NRA=Not Really Allies

Do we have to go down this road again?

If not for the NRA, you would be truckin' down to your gubmint approved range to shoot your single shot .22 (which would have to stay at the range).

The NRA isn't perfect, but neither is the world they attempt to affect (Congress).

Think of them as a first line of defense. If your views on gun control are more "extreme" (meaning you believe the Constitution means what it says and says what it means) then join GOA and JPFO, BUT DON'T NEGLECT TO JOIN THE NRA!!
 
Much as I dislike some of what the NRA does, I can't help wondering if anti-NRA commentary is "gray propaganda" (something designed to exxagerate differences between allies and to split them up)
 
Agree with Jack 99. They compromise ONLY when the choice is compromise or BOHICA - bans and so forth (i.e. when there really is no political "choice").
 
Ditto to the above. The NRA isn't perfect, but they ARE the only group powerfull enough to get heard on Capitol Hill.

I agree that the NRA compromises too much. But just think where we would be without them.

Rob
Proud NRA Life Member

RKBA!
 
Well, if you're a member of GOA as well, you know that they're plenty powerful enough to be heard on Capitol Hill. They just don't get as much media attention.

There's nothing wrong with joining any of those organizations, though IMHO the NRA is wasting too much effort and money on lapel pins, gimme caps, and other assorted nonessentials. They've not traditionally been real toothy when it comes to fighting for our rights--hence, GCA 1968. They were around then. So were a lot of hunters and shooters. What happened then?

Meanwhile, we're being sold out incrementally. Worst of all, many hunters and shooters I have known for years are willing to accept a "little" gun control (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean!). All the NRA can do for us is to help slow that process down a little. If we don't do anything more than join an organization, we're screwed.

The problem is with shooters and hunters who write a check every year and expect that to be enough.

[This message has been edited by Chris in AL (edited May 18, 2000).]
 
Yes, yes, blah, blah, blah!

But if you we're trying to hold a perimeter, and your point man was giving ammunition away to the enemy over your own wire, don't you think you'd want to put that man in a less critical position? Or would you just ignore his actions and keep wondering where all your ammunition is going?

The point is one of awareness, not necessarily one of condemnation. We waste away our efforts calling our so-called elected officials trying to keep them in line, all the while our strongest lobbyist is selling us slowly down the river. And we neglect to call them on it.

Isn't it the same as allowing our point man to continue giving our ammo to the enemy over our own wire? Let's get the point position on the right tact or let's move another body into that position. There isn't any rules set regarding who should be our point man. The NRA doesn't have exclusive rights to that position. If they can't get the job done, then they should move over and let us put someone in there that can.

We're running low on ammo.
 
Yes, let's go down this road again until people realize that the NRA doesn't speak for us. The more I learn about the NRA, the less I trust them. I usually think that Mr. Revere's posts exaggerate the urgency of our present situation, but in this thread, I think he is right on.

I mentioned this in another thread, but I'll mention it again here. Among Utah's Republican candidates for the various offices up for grabs, the only candidates who were endorsed by the NRA were the candidates who are anti-gun. There were/are some excellent candidates who support the Constitution and the RKBA, but the NRA would not endorse any of them.

Can someone explain why this "pro-gun" organization is fighting so hard against us?


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Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked.
Nehemiah 4:17,18
 
The NRA is the most powerful pro gun lobby we have. So - they are our most powerful tool.
If we are having problems with the tool - then the NRA membership can effect change in the tool.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Oleg Volk:
Much as I dislike some of what the NRA does, I can't help wondering if anti-NRA commentary is "gray propaganda" (something designed to exxagerate differences between allies and to split them up)[/quote]
'Ya know, I tried to point that out once before, and if IRC, there was a general fart in my direction with some retort about taking friends to the range and such. Let me be a bit more direct this time. Oleg, not everybody in these forums is pro gun.

*This comment isn't aimed at anyone in particular, and certainly not anyone in this thread.
 
RAE

True enough. We can't allow ourselves to be "divided and conquered," and I don't think we have.

However, some of us pro-RKBA folks criticize the NRA for the same reason we criticize our government. That doesn't make us anti-gun, or un-American. Every chain has a weak link, or two; some of us would rather identify those weak links with the hope of strenghtening them, rather than pretend they don't exist.
Many of the NRA's cheerleaders (including many of my closest friends) don't do much more than write the NRA a check every year. We won't gain back any ground with that methodology. It just won't cut it.
 
The NRA is the major force in the world FOR the RKBA. Sure there are other, and I'm glad they exist. But if you really care, join the NRA- they get more done, with compromises lumped in, than the rest combined. By a long shot.
 
I agree with Erik ;)

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"what gives a government that arms the whole world the right to disarm it's own citizens?"
 
Last night my wife and I was watching the evening news with Peter Jennings (sp?) when he was reporting something on the NRA.

Wife: Are you still a member of the NRA?
Me: Of course!
Wife: Good!



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