NRA and GOA

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oystermick

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I've been NRA for quite a number of years, but at times have found myself unhappy with the NRA. I'm thinking that perhaps the NRA may be too ensconced in the D.C. "beltway" mentality. I'm curious about GOA. Is it an effective organization? Is it worth joining? I'm not going to quit the NRA, but I'm looking for more of a pit bull type 2nd Amendment advocacy.
 
The NRA is generally considered the biggest, baddest gorilla in the forest while the GOA is seen by many as a 'wannabe.' I like the Goa because it doesn't back down like the NRA has. Unfortunately, they really don't have the political power the NRA does. That's not to say they won't have it someday though. Just as our two dominant political parties originally started from humble beginnings, the GOA could follow a similar path. All it takes is for more people to join and thus give them more money, backing and power.
 
Any gun owner should be members of BOTH if they give a rip about the future.They work differently but both are critical to the future of the 2nd ammendment.:) As Ben Franklin once said..........
"We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
 
I like the GOA better, but they have neither the money or the power to handle things the way the NRA does. The GOA makes a big squawk about issues, and they are really on top of everything that goes on with regaurds to gun issues. They don't have the money or manpower to do much more than raise a big fuss about things yet.

The NRA on the other hand compromises, is cumbersome, and is slow to act. I can deal with this because it is a ponderous organization, and when they do finally get rolling on something, they bring enourmous pressure to bear on whatever issue they pick to act on. They really focus on one issue and kick it until it moves.
 
GOA sends me more response letters on gun issues to mail to the President, my congresspeople, etc than the NRA ever does.
That being said however, I am a member of both.
 
GOA complained bitterly about the New Orleans gun confiscations in its press release, while the NRA actually put the investigators on the ground, filed the lawsuit, and won the restraining order.

GOA does good work, and necessary work, but it's the NRA that has the significant muscle and the well-oiled connections. I'm a member of both, though my GOA membership may have lapsed recently, I'll have to check on that.
 
it's really simple if you think about it

The NRA has money, power, influence and clout because of it's membership. If more people join, the organization has more power...
If people don't renew their membership, they lose power, money.....

The NRA has a vested interest in being moderate, therefore appealing the greatest number of potential members, therefore attracting more money, building influence, etc.

If they take a "hard line" (meaning a reasonable stance on the continued erosion of our rights) they're branded even more in the press as extremist, and may lose members, money, power, etc.

The other organizations are small, less powerful, and have less to lose, and appeal to the "hard core, right wing conspiracy nut cases..." and have the influence they do because they say what the NRA won't.

JPFO, CCRKBA, GOA, etc. will never have the kind of power that the NRA has UNLESS people join, including all of us on this forum.

Join the NRA, and then join another organization as well. As these smaller organizations grow, the NRA listens.

Just my .02
 
Join the NRA, and then join another organization as well. As these smaller organizations grow, the NRA listens.

Very good point! Like any large organization, the NRA won't respond to an opinion or request from a few members. But if they see those organizations that do respond growing, they'll eventually come around too.
 
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