<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mongrel66:
Again, I was a member for years.But I'm not into free offers, a baseball cap..free mag..and then to bug me over and over for more. Mailings DO cost money,paper, printing, layout, postage.Removing my name from a list takes less time than adding it on..[/quote]
Sorry, Mongrel, but I could not disagree more. You seem to put "your" idiosyncrasies (not liking bulk mailings and free caps) over the overwhelming amount of support to our cause the NRA has given us.
That, to me, is posturing. (Nothing personal, really / no offence intended
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However, I really don't understand your priorities: not only do they have to support your rights, but they also have to do it "your" way?!
Sure, your idea to give an increasing amount of power to other pro-organizations is wonderful. But you almost seem to want the NRA to lose before that happens. And if that is not self-defeatism, I don't know what is.
I was in England when Tony Blair wiped out that country's gunrights with one stroke of a pen. I don't want that to happen here - and, sorry, but the NRA has built up a hell of a resume in preventing that, and I will give them not only my annual membership, but also frequent additional donations.
I like GOA, SAF, CCRKBA and other pro-organizations. But so far, the NRA is the only strong barrier between the Gores of the world and our guns. If you prefer any of them to the NRA, donate to them AS WELL.
Unless you think that your gun rights are not worth $35, a free ballcap and the trouble of a few bulk-mailings a month.
Again, no offence; just speaking my mind here.
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