NRA Geez?!

I've posted here many times about my disgust with many in the clay sports fraternity.

Funny thing of it is, they think that their "sporting implements" won't be touched by the government because they're, well, "sporting implements," not nasty, icky, dangerous guns.

To see the fallacy behind that stance one only needs to look at what happened in Britain.
 
There is a study that shows hunter types (not all, of course) can have very negative attitudes towards 'assault' weapons as they are designed to kill people. We recall the Zumbo incident also.
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Glenn, I think that attitude among hunters has changed considerably over the past 5 years , if not longer than that.
 
Any particular group of people who use a particular type of firearm recreationally can have a negative attitude towards another type of firearm.

When I was growing up a very good friend's father was a big hunter and shotgunner, but he absolutely HATED handguns.
 
Skans - that's an empirical question. The growth in firearms users is clearly the SD realm. Some criminologist can study the issue, I suppose.
 
Funny thing of it is, they think that their "sporting implements" won't be touched by the government because they're, well, "sporting implements," not nasty, icky, dangerous guns.
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Not to be too overly dramatic, but this always reminds me of the poem “First They Came” by Martin Niemöller. I know comparing anti-gun activist to the Nazis is a little over the top, but people need to realize that those who will steal one freedom will steal another.

Forgive my literary license, but here is an applicable version.

First they came for the semi-auto rifles,
and I didn't speak out because I didn’t own one.

Then they came for the semi-auto handguns,
and I didn't speak out because I didn’t own one.

Then they came for the revolvers,
and I didn't speak out because I didn’t own one.

Then they came for my skeet guns,
and there was no one left to speak for me.
 
I skipped a few posts but I'll tell you what bothers me and it's not the beggar thing or the waste thing. It's a simple thing, they want me to be a member, I paid for a membership. But they continue to send me solicitations for new membership.

I am not stupid, I am not unaware that mass mailing campaigns are successful. It just pricks my ego that they don't know I am one of their members already. i am a vane individual. Maybe not to great fault, but at least when I am sorting through the mail

I opened the mail box and I have mail, someone knows I exist and I am worth contacting. Wait ... they want me to join? I am already a member, I gave them money, how can they not know that I am one of there guys?

The mail sucks, even when I get something it usually turns out It's something I really don't want. I do still manage to check my mail every day without mistake.

I like Santa better ;)
 
"It just pricks my ego that they don't know I am one of their members already."

New membership, or renewal?

I'm betting renewal.

Again, virtually every magazine and organization of which I've ever been a member has done that.

They like it when they get your money early.
 
Again, virtually every magazine and organization of which I've ever been a member has done that.

They like it when they get your money early.
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I receive NRA and ILA solicitations frequently to contribute money or upgrade my membership (perhaps because of, rather than despite, the fact that I am a life member). My hunting and firearms magazine subscriptions produce renewal solicitations regularly. It appears many of these come from a company (or perhaps multiple companies) that provide subscription/membership services to publishers/organizations. Not much different than continual email advertising from businesses, e.g., Cabela's, Bass Pro, Best Buy, etc.
 
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