What are your thoughts on the NRA?

[DarkFury]

I think any choice you make that supports yours and others RIGHTS is a good one.

 

[Donald Polish]

I'm debating a life membership at the moment and was curious as to everyone's thoughts on the NRA. Any life members here? Anyone completely against the NRA but recommends another gun rights association?
They just came out with a flex payment method for membership and I'm debating it now because its affordable both short and long term.
What are your thoughts?

They are the most powerful and most influential pro-gun lobbying force in the USA.
I won't support an organization that blatantly lies and uses scare tactics on its' own members. Paying someone to email me crazy propaganda? Nope.

 

[Agit8r]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

 

[westwall]

Gave up my membership more than ten years ago, more because I had not hunted or target shot in some years than because of its increasing looniness.

It is a highly effective lobby reaching out to some very irrational folks.

Well, there are fewer guns in fewer homes each year, so the end result is clear.

Wow jake, you really like to pile on the BS don't you....

 

[westwall]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

 

[BULLDOG]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

Something to do with crotchless panties?

 

[westwall]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

Something to do with crotchless panties?

It was how the French elite referred to the poor revolutionaries. The poor folk didn't wear the fancy pants of the wealthy. Thus "sans culottes" , without pants. It was used as a derogatory term.

 

[BULLDOG]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

Something to do with crotchless panties?

It was how the French elite referred to the poor revolutionaries. The poor folk didn't wear the fancy pants of the wealthy. Thus "sans culottes" , without pants. It was used as a derogatory term.

That would be sans pantalon. Culottes meant the same thing it does today, knee pants. The rich wore fancy knee pants with frills, or culottes, and the poor wore long pants.

 

[westwall]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

Something to do with crotchless panties?

It was how the French elite referred to the poor revolutionaries. The poor folk didn't wear the fancy pants of the wealthy. Thus "sans culottes" , without pants. It was used as a derogatory term.

That would be sans pantalon. Culottes meant the same thing it does today, knee pants. The rich wore fancy knee pants with frills, or culottes, and the poor wore long pants.

Yes, I know. The main point is it points out the elitist POV of the poster. Elitists are arrogant twats who contribute nothing to society.

 

[BULLDOG]

Sounds like the NRA to me.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Yes, I know. The main point is it points out the elitist POV of the poster. Elitists are arrogant twats who contribute nothing to society.

Well yes, except for founding them, and keeping them going. The ones who plow the fields, dig the ditches, and moderate the boards have other concerns eh?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"What are your thoughts on the NRA?"

They need to get out of politics and get back to guns.

American Rifleman is an excellent publication and well worth the membership fee, pity it's full of crazy, delusional, tinfoil hat conspiracy theories and lies about the president 'taking away' guns.

 

[BULLDOG]

"What are your thoughts on the NRA?"

They need to get out of politics and get back to guns.

American Rifleman is an excellent publication and well worth the membership fee, pity it's full of crazy, delusional, tinfoil hat conspiracy theories and lies about the president 'taking away' guns.

Claims of impending gun confiscation is much better for gun sales than any advertisement ever could be. That's why gun manufacturers give a lot more to the NRA and right wing politicians than they spend on any other kind of marketing expense.

 

[Agit8r]

They used to be an organization that promoted the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms for self protection, recreation and military readiness.

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets.

"no man having a natural right to be the judge between himself and another, it is his natural duty to submit to the umpirage of an impartial third."
-- Thomas Jefferson; from letter to Francis Gilmer (June 7, 1816)

Sansculottism......Interesting word. Methinks you don't understand what it means.

It refers to the ignorant rabble killing their fellow citizens in the street without trial, as with the aftermath of the French Revolution, or present day Florida.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Gave up my membership more than ten years ago, more because I had not hunted or target shot in some years than because of its increasing looniness. It is a highly effective lobby reaching out to some very irrational folks. Well, there are fewer guns in fewer homes each year, so the end result is clear.

Wow jake, you really like to pile on the BS don't you....

Look who's back. It is a lobby that represents, among its members, some real loonies.

 

[zeke]

Nowadays they promote sansculottism in the streets

Hey, you taught me a new word. Thanks.

 

[Flash]

Gun Owners of America is a better choice than NRA

You can join both. I did.

 

[Flash]

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Claims of impending gun confiscation is much better for gun sales than any advertisement ever could be. That's why gun manufacturers give a lot more to the NRA and right wing politicians than they spend on any other kind of marketing expense.

Like how the Democrats use fear with their constituency by telling them that unless they give money then the Tea Party will put all the Blacks back into slavery, or something? I doubt the filthy Democrats have never sent out a fund raising request and not used the fear factor.

Actually the greater amount of money the NRA raises comes from individual members and fundraisers. There are about six million individual members. The firearms manufacturers and distributors are not that big of a factor. Your ignorance on this is just an example of the hate some Americans have for the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

There is a real fear that unless we are aggressive about guarding our Constitutional rights then they will be incrementally taken away from us. Unfortunately in America with our political system that means buying the vote of the politicians. The Left is not hesitate to do the same thing with their interest. For instance, the greedy unions give about a billion dollars to the filthy Democrats every national election cycle and it is good that the NRA can counter that a little bit.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The NRA is now mostly a rightwing political organization. I used to belong.

 

[Iceweasel]

The NRA is a necessary force in today's America where too many leftist tyrants are running amok in Washington.