Who?s a member of the NRA?
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Member off and on for 40 years. I don?t agree with everything they stand for but overall we?re in the same ballpark
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Winchester
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I'll also join you in that sentiment.
I'm a former member and I also got sick of the constant junk-mail in the form of a survey asking about my opinion. Every survey form had a dollar amount for my donation at the bottom so my opinion only mattered if it was accompanied by a donation. At the time I obviously agreed with the NRA or I wouldn't have joined. Since then I have come to realize the NRA is only a political extremist group.
shootbrownelk
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A political "extremist" group that protects your gun rights. The ONLY ones that have enough clout to sway politicians. They're successful 2nd amendment lobbyists. I don't get anything from the NRA except the American Hunter magazine each month.
HuntWYODon
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Member since mid 70's. Life member since 1990. Member of NAGR and GOA also. To me, they are more aggressive in protecting 2nd Amendment rights than NRA and Congress fears them more.
Mr Drysdale
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if folks want to keep the second amendment intact ,the NRA needs their help every bit as much as we need theirs. the resent push to villify them ,is going to work without gun owners support .
we do not live in a nation of rational citizens.it is why the founders in their infinite wisdom, created a REPUBLIC and NOT a democracy!
if those few who are rational stay silent ,the emotional will strip every right they now enjoy.
when the second falls ,so do the rest.
we do not live in a nation of rational citizens.it is why the founders in their infinite wisdom, created a REPUBLIC and NOT a democracy!
if those few who are rational stay silent ,the emotional will strip every right they now enjoy.
when the second falls ,so do the rest.
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JimP
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One also has to remember that the dues that you pay only go so far in the fight for the 2nd Amendment and that is the big reason for all the mailings and surveys that they send out.
While I am a life member and don't have to pay another nickle I will donate something every year just for that fact.
Also you have to remember that they are fighting for the Right to Bare Arms and not the right to hunt. Those are two separate items that a lot of people don't realize but get confused quite often.
While I am a life member and don't have to pay another nickle I will donate something every year just for that fact.
Also you have to remember that they are fighting for the Right to Bare Arms and not the right to hunt. Those are two separate items that a lot of people don't realize but get confused quite often.
NE69
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Life member since 1985. Without the NRA, I don't think the second amendment would be intact. Are they perfect? No, but I still support them for what they do for us.
Catahoula12
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Slugz
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My concern with them is.....they are very powerful .....they should use that power for a positive modernization of rules and regulations that would still protect the right to bear arms. The intent back then of the second amendment was for me "peasant farmer" to protect my stuff and family.
This I believe was based mainly on the right to keep and bear arms in English common law and influenced by the English Bill of Rights. This was an auxiliary right, supporting the rights of self-defense and resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state
Operationalizing words in the 2nd amendment with regards to why and how it was written in 1790 vice real world application 225 years later is what bugs me. Then using that in a court battle is just playing with in the lines of the rules.
I fully support the 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms in self defense.
I think if we review and look into history though only the USA and Latin America have constitutions in place that are not modernized for real world applications......and we have seen how that part of the world has gotten the past 30 years.
I spent 27 years in the military to ensure our rights were upheld and I still fully support all that.....I think though modernization and updating of it is required.
This I believe was based mainly on the right to keep and bear arms in English common law and influenced by the English Bill of Rights. This was an auxiliary right, supporting the rights of self-defense and resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state
Operationalizing words in the 2nd amendment with regards to why and how it was written in 1790 vice real world application 225 years later is what bugs me. Then using that in a court battle is just playing with in the lines of the rules.
I fully support the 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms in self defense.
I think if we review and look into history though only the USA and Latin America have constitutions in place that are not modernized for real world applications......and we have seen how that part of the world has gotten the past 30 years.
I spent 27 years in the military to ensure our rights were upheld and I still fully support all that.....I think though modernization and updating of it is required.
true ,self defense is a large part of second. the founders just also having just done it realized that the only hope citizens had of fighting an oppresive gov was an armed citizenship!
and there we have the very root of the ongoing attack on the second every since.
THERE IS A REASON THESE THINGS ARE NO LONGER TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. and ,if taught ,merely glazed over.
I do not think "modernization "is needed .
"shall not infringe " is very clear and concise!
but I think we both can agree, the second allows us all other rights we enjoy.
even the right to disagree, if I am wrong on that.
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shootbrownelk
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What exactly have those 2 groups you mention accomplished in protecting gun rights compared to the NRA? No gun rights group has more political clout than the NRA.
tim
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sneakypete
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I am Oakdale member, like Ak, IKC said I don't agree with everything but without the NRA I believe we wouldn't have our 2nd Amendment rights!
Winchester
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I agree. That's why I continue to donate even though I'm already a life member. I'm a benefactor member now still will still continue to donate. I don't agree with everything the NRA does but I do believe they're a powerful voice in defending our 2nd amendment rights. If it weren't for organizations like the NRA the ill-informed anti's would probably succeed in taking all of our guns away.
Spirit of a Hunter
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Life Member. Here's the deal. I am not behind all of the positions the NRA takes on gun and hunting issues and have let them know through the pen and paper. However, the fact is, that without their tremendous lobbying power, I doubt that the Second Amendment would still be in tact. I am thankful for their existence every time I pull a gun out of a scabbard and punch a tag. I would go so far as to plead with all of you hunter/conservationists that you keep your memberships current or join for the first time. With all sincerity, Spirit of a Hunter.