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Originally Posted by Logansdad
| okay I don't send money to the NRA for helping people get elected to town councils |
You missed the point entirely. You don't send money to the NRA for them to do anything other than what THEY desire to do with it. YOU don't decide what it is and is not used for. Your attitude is exactly why there are gun bans in cities around the country and regulations more strict than state or federal laws. It is also the reason why many shooting facilities are not available to the public or can not open their doors.
That attitude also defies the very concept of membership in any organization. It is the same attitude I have already seen displayed at the county level Republican Party. They ask for teamwork from everybody and then turn 100% of their attention to the battles they deem as important to them while neglecting the very people who put them in their position to begin with and have funded them. That is not teamwork or working towards a single goal. It certainly is not unity. Furthermore, it alienates and fractures the corps of the populace of an organization. Let that keep happening to people and watch the numbers dwindle.
The NRA already has trouble getting and keeping members. It is to the point where recruiters have to almost shame people into joining as if it were The Teamsters. There is reason for that. First, they have developed a reputation that they probably deserve and many people don't want to be associated with them. Next, when it does come to legislative action, they sometimes do themselves harm by backing candidates that have a horrid track record in most things but have a decent gun support record. Therefore, an unproven candidate will be passed over for support and a candidate that will do more harm than good to the general welfare of the constituency. Remember that the NRA is a single issue organization. Forget what taxation, land use, and other issues may do to gun owners.
If you don't think that local elections are important, then lobby for moving the recently relocated upcoming NRA convention back to its originally proposed venue.
Keep in mind, LD, I wasn't seeking money. I wasn't wanting access to database information. I wasn't asking for an endorsement. I wasn't asking for a representative to campaign. All I wanted was to discuss the possibility of letting fellow members in the town know that one of their own was running for office and would support the very ideals they share with me in our town. Period. What I got was a "not my job" mentality. THAT is what cheeses me off. I called the NRA offices because I was doing what most people (insert your name here if applicable, which will most likely be most of those reading this) don't have the balls to do...actually get involved and make a difference rather than sitting on the side lines being critical of those who do.
Most of you making negative comments on this thread have missed the main point entirely, levied charges, hypothesis after hypothesis, made character assumptions, and just plain wanted to start an argument. However, you have pretty much missed the main point.
