Free NRA membership

[P. Greaney]

When I enlisted and reenlisted in the military, I was not given the option of indicating the parts of the Constitution I would or would not support. I also was not given the option of indicating which people or ideology I would not protect.
Essentially, I serve to protect everyone whether they like it or not.
The NRA and other like minded organizations protect your gun rights whether you like it or not.
When you enjoy the freedoms and condemn the guarantor, you are an ingrate.

[0311Shooter]

I don't know why folks like The Capt. refuses to join the NRA, especially since the first year is free. Plus, by renewing through my Gun Club, I get a discount every year. Oh, the solicitations....

I used to get them like every other day. Tossed them. Then eventually they came about once a week, tossed them. Then they came about once a month, tossed them. Now, every once in a while I get something, hardly even notice them. Heck, I get them so seldom now that I actually read them, before I toss them.

Methinks The Capt. needs to try them again. They are a kindlier, gentler, NRA now.

[Troy (WA)]

I agree the excessive mailers are a bit much. I would rather see the NRA use the money spent on mailers on the fight for preserving the Second Amendment.

[Mike Haas]

I agree the excessive mailers are a bit much. I would rather see the NRA use the money spent on mailers on the fight for preserving the Second Amendment.

[RED]

The Captain is 100% right on.

Sure, they are pro gun but that is secondary to pro money. I started a Friends of the NRA chapter. I went to the local Holiday Inn and secured a meeting room and advertised the organizational meeting in the newspaper. The first year we raised $10,000 and more the second year. I was the president of the local county gun club. The pressure the NRA put on me and others to raise more and more money was incredible. They were even calling me at home in the middle of the night (11:30 PM).

Every communication I had with them was adversarial. "We are going to lose our RTKBA and it is YOUR fault!" There wasn't a day that the mail man didn't stuff more solicitations in my mail box. The more I did, the more they demanded. The final straw was when the NRA named a local guy as the "NRA Man of the Year." Nobody I knew had ever heard of the guy. He had never been to any of the "Friends" events and had never been a member of the gun club. When we asked the Regional NRA guy (last name was Black, IIRC) from St Louis who this mystery guy was, the NRA rep told us that was none of our business. End of story.