It's Not About Giving Money
Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearmspolicy.org
Give money to the NRA if you want, but these guys are the ones who win court battles all over the country on a regular basis.
FPC has done some good work in recent years. Supporting their efforts is definitely worthwhile, but this thread isn't about where to send your money, it's about the limited opportunity we have over the next year or so to get the most powerful organization we've ever had back up and moving in the right direction.
It should be noted that much of FPC's success has been predicated on NRA's efforts, particularly the Bruen decision, which the NRA funded and sponsored, but also the decades of NRA-sponsored and supported academic research and writing that laid the groundwork for Heller and McDonald. SAF, Goa Foundation, and other organizations have also had some significant success in the courts.
None of the other organizations can come close to doing what the NRA has been doing for 170 years though -- building a culture around shooting, hunting, and collecting, protecting hunting rights, land access, and teaching hunter safety, building ranges, competitions, and a national network of state associations and affiliated clubs. The NRA has some major blunders on their record, but those blunders are small compared to the total contribution the Association has made toward keeping our rights and our culture alive and vibrant for over a century and a half.
At its peak, just 7 years ago, the NRA had over 5 million members and was generating annual revenue of almost $400 million. [Edit: I erroneously said "Billion" here originally. Fixed it to read "million."]
Compare that to other national groups, which cumulatively have a quarter as many members (with many, if not most of those also being NRA members) and a tenth of the funding -- combined.
Over the next few months, a judge is going to decide what needs fixing within the NRA and how that fixing should be conducted. Our objective is to be sure that judge hears from dedicated NRA members and applies conservation and restoration techniques that will set the Association back on a path of productivity and effectiveness -- in the courts, federal and state legislatures, in training and education, collecting and historical preservation, hunting, competitions, and more.
That's what this thread, and our campaign, is about.
