Where would we be today without the NRA?

[msjdgman]

I have no doubt that without the NRA we'd be very lucky if we had guns at all anymore. I am a life member and donate additionally when I can...to the organization as a whole, the ILA, and the PVF.

 

[Edknn123]

It's about time that gun manufacturers bite the bullet, no pun intended, and offer a free NRA membership for purchasers like Taurus has. Membership would rise, which would not only help protect gun rights, but also the gun company's bottom line. As our rights disappear, so do their profits.

 

[Irn-Bru]

I think every gun manufacturer should donate 10% from every gun sold. Yes without them we may not have guns. But they would not have a business. Add in memberships and that 10% and you have a pretty big kitty.

 

[Geno44]

I think every gun manufacturer should donate 10% from every gun sold. Yes without them we may not have guns. But they would not have a business. Add in memberships and that 10% and you have a pretty big kitty.

While this may be true, the number of members in the NRA compared to the total number of gun owners is pretty pathetic. When you listen to the complaints from the anti-gun politicians about the NRA, it is impossible to believe the NRA is ineffective-absolutely impossible. "Gee, I don't agree with it 100%". Show me any perfect organization, church or political party and I can't wait to join and that seems to be the excuse by some for not joining. As I roll out of the gun show with arms loaded, I spent all my money and can't afford to help row the boat. You other guys do it.

 

[brucev]

Re: OP. Agree completely. The NRA has been and remains the single most effective advocate of the 2nd Amendment currently in operation. No other organization even approaches their record of what they have done for firearms owners and users. Absent the NRA, we'd all have to just be content looking at pictures and remembering what had once been our Constitutional right. Sincerely. bruce.