NRA up? - Page 2

zxcvbob · January 17, 2013, 12:28 AM

So the NRA is "trending"?

SPEMack618 · January 17, 2013, 12:30 AM

Not right now, though the NBA is and I got confused for minute.

But yes, it was earlier in the day, even though most of the "tweets" directed towards the NRA were actually of an anti-gun bent.

The inter-webs can be wierd that way.

RockyMtnTactical · January 17, 2013, 10:22 PM

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NRA membership has risen by 250,000 in the last month.

That is what I have heard as well.

Skans · January 18, 2013, 09:36 AM

I just signed up to be a life member - $300, thanks to another board member who allowed me to use his member number (posted in another forum). I just got all of my life membership goodies today: Nice looking NRA Life Member Certificate, lapel pin, membership card that says "life member", some patches and stickers. The goodies are unexpected and fun to get, but I'm quite proud to finally be a life member. I had been a member for 10 years prior.

poline · January 20, 2013, 09:01 PM

I know two fellows that have been in that group of gun owners that let
the 4millions of us NRA members carry the weight of the 2nd defense, who just joined the NRA. WOW, WOW, if you knew these two you would know
that is really saying something!
I'm greatly encouraged by this.

armedandsafe · January 20, 2013, 10:05 PM

In organizing the Gun Appreciation Day/Guns Across America gathering in this town, I have sponsored 3 more life members and expect another 2 or three to take action in the first of the week. Several were people who had let their membership lapse because "NRA was compromising."

I have also been instrumental in getting 7 or 8 new members for SAF, which is as important.

Pops

chucknbach · January 21, 2013, 07:57 AM

The NRA supports the people. The Obama regime and it's idiots are saying the NRA supports the gun manufacturers. Doesn't even really matter as "We the people" and gun manufacturers interests are aligned. There is also a lot of "We the peoples" who own gun companies.

**Tom Servo** · January 21, 2013, 02:16 PM

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So the NRA is "trending"?

Yep. Has been since 1871.

SPEMack618 · January 21, 2013, 05:30 PM

Saw a bumper sticker on a truck in front of me at the gas station today that said

"NRA: Lobbying for your civil rights since 1871"

Made me chuckle appreciativly.

wizrd · January 21, 2013, 07:12 PM

The current NRA membership only equals about 5% of America's gun owners.
Where the hell are the other 95 %? If your not a member, you can still send a donation to the NRA-ILA. We are all in the fight together, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, today it's the 'nasty black rifles' -tomorrow it may be your trap or skeet gun. Join the NRA or at least donate. We all got a dog in this fight.
I'm a Life Member NRA and support the NRA-ILA as much as I can, to do otherwise is to give up.

**Tom Servo** · January 21, 2013, 08:24 PM

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Where the hell are the other 95 %?

Usually yelling at of us for not having "done enough" when they dislike the way things turn out.

Stevie-Ray · January 21, 2013, 08:26 PM

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So the NRA is "trending"?

Yep. Has been since 1871.

Hehehehehe

One day I'll have a life membership-I've got to move first. No cash for the forseeable future. Luckily I extended my membership last year and it doesn't expire til 2017.

SPEMack618 · January 21, 2013, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevie-Ray

Where the hell are the other 95 %?

On another non-gun centric forum I occassionally frequent, a poster there went on a diatribe concerning the NRA's iPhone games and the NRA in general.

Amind the cries of how dare the NRA release a video game after they denounce them, his key tenet was the NRA was too "conservative" and a "lobby" for the gun "industry" and didn't represent gun owners at all.

I was flabbergasted.

So some of that 95% is lost to the main stream media portrayal of the NRA as a breeding ground for James Earl Ray and not the good the NRA does every day.

chucknbach · January 21, 2013, 09:15 PM

I just joined this week. I also just bought my first AR.

January 17, 2013, 12:28 AM	#26
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	So the NRA is "trending"? __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth

January 17, 2013, 12:30 AM	#27
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 1,863	Not right now, though the NBA is and I got confused for minute. But yes, it was earlier in the day, even though most of the "tweets" directed towards the NRA were actually of an anti-gun bent. The inter-webs can be wierd that way. __________________ NRA Life Member Read my blog! "The answer to any caliber debate is going to be .38 Super, 10mm, .357 Sig or .41 Magnum!"

January 20, 2013, 10:05 PM	#31
armedandsafe Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2005 Location: Moses Lake WA Posts: 1,001	In organizing the Gun Appreciation Day/Guns Across America gathering in this town, I have sponsored 3 more life members and expect another 2 or three to take action in the first of the week. Several were people who had let their membership lapse because "NRA was compromising." I have also been instrumental in getting 7 or 8 new members for SAF, which is as important. Pops __________________ Armed and Safe: Not just a theory If it time to bury them, it is time to dig them up. Remember, "Behind every blade of grass."

January 21, 2013, 05:30 PM	#34
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 1,863	Saw a bumper sticker on a truck in front of me at the gas station today that said "NRA: Lobbying for your civil rights since 1871" Made me chuckle appreciativly. __________________ NRA Life Member Read my blog! "The answer to any caliber debate is going to be .38 Super, 10mm, .357 Sig or .41 Magnum!"

January 21, 2013, 07:12 PM	#35
wizrd Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2012 Posts: 232	The current NRA membership only equals about 5% of America's gun owners. Where the hell are the other 95 %? If your not a member, you can still send a donation to the NRA-ILA. We are all in the fight together, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, today it's the 'nasty black rifles' -tomorrow it may be your trap or skeet gun. Join the NRA or at least donate. We all got a dog in this fight. I'm a Life Member NRA and support the NRA-ILA as much as I can, to do otherwise is to give up. __________________ Sumo magis ammo

January 18, 2013, 09:36 AM	#29
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	I just signed up to be a life member - $300, thanks to another board member who allowed me to use his member number (posted in another forum). I just got all of my life membership goodies today: Nice looking NRA Life Member Certificate, lapel pin, membership card that says "life member", some patches and stickers. The goodies are unexpected and fun to get, but I'm quite proud to finally be a life member. I had been a member for 10 years prior.

January 20, 2013, 09:01 PM	#30
poline Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2009 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 292	I know two fellows that have been in that group of gun owners that let the 4millions of us NRA members carry the weight of the 2nd defense, who just joined the NRA. WOW, WOW, if you knew these two you would know that is really saying something! I'm greatly encouraged by this.

January 21, 2013, 07:57 AM	#32
chucknbach Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2011 Location: Gillette, WY Posts: 135	The NRA supports the people. The Obama regime and it's idiots are saying the NRA supports the gun manufacturers. Doesn't even really matter as "We the people" and gun manufacturers interests are aligned. There is also a lot of "We the peoples" who own gun companies.

January 21, 2013, 09:15 PM	#39
chucknbach Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2011 Location: Gillette, WY Posts: 135	I just joined this week. I also just bought my first AR.