NRA up?

poline · January 12, 2013, 09:02 PM

Has NRA membership increased since the President tryed to force the NRA leadership in submission......does anyone know?

Alabama Shooter · January 12, 2013, 10:07 PM

The NRA has released multiple media reports saying that membership has increased over 100K since December.

Kreyzhorse · January 12, 2013, 10:40 PM

Additionally, various other pro gun groups are reporting an increase in their memberships as well.

poline · January 13, 2013, 12:15 AM

Thanks, I appreciate your replys.

breakingcontact · January 14, 2013, 12:02 AM

Someone else in my family joined and I joined the Texas State Rifle Association.

Grizz12 · January 14, 2013, 12:09 AM

out of curiosity, have the numbers changed in the anti gun groups? I'm willing to bet they have not changed at all as the NRA's gets stronger

poline · January 14, 2013, 12:35 AM

Grizz12........Hope so!

LRChops · January 14, 2013, 02:36 AM

I sent the NRA some duckets!!! They are all we have! The wealthier the NRA, the more they can lobby and cut deals with the devil!

Skans · January 14, 2013, 09:54 AM

All I can say is that it prompted me to upgrade my membership to "Life Member" a week ago.

Skadoosh · January 14, 2013, 10:00 AM

Grizz12 wrote:

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out of curiosity, have the numbers changed in the anti gun groups? I'm willing to bet they have not changed at all as the NRA's gets stronger

I suspect its a safe bet that their numbers most definitely have increased.

Gifford's Anti-Gun Group Gets $1 Million Texas Donation, Donor Says Effort Will Rival NRA

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Steve and Amber Mostyn, wealthy Texas trial attorneys, said today that they are giving $1 million to help start the gun-control advocacy group formed by former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.

southjk · January 14, 2013, 04:55 PM

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The NRA has released multiple media reports saying that membership has increased over 100K since December.

Yep, you can count me as one of those.

noelf2 · January 14, 2013, 05:25 PM

I joined again, first time in 12 years. I've also been a VCDL member for 8 or so years.

Silent Bob · January 14, 2013, 05:25 PM

Me too, and I just sent the NRA-ILA a donation, the first of what I hope to be many. Got to do my part to outdo Bloomberg and Gabby Gifford's new PAC.

Wrothgar · January 14, 2013, 10:51 PM

Question: The media keep saying that the NRA represent gun manufacturers. This is a lie, I know, the firearms industry has its own, ACTUAL lobbying group. Anyone know what its called? I forgot. I want to have the facts to refute claims that the NRA is the gun industry's lobby.

zxcvbob · January 14, 2013, 10:55 PM

National Shooting Sports Foundation

Alabama Shooter · January 14, 2013, 10:58 PM

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The media keep saying that the NRA represent gun manufacturers. This is a lie, I know

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I guess they don't represent them. They do represent their interests.

Let me clarify that. The NRA hires lobbyists to represent the NRA. The NRA represents lots of people and gun makers and other groups.

Gun makers hire lobbyists too on their own to represent the interests of the company more directly.

Skadoosh · January 15, 2013, 08:07 AM

Wrothgar wrote:

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Question: The media keep saying that the NRA represent gun manufacturers.

Really? I can not find a single instance where the media has actually said that. Could you please provide a link?

EdInk · January 15, 2013, 10:37 AM

I have heard it on local news reports. They'll say things to the effect of 'The NRA, a lobby group for gun companies, etc....'

Rembrandt · January 15, 2013, 08:51 PM

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

SPEMack618 · January 15, 2013, 11:34 PM

You can add another memeber to that as of today.

In addition to re-upping my memebership, instead my yearly $35 dollars to Duck's Unlimited I sent that money to the NRA-ILA.

bikerbill · January 16, 2013, 04:19 PM

reuped my wife and I, sent the ILA a donation ... thought I heard that the jump in membership is over 200k since the babbling began over new gun laws ...

**Mike Irwin** · January 16, 2013, 11:30 PM

Spoke with someone I know at NRA from the days when I was there.

Word is that the membership increase is a lot closer to 300,000, if not over 300K, at this point.

And, supposedly, rumors are circulating inside NRA that weekly donations are now pushing between 5 and 10 million.

SPEMack618 · January 17, 2013, 12:06 AM

Twitter is all abuzz with this #GunsOverPeople nonsense, and I find it heartening to note that a fair majority of tweets directed at it or also followed by the #NRA.

In other words, it appears, to me atleast, that the NRA is also winning the fight on what would normally be the battlefield of the younger, anti-gun crowd.

Good day.

zxcvbob · January 17, 2013, 01:14 AM

^^^ What does that mean, for those of us who don't facebook or tweet?

SPEMack618 · January 17, 2013, 01:19 AM

Okay, Twitter is a social networking site in which you can use 140 characters of text to express an opinion on something. Or in the case of my Fraternity, which place has the best hot wings and hotest wait staff, but I digress.

As part of your 140 characters, you use a # to indicate what you are talking about. Example would be something like:

Good job Wayne #NRA.

That is something I "tweeted" after Wayne LaPiere did his interview/response thing a few days back.

Today, after the President's press conference, the # of GunsOverPeople began to garner a lot of "tweets" as people heeded the President's call for people to voice thier opinions on gun control. Shortly after this became a popular twitter posting, pro-gun people began to post with the #GunsOverPeople as well, but with a pro gun bent.

It was good to see that on social media, especially twitter, which is something conservatives, the GOP, and the NRA sometimes lack when attempting to spread the message.

January 12, 2013, 09:02 PM	#1
poline Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2009 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 267	NRA up? Has NRA membership increased since the President tryed to force the NRA leadership in submission......does anyone know?

January 12, 2013, 10:07 PM	#2
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 880	The NRA has released multiple media reports saying that membership has increased over 100K since December. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 12, 2013, 10:40 PM	#3
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 10,856	Additionally, various other pro gun groups are reporting an increase in their memberships as well. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

January 14, 2013, 02:36 AM	#8
LRChops Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2013 Location: Placer County Posts: 104	I sent the NRA some duckets!!! They are all we have! The wealthier the NRA, the more they can lobby and cut deals with the devil! __________________ May God make smooth the path you follow!

January 14, 2013, 05:25 PM	#12
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stafford, VA Posts: 1,330	I joined again, first time in 12 years. I've also been a VCDL member for 8 or so years. __________________ This message and signature were both made using 100% recycled electrons.

January 13, 2013, 12:15 AM	#4
poline Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2009 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 267	Thanks, I appreciate your replys.

January 14, 2013, 12:02 AM	#5
breakingcontact Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 673	Someone else in my family joined and I joined the Texas State Rifle Association.

January 14, 2013, 12:09 AM	#6
Grizz12 Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2012 Posts: 129	out of curiosity, have the numbers changed in the anti gun groups? I'm willing to bet they have not changed at all as the NRA's gets stronger

January 14, 2013, 12:35 AM	#7
poline Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2009 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 267	Grizz12........Hope so!

January 14, 2013, 09:54 AM	#9
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 6,362	All I can say is that it prompted me to upgrade my membership to "Life Member" a week ago.

January 14, 2013, 05:25 PM	#13
Silent Bob Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2005 Posts: 288	Me too, and I just sent the NRA-ILA a donation, the first of what I hope to be many. Got to do my part to outdo Bloomberg and Gabby Gifford's new PAC. __________________ "Remember, the people on the Internet are just like you - ignorant, delusional, and dangerous."

January 14, 2013, 10:51 PM	#14
Wrothgar Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 778	Question: The media keep saying that the NRA represent gun manufacturers. This is a lie, I know, the firearms industry has its own, ACTUAL lobbying group. Anyone know what its called? I forgot. I want to have the facts to refute claims that the NRA is the gun industry's lobby.

January 14, 2013, 10:55 PM	#15
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,693	National Shooting Sports Foundation __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

January 15, 2013, 10:37 AM	#18
EdInk Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Posts: 3,902	I have heard it on local news reports. They'll say things to the effect of 'The NRA, a lobby group for gun companies, etc....' __________________ Sic Semper Tyrannis

January 15, 2013, 08:51 PM	#19
Rembrandt Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2002 Posts: 1,796	NRA membership has risen by 250,000 in the last month.

January 15, 2013, 11:34 PM	#20
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Boy Scout Camp Posts: 1,261	You can add another memeber to that as of today. In addition to re-upping my memebership, instead my yearly $35 dollars to Duck's Unlimited I sent that money to the NRA-ILA. __________________ "Growing up as both a Southern and the son of a child of the '50s, I was imprinted with several things that have long stuck with me. The F-86 Saber Jet was the finest fighter ever flown, the National League is always superior, and Leslie Coffelt was the finest revovler shooter since Mr. Ed."

January 16, 2013, 04:19 PM	#21
bikerbill Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2007 Location: Lago Vista TX Posts: 2,159	reuped my wife and I, sent the ILA a donation ... thought I heard that the jump in membership is over 200k since the babbling began over new gun laws ... __________________ "The gun has been called the great equalizer ... It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." --Ronald Reagan

January 16, 2013, 11:30 PM	#22
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,298	Spoke with someone I know at NRA from the days when I was there. Word is that the membership increase is a lot closer to 300,000, if not over 300K, at this point. And, supposedly, rumors are circulating inside NRA that weekly donations are now pushing between 5 and 10 million. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

January 17, 2013, 12:06 AM	#23
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Boy Scout Camp Posts: 1,261	Twitter is all abuzz with this #GunsOverPeople nonsense, and I find it heartening to note that a fair majority of tweets directed at it or also followed by the #NRA. In other words, it appears, to me atleast, that the NRA is also winning the fight on what would normally be the battlefield of the younger, anti-gun crowd. Good day. __________________ "Growing up as both a Southern and the son of a child of the '50s, I was imprinted with several things that have long stuck with me. The F-86 Saber Jet was the finest fighter ever flown, the National League is always superior, and Leslie Coffelt was the finest revovler shooter since Mr. Ed."

January 17, 2013, 01:14 AM	#24
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,693	^^^ What does that mean, for those of us who don't facebook or tweet? __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

January 17, 2013, 01:19 AM	#25
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Boy Scout Camp Posts: 1,261	Okay, Twitter is a social networking site in which you can use 140 characters of text to express an opinion on something. Or in the case of my Fraternity, which place has the best hot wings and hotest wait staff, but I digress. As part of your 140 characters, you use a # to indicate what you are talking about. Example would be something like: Good job Wayne #NRA. That is something I "tweeted" after Wayne LaPiere did his interview/response thing a few days back. Today, after the President's press conference, the # of GunsOverPeople began to garner a lot of "tweets" as people heeded the President's call for people to voice thier opinions on gun control. Shortly after this became a popular twitter posting, pro-gun people began to post with the #GunsOverPeople as well, but with a pro gun bent. It was good to see that on social media, especially twitter, which is something conservatives, the GOP, and the NRA sometimes lack when attempting to spread the message. __________________ "Growing up as both a Southern and the son of a child of the '50s, I was imprinted with several things that have long stuck with me. The F-86 Saber Jet was the finest fighter ever flown, the National League is always superior, and Leslie Coffelt was the finest revovler shooter since Mr. Ed."