NRA - What's Your Opinion

[bearpaw]

Here is a link so you can get a free 1 year trial membership if you have never been a member.

http://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/

[addicted]

a few of my buddies over here say the NRA is the devil.  they say that the NRA only softens the blow but still lets parts of the gun bans by.   

a comparison was made to the jewden council.  a group of jews in world war 2 that gave names of jews to the nazis so that they went in an orderly fashion.

 

[ICEMAN]

I feel that grouping together our collective voices and resources is the only best way to be heard. I believe every hunter on this site, either bow, rifle or muzzle should take the time to join.

 

[Dean44]

Addicted: The comparison that you quoted is so disgusting and off base that it is not worth repeating. I refuse to believe that any significant number of our service men and women believe this. I realize that you are quoting someone other than yourself.

It is fair game to discuss and debate the details of the best way to protect our right to keep and bear arms, but remember that the anti gun rights people want you to make quotes like that comparison. It is the strategy of divide and conquer. Those of us who fall victim to that strategy do more to weaken our rights than Nancy Pelosi could ever do.

As for my opinion on the NRA, they are not perfect, but they do more to protect our right to keep and bear arms than any other entity that I know of. That's enough for me. If you love freedom, and you believe that you should have the right to own a weapon, then you should be a member of the NRA or/and similar organizations of your choice. IMHO

BTW, the NRA does a lot of great things in addition to protecting our rights. Check out their Youth Education Summit that they do annually. Even some basic services like the Eddie Eagle Program do a lot of great stuff for our leaders of tomorrow.

[7mag.]

Without the NRA, our guns would already be gone. Join now if you aren't already a member.

[River]

Yes, if not for the NRA and groups like Oregon Firearms Federation there would be no firearms or hunting permitted in this country anymore.  People that say otherwise are painfully dumb and have not done anything to really find out.  There are massive funds of money and collections of powerfully connected people that wake up every day here trying to find a way to stop hunting and firearm ownership.  And it takes tons of money, advocacy and legal action to stop them.  It kills me when outdoor people tell me something like "I'm not into politics" or "I'm just not political" -- if you like hunting, fishing, gun or bow ownership, doing things outdoor without being fenced out or told what to do -- then you are political.  Get out there and speak up for the things you like to do in your lifetime.  This is a link to the Oregon Firearms Federation that does real good work in the state of Oregon:
http://www.oregonfirearms.org/index.html

[Bigshooter]

Without the NRA, our guns would already be gone. Join now if you aren't already a member.

+1

[addicted]

oh yeah, i forgot to put i'm a double member.

[bearpaw]

Without the NRA, our guns would already be gone. Join now if you aren't already a member.

I'm with 7mag.

[ecnclan]

Not perfect like others have stated but they are the one organization in DC that has the pull to protect our rights.  To not back them because minor difference of opinions is one step closer to all of us loosing our freedoms.

[Wea300mag]

I'm sure glad nobody has chosen "Bad" or "Very Bad" so far, Maggy must not have voted yet.

[Rhinoron247]

If the NRA did nothing else but share information with the people who still care, they would get my money every year.  If there is someone or something out there, that is better or working harder to protect our rights by attempting to unit us and to speak up.  I have not seen it. If you know of one I would support them too.

The only thing that could be better than a group like the NRA would be serious revolution of thought within our country. 

Or a mass plague wipes out bunch or those spineless, panty waist, liberal, socialist intelligence vacuums.

"Oh did I use my outdoor voice there" 

[bearpaw]

Here is a great NRA Video about a great man who unselfishly gave up an acting carreer to do what he thought was right.

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[woodswalker]

Without the NRA, our guns would already be gone. Join now if you aren't already a member.

yup...and see also the Second Ammendment Foundation..and JFPO.

[bow4elk]

Long-time member/supporter.  A united front is paramount.