It's very difficult to have an open discussion about nra's behavior (unless you agree with nra) without being accused of "nra bashing," which is a phrase that gets thrown around usually by nra members so they can avoid discussing something the nra has done that is not pleasant.
A few minutes ago, I went to nrapvf.org to try to find nra's grade on a certain person. I have done this many times in the past. This time I was met with something new. NRA will no longer let you see it's grades unless you give it money. Even when I WAS able to see their grades in the past, I noticed that nra for some reason does not keep grades on politicians on an ongoing basis like GOA does. Back before past election grades became for nra members only, the only grades nra showed were from a particular election without saying who won. The good side of this is they contained grades of people who lost (which was helpful because sometimes these people turn up again).
Since we are in a vicious war for our freedoms where we have already lost many times (something the nra has long admitted) it seems disturbing that nra would not grade incumbent politicians (the most dangerous individuals around) on an ongoing basis (are they afraid of offending one of them?). Now compound that with nra's new idea of making PAST grades for members only, and I start to wonder what nra is thinking.
http://nrapvf.org/Elections/Default.aspx (Clicking on the "past elections" link takes you to a page where you now have to enter your nra membership number
).
For those of you who may not have ever seen GOA's ratings page, check it out and tell me why nra won't do this very simple thing which is extremely helpful in educating ourselves as well as other gun owners who currently sit on the sidelines. http://gunowners.org/110hrat.htm *** http://gunowners.org/110srat.htm
Yea I get it, nra wants people to become members, but this information (candidate grades) is something they have already made public, it is information that is as basic as it gets, and it's information that is a core education tool for the VAST MAJORITY of gun owners who are not nra members, but who will vote against anti gunners.
This action seems very exclusionary of the nra. It seems to say "we care more about getting you to join the club than defeating anti 2nd amendment candidates," or it seems to say "join us or go away, you won't get basic information from us unless you join."
A few minutes ago, I went to nrapvf.org to try to find nra's grade on a certain person. I have done this many times in the past. This time I was met with something new. NRA will no longer let you see it's grades unless you give it money. Even when I WAS able to see their grades in the past, I noticed that nra for some reason does not keep grades on politicians on an ongoing basis like GOA does. Back before past election grades became for nra members only, the only grades nra showed were from a particular election without saying who won. The good side of this is they contained grades of people who lost (which was helpful because sometimes these people turn up again).
Since we are in a vicious war for our freedoms where we have already lost many times (something the nra has long admitted) it seems disturbing that nra would not grade incumbent politicians (the most dangerous individuals around) on an ongoing basis (are they afraid of offending one of them?). Now compound that with nra's new idea of making PAST grades for members only, and I start to wonder what nra is thinking.
http://nrapvf.org/Elections/Default.aspx (Clicking on the "past elections" link takes you to a page where you now have to enter your nra membership number
).For those of you who may not have ever seen GOA's ratings page, check it out and tell me why nra won't do this very simple thing which is extremely helpful in educating ourselves as well as other gun owners who currently sit on the sidelines. http://gunowners.org/110hrat.htm *** http://gunowners.org/110srat.htm
Yea I get it, nra wants people to become members, but this information (candidate grades) is something they have already made public, it is information that is as basic as it gets, and it's information that is a core education tool for the VAST MAJORITY of gun owners who are not nra members, but who will vote against anti gunners.
This action seems very exclusionary of the nra. It seems to say "we care more about getting you to join the club than defeating anti 2nd amendment candidates," or it seems to say "join us or go away, you won't get basic information from us unless you join."
