I think you’re a troll. Can’t figure out why, though. You join the NRA without owning a gun, can’t afford but $25 a quarter for the life plan, and you’re now saving up for a gun? What will that take, another ten years? But you want to know what to buy now, with no research on your part?
Yeah, sure.
No, I’m not a troll, and you don’t need to be nasty about it. Maybe you can just get the hell off this thread and stop accusing people.
If you had read my thread you would know I would first like to research, then eventually guy.
I have three very good close friends who are responsible gun owners and hunters. I do not have an interest in hunting. They live in NYC (he hunts upstate), Long Island (he hunts in his backyard), and the Midwest (he owns a lot of land which he hunts on and cares for).
My friend in the Midwest is about the pinnacle of a responsible gun owner you can ever find. Comes from a long line; grandfather worked for Winchester, and as a teenager my friend hit state records (beating adults) in marksmanship. He knows me and is encouraging me to do this; that says more than someone that doesn’t know squat and opens his yap like a jackass with no knowledge about me on a public forum and without reading. Further, he is a retired fire chief, a 9/11 responder, a certified gun trainer, and certified in the personal handling and training of others in the most restricted forms of explosives. And also currently does arson investigation. I’ve shot every type of gun with him from simple revolvers up to AK-47s and M4s, and he was impressed with my discipline, teachability, poise, calm, and attitude. He vouches for me with anyone, including friends in FDNY. Need I go on? i don’t think so.
As for joining the NRA without a gun, I think (for me) the best approach is first getting extremely well informed and training gradually, first by exploring models (renting) and then finding a model or two I really like. I will not, however, make a purchase until I am reasonably proficient (not expert) and now what I like. I think that will make sense to the less suspicious and more respectful people on this thread.
Sorry I’m not wealthy enough to throw around money right off the bat on a gun or a life membership. My membership plan and gun savings plan are economical, work for my budget, and still allow me a pathway to responsible gun ownership. We need more of those: guns, and responsible owners.
I will accept a straight-forward apology if you want to offer it and then move on to the topic at hand. If you can’t, please get the hell off this thread.
Not being,
I have friends who join the NRA because they are conservative and believe in the Second Amendment. They don’t own guns. Beats me.
If you’re an inexperienced gun owner and you don’t come from a gun culture, you don’t always know the best way to proceed. I can see somebody becoming an NRA member before buying a gun.
“I think you’re a troll. Can’t figure out why, though.”
My first thoughts, also.
I’m a long time member of the NRA. Don’t own a gun...yet. And I’m no troll.