the CMP,(Civilian Marksmanship Program) is the junior programs. Kids are the future of our shooting sports, that alone, to me is more then enough reason to support both the NRA and the CMP.
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Endowment member here. Both son and daughter are Life Members.
Benefits are that they are the ONLY organization to be respected by our government officals.
If you look under member services, you'll find out about other benefits.
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Here's an index for NRA services and programs. Quite extensive.

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I and my wife are life members. Join and help protect our 2nd Amendment rights. It will also help maintain Wayne LaPierre's $1 million dollar annual salary. This is the web link to that information:

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The NRA used to stand for civilian marksmanship and safety. Now they are mouthpieces for the republicans. Nothing like having "2nd amend" equal "republican gun owner only". As a liberal gun owner the NRA tells me in all so many ways, we don't represent your kind of gunowner.

We have the Texas Rifle Assoc here in Texas that is similar. Wonderful to see gunowners but only republican gunowners.

So to the original poster, join up if they'll represent you.
Same reason I don't care for the AARP, shills for the liberals.

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The best reason is helping finance, with your membership payments, the NRA legislative action and lobbying. Charlton Heston was in Tennessee in 2000 getting gunowners to the pols, which made the anti-gun candidate lose his home state, and as a result, the Presidential election. Politicians have, with a few exceptions, shied away from stirring up gun owners. We are just too passionate to them and can't wait to vote against them. The NRA spearheads this effort. And very successfully in the last ten or twelve years.
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I may not agree with every decision the NRA ever made but I do believe the NRA has the clout to fight for our gun rights.

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Well said.I just renewed my membership today.Join the NRA if you're not a member.
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I am amazed that on a gun forum the question would even be asked. Of course you should be a member of The National Rifle Association! Whether you realize it or not, they are the oldest Civil Rights organization going and they strongly fight for your Second Amendment rights whether you are a member or are sitting on your butt complaining about the various mailings they send or you "don't want to be on their list", or a host of equally assine reasons. Man up and do your part, join today and remember the old saying, "We better all hang together or we most certainly will hang seperately"

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JOIN JOIN JOIN......after the crazy done the shootin in Az the Lib's are already calling for a gun ban.......I bet high cap mags just went up tripple........I even heard a newsman calling the weapon a "glock 9mm assult pistol" we need the NRA to protect our gun rights. They are not perfect but they are the best tool we have.
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JOIN JOIN JOIN......after the crazy done the shootin in Az the Lib's are already calling for a gun ban.......I bet high cap mags just went up tripple........I even heard a newsman calling the weapon a "glock 9mm assult pistol" we need the NRA to protect our gun rights. They are not perfect but they are the best tool we have.
Totally agree. The NRA needs the support now, more than ever.
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The insurance benefit is very good for just $25 for your first year membership. There are discounts for various things like hotels, car rental, etc.
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Yes, you should join. The main service they offer is protecting and preserving our Second Amendment Right.
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Thank God the NRA has focused on defeating anti-gun candidates.

That said, NRA supported one of the most liberal Democrat members of the House of Representatives, Sanford Bishop, from the district in which I vote. I actively opposed Bishop, and donated money to his opponent. I wish NRA had supported my candidate, but I understand how the endorsement process works. If NRA were to dump a candidate whom they had supported, even if that candidate had continued to vote pro-2nd Amendment, their endorsement wouldn't be worth much. You will have a tough time convincing me, though, or other gun owning voters in my district that NRA is a Republican organization. Bishop has betrayed us in the past, and I don't trust him.

If it seems to you like NRA supports an inordinate number of of Republicans, then you might need to take a look at who is and is not a supporter of the 2nd Amendment.
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The NRA supported a pro 2nd Amendment Democrat in the District North of me. She lost by the largest majority of any incumbent in last year's elections. She had always supported the NRA and they supported her. The Republican who won is also pro 2nd Amendment.

How many pro 2nd Amendment positions have you seen the ACLU take?
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The NRA used to stand for civilian marksmanship and safety. Now they are mouthpieces for the republicans. Nothing like having "2nd amend" equal "republican gun owner only". As a liberal gun owner the NRA tells me in all so many ways, we don't represent your kind of gunowner.

We have the Texas Rifle Assoc here in Texas that is similar. Wonderful to see gunowners but only republican gunowners.

So to the original poster, join up if they'll represent you.
Huh. I'm more conservative than the average Republican, and I often think that the NRA is too liberal. The fact is that their endorsement of candidates takes into account ONLY that candidate's stance on 2A. That said, I'm a member anyway. They may not be perfect, but they're the best we've got, and if you're not a member you'll have no chance to make it better.
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Too bad the NRA hasn't been focused on marksmanship and safety as much as they have been focused on influencing elections.


I wish they could focus on that more. But since the leftist wingnuts have demonized guns and ignored common sense and personal responsibility to the point of trying to restrict my rights, I'm glad they choose to try to influence elections toward those who will protect my rights, whether they have "D" or "R" by their names . . . .
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My earlier post of my opinion of the NRA included references and was removed due to copyright restrictions.

In summary, the NRA has strayed from its original intent of safety and marksmanship and got into the fear business and election influencing. That's why I'm no longer a member. I dropped out during their jack-booted thug campaign. GH Bush dropped his life-member status at the same time.

Because the NRA has allowed their presence to represent pro this or anti that that have also allowed themselves to represent not all gun owners but a sub-section of gun owners.
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Simmer down, with all respect, the NRA still does do safety and marksmanship , and thanks to two former congressmen by the names of John Dingall of Mich. and my friend and near neighbor Harold Volkmer of Missouri,we NRA members have continued the fight for everyone's second amendment rights. Those very two gentlemen were and are otherwise very much on the Liberal side{democrats} but still enjoyed full NRA support and for that matter,friendship, with much of the membership. The NRA is most certainly single issue and for that reason continues to tick off anti-gun politicians no matter what flavor and that is why this very conservative republican always contributed to Harold's re-election committee. As I said earlier,If we do not hang together,we will all hang seperately.
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I may not agree with every decision the NRA ever made but I do believe the NRA has the clout to fight for our gun rights.

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+1. I don't agree with everything they do. But I do agree to support them, and any other group that is fighting to protect our rights, and not just our our 2nd Amendment rights...

I also agree that every gun owner should belong to the NRA. If you want to join another pro 2nd Amendment group, that's great, but the NRA is the most effective group, and should be primary in our support. I also take this one step further, and say we need to actively encourage family members, friends, and even non gun owners to join. Anyone that believes in our civil rights should support this group.

I don't get too hung up on some of the 'political' peccadilloes that happen from time to time with the NRA. You have to break some eggs to make an omelet. These guys know what they are doing, and not everyone will be happy with every decision that is made, this is what happens in any organization. You sometimes need to sacrifice some of your individual wants/needs/feelings in order to support the greater cause; protecting our rights. This is why its called the NRA, not the DMAR. Just the way I see things.
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In summary, the NRA has strayed from its original intent of safety and marksmanship and got into the fear business and election influencing. That's why I'm no longer a member. I dropped out during their jack-booted thug campaign.
With all due respect SimmerDown, which would you feel is more important and which to you feel is more under attack? I think that anyone with the least amount of awareness would agree that you right to OWN a gun is under intense attack and your marksmanship won't matter one iota if you lose the right to own a gun. That is the bottom line. The NRA does support marksmanship programs but I support their leaning on the politial front because the climate NOW is much different than it was when the NRA was founded.

The 4M members of the NRA show (very evidently I might add) politicians that there is a huge number of unified citizens that believe very strongly in the right to keep and bear arms. Without this political influence, politicians would not vote in our interests and we would have lost our rights long ago.

The NRA is certainly not perfect, but their influence (that of its voting membership) is the only reason we have the second amendment rights we enjoy today. I believe this strongly and believe that if all 90 million gun owners in this country were NRA members, we would see pro-gun change happen overnight.

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The NRA used to stand for civilian marksmanship and safety. Now they are mouthpieces for the republicans. Nothing like having "2nd amend" equal "republican gun owner only". As a liberal gun owner the NRA tells me in all so many ways, we don't represent your kind of gunowner.
I would also like to briefly comment on this statement as well. I think your view of cause and effect may be distorted here. I do not view the NRA as a Republican mouthpiece, RATHER, GOP candidates may more frequently support pro-gun legislation. It's not the other way around. If the blue party started magically being pro-gun, then the NRA would be supporting that. In other words, I don't see how party is really relevent. It's how a political representative feels about a constitutionally protected RIGHT and the protection of that right as well as the viability of that candidate to get elected and affect change.

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If protecting your 2nd Amendment rights, which the NRA has done well for many years, is not enough for you to join, IMHO your ability to own firearms is not very important to you.
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Aside from the "defending your 2nd Amendment rights" rhetoric, what does membership offer?

Now, I certainly don't want the King of England coming and pushing me around, but what other benefits does membership provide?
What benefits? Why, the ability to immediately alienate your Liberal friends!

And, if you want them to stay away, become a Life Member...as an added benefit, rest assured you will never be invited to Woody Allen's house for dinner.
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Yeah, you should join. I should have joined years before I did a couple of years back. I made up for it by going to lifer status last year.
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Reasons to join ,the NRA still represents the day to day individual regardless of what some may think. NRA leads the way in firearms safety,governing competitive shooting,range development,historical preservation of firearms,keeping active politically with the list growing every day.Members receive accidental death benefits.When my brother died in a hunting related accident the carrier paid the 10,000 dollars afforded to life members.Someone may get upset because they never received the hat they were promised or receive too many mailings,but they are the best game in town. With the tragedy that just occurred we will need them more than ever I fear.
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