NRA "A" rated traitors

[TheTman]

No, Muggsey, I'm not asking you to join anything. All I'm saying is there should be room for more than one gun organization. I was just giving a little background on a couple of other organizations. I imagine some folks belong to all 3, fine, if not, that's fine too. Just think as a gun owner a person should be involved in one of them at least. That's all. I've said several times the NRA is the premier organiation, with the most clout, and explained why I didn't renew MY membership is all. I would never suggest leaving the NRA to join one of these others, it was a personal decision of mine due to too many phone calls.

[muggsy]

Ski, all that you have to do when the NRA calls is say, I'm not in a position to contribute at this time and hand up. Or you can do as I do and thank them for the call and tell them that you only make one annual contribution per year and hang up. No muss. No fuss. No shame. You don't have to be an NRA member to contribute to the ILA. They will still accept your check. Just don't give them your phone number.

[Wolffire99]

When I joined the NRA I declined to provide a phone #, it wasn't a problem. I still get the junk mail once week it seems like, but maybe you could call and ask that they delete your phone #.

[jg rider]

[QUOTE=muggsy;167136]The main reason that the majority of NRA endorsed candidates have an R after their name is because the majority of republicans candidates are conservatives who support your 2A rights. Damn near every piece of anti-gun legislation has been introduced by a liberal democrat.[/QUOTE

I've been a member of the NRA for 50 yrs. but only to add to the number of members. I don't agree with some of it's decisions. If they would only post politician's rating and not endorse them would be a good thing. There's more going on in this country than just the 2A.
I object when in the Nevada senatorial campaign they endorsed progun Democrap incumbent Harry Reid over progun republican challenger Sharon Angle.
In the Maine congessional campaign they endorsed progun democrap incumbent Patrick Leahy over a progun republican challenger.
There are others.
I believe the NRA should just post their ratings and then keep their mouths shut, and let people decide for themselves without coaxing or spending member's money on the endorsements.
I also object when the NRA provides L.E. training to agencies whose chiefs and commissioners are anti gun and anti NRA. It's my membership dues and contributions that pay for these.
I think someone here wrote that the NRA was no better than a union. I half heartedly agree with that. I don't have any say in how my money is spent.
Yes I'm a conservative republican/ tea partier and I object when my money is used to support someone who may be progun now, but will in all probability change their strips to tote the party line

[sharpetop]

Like em' or not, they are the "Big Dog" that the antis and politicians fear and talk about the most. That said, I'm also a member of Second Amendment Foundation and Gun Owners Of America. I think that GOA is the most "no compromise" organization of the bunch.

[TheTman]

I tried telling the NRA that I was unable to contribute, and asked several times to be removed from the call list, but they never did anything about it. I made the mistake of contributing once on an issue I felt very strong about, so they must have put me on their heavy rotation call list, as hardly a week went by without a call asking for more money. I did get pretty good at interuppting the little speech they always give and tell them they were wasting their time. For awhile I'd listen to them asking for just $5 or $10, then I got to where I'd hang up after telling them I couldn't help this time. I think next time I join, I'll try and not give them a phone number, as has been suggested. I couldn't believe it, but a few nights ago I got a call from the NRA asking for a donation for something, (I think this was a request for general funds to help defeat Obama) and I'm not even currently a member. But it was the first call I received from them in quite some time. I guess they kept my phone number for future reference. Will probably have to use my middle name or something to join, so they don't make the connection between me and my phone number. I wouldn't mind joining up again, I'm still on a limited budget, but as long as they don't get crazy with the emails and junk mail, I can probably deal with their constant solicitation of funds via email and snail mail. I'd like to be able to contribute to all their needs, and those of the other 3 organizations I belong too. And I also need to get back in my state's 2nd amendment organization, I let that one slip due to finacial reasons, but they have done a great job here, and finally got us our CC permits, even having to override the Democrat Govenor's Veto (Kahtleen Sebelius).
And how the NRA ended up endorsing Harry Reid (And some of the other Democrat gun grabbers) is beyond me. I saw some convoluted explantion for it, but it still didn't quite make sense. Something about Sharon Angle being an unknown and not having an NRA rating or some such BS, while I guess they must have been able to talk Harry Reid into something or another in the past. GOA and NAGR were all over that wondering what the hell the NRA was doing.
I'm not sure that I'd withhold LEO training for departments with Anti-Gun leaders, why punish the ordinary street cops for what their politically motivated superiors do.
That extra training may save their life one day. I think some of the Police Chiefs, in the big cities where the guns get up by themselves and commit crimes, are anti 2A, just to keep their jobs. While others are true believers in the anti-gun movement. I believe the rank and file cops are mostly 2A supporters, no matter where they are from. And while we have no say where our dues are spent, I think all the organizations generally do the best they can to not waste it, there are operating costs, and a lot of things that they have to pay for. As far as I'm concerned the NRA could keep their magazine, or make it available online, rather than pay to send a magazine out each month, if that meant that they'd get more use out of my dues.