Aguila Blanca said:Do the math:
$14.50 x 50,000 = $725,000
$0.25 x 5,000,000 = $1,250,000
Additionally, the NRA engages in important negative advertising that may not show up as direct contributions.
thallub said:Unlike the NRA, The Safari Club International does not have a gaggle of highly paid panjandrums posting political rants about hot button issues outside their charter.
Emphasis added.
If this is the bit about the NRA that bothers you (and you certainly are not the only one in this forum who has complained about NRA political alliances and associations) the organisations aren't the origin of what bothers you. It's the membership.
I've read people here complaining about something Loesch or LaPierre said that wasn't strictly confined to the 2d Am. However amongst people who see the 2d Am. as part of a more broadly principled limitation on government power, those messages may resonate. Over the last couple of decades, I've followed LaPierre's statements and I didn't always like them. For that matter, Heston wasn't excellent in his dotage either. However the NRA was still the most effective vehicle for 2d Am advocacy, so I stayed.
Once you get into a group of more than a few dozen people, something is going to transpire in the group that isn't entirely to your liking. I don't see the utility in politically disassociating from a group if you are in substantial agreement with its goals. If you have a serious disagreement on a core issue, that's a different matter.