Should I join the NRA?

"but would be screaming the loudest about why the NRA didn't do something..."

I've seen that many, many times.

Far too often people who have the least invested in something operate under the belief that they are owed the most, and if their expectations aren't met...
 
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I thought i would chime in with some thoughts.

I belive it is counterproductive to spew venom about an organization that in general terms you would suport, but because of a few points you have to part ways.

Most of you are Americans and yet i have the confidence to say that most of you do not agree with what everything America says on the world stage. Likewise for me and Canada.

If enough of the membership were involved the NRA could turn its agenda to finding a home for every lost puppy in the great state of Maine.

It is the involvement of the members of the group that dictate the direction, you cannot do much on the outside.

I will not revoke my Canadian citizenship if i do not like what is happening, I will be louder and push till i get locked away.

If in general terms you like what you think the NRA should stand for, join and be a voice pushing for that. Apathy kills.

Jody
 
Just got a free gift in the mail from the NRA for my life membership. It took a while to figure out it was mine as I wasn't even expecting it and came from a middle-man marketing firm not the NRA (the NRA mailing label was covered by theirs) A non-folding Buck Knife Ranger Skinner with a plastic display wall hanging.

I laugh at myself for being (very mildly) annoyed/jealous at not getting a hat. Especially as the knife has a much higher dollar value. And I wasn't expecting either.

Some other things I've figured out since I got my joining "stuff". To vote in the NRA you apparently need either 5 consecutive years of membership, and/or a life membership. If you don't like some small aspect of what they're doing, join up (in a way that doesn't require you sign something saying you approve) and change it.

The Insurance requires you send in an activation form which isn't well designed for security purposes- when I send mine in, I'll be sticking it inside an envelope.
 
Join the NRA to increase the membership numbers.
But to defend the 2A, send contributions to either the NRA-ILA or NRA-PVF.
 
I think things started changing on the legislative side in Ohio with CHL. Seeing the growing percentage of voters with CHL licenses lets politicians know how many people vote on the issue and support to some degree defensive use of guns and not sporting. No one wants to alienate 500,000 voters.
Not sure how many NRA members there are in Ohio or how much it has increased over the last ten years, but I am pretty sure there aren't as many NRA members as CHL holders.
 
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Not sure how many NRA members there are in Ohio or how much it has increased over the last ten years, but I am pretty sure there aren't as many NRA members as CHL holders.
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Unfortunately, NRA does not publish state-by-state membership numbers. I've always been curious to know what they are.
 
Well, to be more than chl 10 percent of members would need to be from Ohio. I would be surprised if Ohio was that disproportionately represented.

To give more of an explanation on CHL numbers correlating to legislative gains:
The first CHL law took a lot of election cycles. Hard to say how many. Probably some working on it for thirty years. The first version was effectively pointless. Small incremental steps made. Usually involving two or more legislative cycles to get something passed. Around 2010 enough restrictions were removed that carrying daily was reasonably easy. CHL license numbers doubled in just a couple years. Still making a few incremental changes at a time, but it seems like things go through in one cycle without much trouble at all.
I think there are several members here who put in a lot more work and were generally more involved, especially consistently involved, than I in this process, so maybe they would disagree.

NRA was involved and NRA membership in Ohio has probably also grown over that period. State groups appeared to do the heavy lifting. BFA is very strongly linked to the NRA, borderline satellite. OFCC, which is more centered on defensive issues than BFA, is not so closely tied to The NRA.
 
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I think that every one who owns a gun should be a member.If it wern't for the NRA we would have lost our rights a long time ago.They are the watch dogs of the congress.They are 5 million strong but need to be 25 million plus. Congress would really pay attention then.
 
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Only if you can afford to do it.
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The base membership is $25/year. That's a box or two of ammo. Or four cups of Starbucks. Or skipping one dinner out a year.

Considering what they do for us, any of those are minor sacrifices.
 
The base membership is $25/year. That's a box or two of ammo. Or four cups of Starbucks. Or skipping one dinner out a year.
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:eek: Six and a quarter for Starbucks now??!

I never paid that for my venti Mocha Frappucinos when I was going there.:D

I'm beginning to be glad they're not located where I am now.;)
 
I am a resident of New York State and a former registered Democrat. I put off joining the NRA for years because I believed they were somewhat overzealous about their agenda. Then our state reps passed the now infamous Safe Act and I realized how "over the top" the anti-gun lobby can be and the NRA is a necessary organization to counter the misinformed public and protect our rights. I had no other choice but to join and I am glad I did. In the meantime, I changed my voting registration party to none, as many Republicans voted in favor of the Safe Act.
Several months after the Act was passed I got a call from the NYS Democratic Party asking for a donation. I told them to check their voter registration records and that thanks to Gov. Cuomo I used the money to join the NRA. I haven't heard back from them since . My story is not that unique. The Safe Act did more to increase NRA membership in New York State than any special promotion or discount memberships.
 
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