From what I have seen of Larry Pratt these days, he spends his time contending with opponents of gun rights, not the NRA.
For me, it is about which organization has the stronger position on defending our Second Amendment protections. The differing approach to universal background check legislation was pivotal in my decision to join GOA. These Democrat politicians love compromise because they demand more and more compromise over time until they get what they originally wanted.
Larry Pratt points out that the right of free people to keep and bear arms is God-given; therefore, compromising that right is unacceptable. So, effectiveness depends on your point of view since compromising my right to keep and bear arms is not effective to me.
ozzymandus wrote: “I agree about all the junk mail from NRA, but they are still far more effective than GOA. GOA seems to spend as much time attacking NRA as supporting gun rights. Larry Pratt has a big problem with NRA, which doesn’t help anybody.”
What do I like best about GOA?
During jury selection for a crime involving a shooting, the attorney asked if anyone was a member of a gun group. I said I was a member of GOA. What is that, the attorney asked. I replied, “They’re a group that formed because they were tired of the namby-pamy, limp-wristed liberals at the NRA!”
The liberal woman next to me, who said she got all her news from the NY Times, let out a shriek. The attorney looked at me like I had 12 heads, all drooling. They decided they didn’t want me on the jury...