Most Gun Owners Are Not NRA Members And Don't Agree With It Either

[skews13]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I am a gun owner, supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and am NOT a member of the NRA....they've gone off the deep end.

You represent most gun owners. The NRA is nothing more than the marketing arm of the gun manufacturers. If they didn't exist, Wayne LaPierre or Dana Loesch wouldn't be able to make a living. They've created an entire career preaching to that nutjob base that they "sticking" it to the Liberals.

Now it's getting ready to get stuck in them, and they don't know how to handle it.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What are you lawless gun control freaks whining about now?

Their boogeyman......the NRA

Our right to keep and bare arms triggers the left like no other issue.

Can you blame them after what happened last week? After all the senseless massacres? The high-school kids are also completely fed up with adults' inaction and being hypocrites. How can an 18-year-old walk into a gun-shop and buy a weapon of war, yet the same teen can't buy a beer?

Because they can go to war, they can vote....

You misunderstood me. They can buy an AR-15, which is a weapon of war, and not meant for a civilized society, yet they can't buy a beer until 21. Enough is enough. No other country has these massacres on a weekly basis.

You misunderstood me, if they can die for this nation and vote they should be able to

 

[hunarcy]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I am a gun owner, supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and am NOT a member of the NRA....they've gone off the deep end.

I am a progressive gun owner and don’t belong to the NRA as I see them as being too willing to compromise.

 

[ForeverYoung436]

I don't agree. The proof is in the pudding. If they volunteer for the Army, they are trained. I'm a New Yorker, and I don't come from a gun culture. Could I go into a gun-shop and buy a gun just like that? In Israel they have to be 27 and go thru all kinds of regulations. Are there any here?

 

[hunarcy]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I am a gun owner, supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and am NOT a member of the NRA....they've gone off the deep end.

You represent most gun owners. The NRA is nothing more than the marketing arm of the gun manufacturers. If they didn't exist, Wayne LaPierre or Dana Loesch wouldn't be able to make a living. They've created an entire career preaching to that nutjob base that they "sticking" it to the Liberals.

Now it's getting ready to get stuck in them, and they don't know how to handle it.

You can stop your propaganda. Your lies are showing.

 

[depotoo]

What do you think they advocate, other than second amendment rights for law abiding citizens?
Because since at least 2012, they have advocated for a mental health database-

NRA 2012, at that time Executive Vice Chair Wayne LaPierre, now ceo-

How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame from a national media machine that rewards them with wall-to-wall attention and a sense of identity that they crave, while provoking others to try to make their mark.

A dozen more killers, a hundred more? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation’s refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?

He went farther on Meet the Press with David Gregory this past Sunday:

We have a mental health system in this country that has completely and totally collapsed. We have no national database of these lunatics. … 23 states are still putting only a small number of records into the system and a lot of states are putting none. So when they go through the National Instant Check System and they go to try to screen out one of those lunatics, the records are not even in the system. […]


We have backed the National Instant Check system, we have backed putting anyone adjudicated mentally incompetent into the system.

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

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[depotoo]

That’s all they know is to push lies, if they think that will further their agenda.

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I am a gun owner, supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and am NOT a member of the NRA....they've gone off the deep end.

You represent most gun owners. The NRA is nothing more than the marketing arm of the gun manufacturers. If they didn't exist, Wayne LaPierre or Dana Loesch wouldn't be able to make a living. They've created an entire career preaching to that nutjob base that they "sticking" it to the Liberals.

Now it's getting ready to get stuck in them, and they don't know how to handle it.

You can stop your propaganda. Your lies are showing.

 

[bendog]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

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It has YUUUGE amounts of campaign money, and we know where most of it comes from. But the politicians are spineless and cling to their threads of power.

 

[koshergrl]

Fewer households have guns than ever before..and yet there are more and more schools getting shot up.

Wonder why that is?

It's because the left is encouraging their protected classes to shoot up schools.

 

[Hossfly]

Seems as though liberal Progressive pukes don't know a damn thing about the NRA. They think it replaced Murder, Inc. Everything they spout about the NRA is 100% totally false.
Get a damn clue , Libbys.

What is the mission statement of the National Rifle Association?​

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The mission statement of the National Rifle Association includes the imperative to defend the U.S. Constitution, especially the right of American citizens to keep and bear arms. It stipulates that the NRA promotes the effective training in firearms of law enforcement officers, the armed forces and participants in shooting sports.
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• What are the steps to form an association?
  
• What is a political affiliation?
  
• What is the informal amendment process?
  

FULL ANSWER

Appalled by the poor marksmanship of the Union troops during the U.S. Civil War, General George Wingate and Colonel William Church founded the NRA in 1871. In a magazine article written at the time, Church declared that the association's purpose was to promote marksmanship as a science. Beginning in 1934 with the creation of its Legislative Affairs Division, the NRA became more involved politically in pursuing the protection of the Second Amendment rights of Americans to own, display, carry and use firearms.
In 1874, the NRA organized a team of American riflemen to defeat sharpshooters from Great Britain in a challenge match. This brought the NRA to national attention. It founded rifle clubs in universities and military colleges in various states, as well as organized youth programs that promoted safety and marksmanship in shooting sports. In 1949, the NRA began administrating hunter education programs to make hunting a safer sport. In 1960, the NRA Police Firearms certification program was established to train law enforcement personnel. In 1990, the establishment of the NRA Foundation made the NRA a tax-exempt organization with its mission statement written into its bylaws.​

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[koshergrl]

The reason the left attacks the 2nd is because they want to destroy the entire Constitution..and they can't do that if we're armed.

 

[ptbw forever]

I don't agree. The proof is in the pudding. If they volunteer for the Army, they are trained. I'm a New Yorker, and I don't come from a gun culture. Could I go into a gun-shop and buy a gun just like that? In Israel they have to be 27 and go thru all kinds of regulations. Are there any here?

There is no "gun culture", idiot.

 

[bodecea]

Fewer households have guns than ever before..and yet there are more and more schools getting shot up.

Wonder why that is?

It's because the left is encouraging their protected classes to shoot up schools.

Because of RW crazies and their blood lust.

 

[sealybobo]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I don't think most people agree with what the NRA is saying......

NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a fiery, defiant speech at the annual CPAC on Thursday LaPierre defended Second Amendment rights and warned of a "socialist agenda" intended to strip firearms away from law-abiding citizens.

LaPierre, who was not listed on CPAC's official schedule, accused Democrats of making gun control a political issue in order to achieve their ultimate goal to "eradicate all individual freedoms."


"What they want are more restrictions on the law-abiding citizens. "Their solution is to make you, all of you, less free. They want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of the family, the failure of America's school systems and even the unbelievable failure of the FBI."

Right before LaPierre took the stage, NRA national spokeswoman Dana Loesch also spoke, striking a far angrier tone than she had in a CNN town hall Wednesday evening and even admitting the accusations she was about to make would be controversial.

"Many in legacy media love mass shootings. You guys love it. I'm not saying that you love the tragedy, but I am saying that you love the ratings. Crying white mothers are ratings gold to you and many of the legacy media in the back," she charged, pointing to journalists at the back of the ballroom.

And as LaPierre did, Loesch blamed failures in law enforcement for the latest tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

"We will not be gaslighted into thinking that we are responsible for a tragedy that we had nothing to do with. It is not our job to follow up on red flags. It is not our job to make sure that states are reporting to the background system," Loesch said.

The elites care not one whit about America's school system and schoolchildren," LaPierre added.

"I hear a lot of quiet in this room, and I sense your anxiety," LaPierre said, turning to the political consequences of the debate. "And you should be anxious, and you should be frightened. If they seize power, if these so-called 'European socialists' take over the House and the Senate, and God forbid they get the White House again, our Americans freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever."

LaPierre ended his speech, to a standing ovation

Ahead of the NRA leader's speech, Trump tweeted his support for LaPierre and others in the organization, calling them "Great People and Great American Patriots" who will "do the right thing."

 

[bodecea]

The reason the left attacks the 2nd is because they want to destroy the entire Constitution..and they can't do that if we're armed.

I support the 2nd Amendment. I have guns. I am NOT a supporter of the NRA blood cult.

 

[Darkwind]

Wow, talk about your spin!

Many people are not members of the NRA because they don't go far enough to protect our Second Amendment rights.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The reason the left attacks the 2nd is because they want to destroy the entire Constitution..and they can't do that if we're armed.

I support the 2nd Amendment. I have guns. I am NOT a supporter of the NRA blood cult.

Ooooh and everyone cares....hardly. How many more times you going to post "blood cult"?

 

[koshergrl]

The reason the left attacks the 2nd is because they want to destroy the entire Constitution..and they can't do that if we're armed.

I support the 2nd Amendment. I have guns. I am NOT a supporter of the NRA blood cult.

Ooooh and everyone cares....hardly. How many more times you going to post "blood cult"?

It's how she attempts to water down the narrative that asserts that the left are "death cultists".
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Bode is the ugly fat girl who copies all the creative, popular girls at school hoping some of their creativity, wit and style will rub off.

It doesn't.

 

[Darkwind]

I don't agree. The proof is in the pudding. If they volunteer for the Army, they are trained. I'm a New Yorker, and I don't come from a gun culture. Could I go into a gun-shop and buy a gun just like that? In Israel they have to be 27 and go thru all kinds of regulations. Are there any here?

There is no gun culture.

You cannot go into a gun-shop and buy a gun just like that. All gun shops protect their license religiously and you will have to step through the federally mandated hoops and pay for them before you'll get a gun.

Educate yourself and stop listening to left-leaning talking points designed to keep you less free/

 

[bodecea]

It's widely acknowledged that the National Rifle Association is one of the nation's most influential advocacy groups. They've successfully lobbied against the expansion of federal gun control policies in the post-Newtown era, and supported numerous state-level policy changes that broadened access to guns. Through campaign donations and popular legislator scorecards they exert considerable influence on federal gun law making.

Given its high profile, it's easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization's membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation's gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there is widespread dissent from some key points of the organization's orthodoxy. And on many gun control issues, the majority of gun owners who aren't affiliated with the NRA hold opinions closer to those of non-gun owners than to those of NRA members.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-agree-with-it-either/?utm_term=.1ea5198df7c9

I don't think most people agree with what the NRA is saying......

NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a fiery, defiant speech at the annual CPAC on Thursday LaPierre defended Second Amendment rights and warned of a "socialist agenda" intended to strip firearms away from law-abiding citizens.

LaPierre, who was not listed on CPAC's official schedule, accused Democrats of making gun control a political issue in order to achieve their ultimate goal to "eradicate all individual freedoms."


"What they want are more restrictions on the law-abiding citizens. "Their solution is to make you, all of you, less free. They want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of the family, the failure of America's school systems and even the unbelievable failure of the FBI."

Right before LaPierre took the stage, NRA national spokeswoman Dana Loesch also spoke, striking a far angrier tone than she had in a CNN town hall Wednesday evening and even admitting the accusations she was about to make would be controversial.

"Many in legacy media love mass shootings. You guys love it. I'm not saying that you love the tragedy, but I am saying that you love the ratings. Crying white mothers are ratings gold to you and many of the legacy media in the back," she charged, pointing to journalists at the back of the ballroom.

And as LaPierre did, Loesch blamed failures in law enforcement for the latest tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

"We will not be gaslighted into thinking that we are responsible for a tragedy that we had nothing to do with. It is not our job to follow up on red flags. It is not our job to make sure that states are reporting to the background system," Loesch said.

The elites care not one whit about America's school system and schoolchildren," LaPierre added.

"I hear a lot of quiet in this room, and I sense your anxiety," LaPierre said, turning to the political consequences of the debate. "And you should be anxious, and you should be frightened. If they seize power, if these so-called 'European socialists' take over the House and the Senate, and God forbid they get the White House again, our Americans freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever."

LaPierre ended his speech, to a standing ovation

Ahead of the NRA leader's speech, Trump tweeted his support for LaPierre and others in the organization, calling them "Great People and Great American Patriots" who will "do the right thing."

Why do we believe them when Loesch clearly lied about the CNN townhall meeting in front of the CPAC crowd?