How many of you are NRA members?

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I'm a member for 1 or 2 years (can't remember). I have serious reservations based mostly on the irrelevant hype I am bombarded with as a member. I would rather read a simply newsletter detailing what the NRA is actually doing across the country to protect gun rights on a local and national level, rather than all the sensational hype about the "Bad Guys" who are trying to take our guns away. I think the tone of their information insults the intelligence of NRA members.
 
Present. Been one since the 80s. I renew year by year instead of going for life membership because I want the ability to not renew to make a statement if I have a disagreement with the leadership.
 
Life Member since 95, RMEF.

Four diamonds is also a member of the Gay and Lesbian coalition. Watch your back.heehee

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I've been a member most or the time since about 1960. A few times, in my younger years and broke, was out for a while. But not for a long time. Just the first of this month I paid memberships for four members of my family. The NRA is our only hope and bad mouthing their methods won't help matters much. Nobodys perfect, and if you had the government and all the national media after you, you wouldn't be either! Reddog
 
I agree that the NRA is our only realistic hope, and for that reason we need to keep the heat on them to perform at a high level. If the organization is falling short, it is certainly not the fault of the members, who put in a huge amount of unpaid volunteer time and energy. The NRA must not be above criticism; far from it, the membership should be looking over their shoulders, cracking the whip, and constantly demanding that they do better.

If the NRA has 3 million members at an average membership price of $30.00 (figuring in the reduced-price memberships), that adds up to $90,000,000.00 (!) per year from memberships alone. Ninety million dollars a year is big money where I come from. PLUS what the Friends of the NRA raise, PLUS what NRA raises by banging on the membership for additional contributions during the year, PLUS what they get from 1% participants like Dillon and Midway, PLUS the interest/investment income from any endowment they may have or just from the float on current account balances, PLUS any earnings from caps, mugs, clothing, and other licensed products.

What this all adds up to, I don't know; but it could easily be $100 million per year. With those enormous resources, I think NRA should be doing more and doing better. The new member recruitment effort is inexcusably weak, IMO, and looking down the road there is nothing more important than that.
 
Annual member starting in 1953, 5 year memner in 1962, lifer in 1966, just became endowment member. Also member of CCRKBA, SAF, JPFO, GOA, LEAA, Brassroots, and a steady letter writer to my reps.
Paul B.
 
Count me in. Joined a few years back, just in time to see how much trouble the 2nd ammendment is really in. A rude awakening.
 
I have been an NRA member for five years-- kinda getting a little bit disillusioned right about now...

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Byron, You're right, $100,000,000 is a lot of money! But look at George Bush. He's got $50,000,000 and is probably going to screw around and let McCain beat him with very little money, just because he's honest.(McCain) Money isn't everything. They still need our support in every way! Every time someone bad mouths their methods, it just drives another nail in the shooter's coffin! Reddog
 
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