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.
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.”
I agree about all the junk mail from NRA
I have been a member of NRA off and on for years. I can take the junk mail as it’s easy enough to simply discard. The non stop phone solicitation is what irritated me to no end. While I realise money is needed to counter the anti-gun crowd, some of us have limited incomes and don’t appreciate being shamed into giving for this campaign and that one. I haven’t been a member now for 2 years this time and probably will not join again.