tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3840406685738801959..comments2024-03-29T05:51:00.183-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : NRA Keeps Donning Its Clown ShoesComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-58395781276473448162015-01-31T21:19:58.636-05:002015-01-31T21:19:58.636-05:00One of the main consequences of NRA's shift fr...One of the main consequences of NRA's shift from a gun-owners' group to a gun-manufacturers' lobby is an ever-greater rift between gun owners and non-gun owners. <br /><br />NRA has become the image of a gun owner to so many people who are uninformed that simply being a gun owner often gets one automatically labeled as a "gun nut." <br /><br />Of course such a "divide and rule" strategy requires a compliant media and a public willing to be led astray, but NRA's often crazy rhetoric provides the template for what I see as a growing anti-gun public.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452586883304944738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-59078774977039967852015-01-31T12:02:11.086-05:002015-01-31T12:02:11.086-05:00I am a used to be member. I wonder if we the '...I am a used to be member. I wonder if we the 'No longer members' now outnumber the actual membership.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-17590810217290065432015-01-31T11:03:29.979-05:002015-01-31T11:03:29.979-05:00My problem is that the NRA runs a program to provi...My problem is that the NRA runs a program to provide reasonable-cost liability insurance to gun clubs. But in order to access that insurance pool, every member of the club has to be a NRA member. So either you maintain your membership in the NRA or the club'll tack on renewing your membership to your club dues.<br /><br />I'd love to have a gun rights group that resisted the urge to jump on the Crazy Train.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87593490605406349562015-01-30T22:30:40.436-05:002015-01-30T22:30:40.436-05:00The NRA is a fundraising operation. I let my memb...The NRA is a fundraising operation. I let my membership lapse once I realized that.<br /><br />I would be good to have a Gun Rights organization.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-1392981399963779992015-01-30T20:36:23.256-05:002015-01-30T20:36:23.256-05:00Sometime in the 90s - I can't be arsed to figu...Sometime in the 90s - I can't be arsed to figure out exactly when, it ultimately doesn't matter - the NRA went from being an organization that represented gun owners and shooters to an organization that represents gun manufacturers. It's no longer measured by membership, it's measured by units sold.<br /><br />Where is their voice for hunters? It's gone, because hunters don't buy enough guns. The guy with six ARs and AKs spends the kind of money, so the emphasis is on 'tactical firearms' and concealed carry all out of proportion to what it needs to be. And you can't pump the tac without a threat, right? We're sitting here in North America, safer than everybody else in the world, but if you're gonna move units you gotta have a threat. So let's try to gin one up.<br /><br />Last year I took a couple kids up to the cabin with a .35 Rem and my .300 WSM BAR, along with my TC Contender and a couple of magnums. We killed a 90 pound pig and ate fresh pork belly and I honestly don't think those kids blinked once the whole trip. But I'm going to bet that at least one of them, if not both, will end up being hunters...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83723508355460048712015-01-30T18:39:09.023-05:002015-01-30T18:39:09.023-05:00For once, I wholeheartedly agree with you.
For once, I wholeheartedly agree with you. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com