Gun Rights Poll

According to statistics:

The US Population as of 7/2011 was 311,591,917
The number of households owning a gun is about 75 Million
There are approximately 300,000,000 privately owned guns in the US
Some estimates show up to 45% of Americans own a gun.
Approximately 57% of the US Citizens do NOT think we need additional gun control laws!
But there are only 4.3 Million NRA members!

In this day and age when the squeaky wheel gets oiled I am amazed that people who own guns are NOT members of the NRA. In fact it amazes me that more people who are just pro-gun and not gun owners are not also members of the NRA.

I don't like lobbyists in general, mainly because they use cash "bribes" to our representatives in order to accomplish their goals. The NRA is one of the biggest lobbyists out there, but they are also the biggest pro gun voice for Americans and they serve the purpose of defending our right to own guns in America.

I think that if more people in the US who are pro-gun ownership would join the NRA, we would silence for once and for all the argument about the right to own guns under the second amendment. With the average $25 per year contribution of over 75 million gun owners, the NRA would have way more than enough funds to make this happen and protect our rights!

I am a Life Member of the NRA and will be changing to an Endowment Member this month. Right now I can offer any friend of mine a major discount to join, until Feb 26, 2013. You can join for $20 a year, normally $35, or for Life for $300, normally $1000. The NRA needs your support to protect your right to own a gun. If you are interested in becoming a member at these discounted rates, PM me.
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Not an NRA member. Donate to the NRA-ILA and NRA-PVF instead.

The NRA itself cannot lobby, it is a nonprofit organization. Membership dues cannot fund lobbying.

As for whether they're good for us or not, I'm still on the fence about that one. Yes they're powerful as a lobby, but they have sold us out a couple of times, too.

I just had a discussion with my dad about this today. He offered to enroll me when he renewed. I explained that while I am 100% for gun rights (went to the range yesterday, taking a SDA class in a few weeks), I cannot bring myself to directly support any lobbying effort, regardless of the cause. I strongly disagree with the system in place that literally allows organizations to buy our government decisions. I am not able to accept the ends justifying the means at this point in my life.

So you are against healthcare, the military, the teachers, the truck drivers, the green weenies, etc etc etc........all who lobby and win votes in gov't?
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blu wrote: I just had a discussion with my dad about this today. He offered to enroll me when he renewed. I explained that while I am 100% for gun rights (went to the range yesterday, taking a SDA class in a few weeks), I cannot bring myself to directly support any lobbying effort, regardless of the cause. I strongly disagree with the system in place that literally allows organizations to buy our government decisions. I am not able to accept the ends justifying the means at this point in my life.

I'm fairly positive I didn't say I was against the NRA or any other organization or group that lobbies. In fact if one were to read what I wrote, they might even see where I said I support the cause but disagree with the system that is in place. You might even notice that I didn't even criticize anyone who supports any lobbying organizations. There is a huge difference to me in not wanting to give my money directly to lobbyists and thinking all lobbyists or causes are bad or have ill intentions or necessitate me being 'against them.' I've had much more direct connections to lobbying than sending money to the NRA that I will not be going into here (most of my income is through govt contracts...). Give me a break dude.

That is interesting to know LC and I definitely want to think about it. I am familiar with the amount of spam as I see it and typically even read through several things that my dad gets from them when visiting.

(Goat, find anything out yet about those last questions we talked about?)

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/politics/gun-control-battle/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

OK so send money to the ILA but the big deal is to become vocal about your beliefs on gun control and to tell your politicians how you feel.

Biden, Obama and many others plan to speak for you using their beliefs!
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http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/28-12-2012/123335-americans_guns-0/

An excellent find Anreill. I have read few posts that were so well stated online!
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www.GunAppreciationDay.com

Do it!
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Although it's mildly funny that they didn't spell the name right.

I said this earlier to Mike, but this story goes through it like gangbusters:

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira58.html

Thanks for posting that LC. I guess we should all reeducate ourselves on what our founders went through to form this once great nation and do our part to restore it to its former glory. It's quite obvious we have allowed for too long the concept of political correctness to destroy the true concept that the founders intended.

I do believe that it is time to end the so called political correctness that we have portrayed and instead speak out with knowledge and wisdom against those who think it is ok to change anything set forth by the founders of this nation, and to fight against those who think they know better than the founders, in order to reverse the damage and return our nation to greatness.
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Goahed if you can still hook friends up with NRA membership discounts I would like one!
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I'll take the silence as a no? or a maybe?


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Oh crap man, you were supposed to PM me! I think it's still good though....PM ME!
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I am just going to go ahead and do something I rarely do and make an open political comment. In the wake of recent waves and waves of attacks on our liberties, I am going on record to officially state that I will be among those whom American Citizens can rely upon when the tyrants in US government decide to take away any and all of our rights. I've never been anti-government, and I am not starting now, but I will follow the current Constitution and Bill of Rights as long as I live, and if our government decides they want to change them, I'm not willing to make that CHANGE!

Obama, Biden, Bloomberg, Feinstein and your cronies, you guys should really get a clue. The comments you are making and the wreckless actions you are taking with our rights and freedoms are not going unnoticed. My father and mother and their parents raised us to believe that this Nation was something to be proud of and something to be defended, ESPECIALLY against a rogue and tyrannical government. if you pick a fight with real Americans, you'll find one. Long live America and long live FREEDOM!

LEAVE THE CONSTITUTION AND IT'S AMENDMENTS ALONE!

Folks, if you think this is just about guns, you are sadly mistaken, it's about New World Order and the loss of ALL your freedoms. It's time to stand up an be counted as a defender of your freedoms. Get noisy!
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Sorry Goahed, just got your pm. I'll respond to that and get something worked out.
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