You can’t get more than four million gunowners to join the NRA even after they offered free memberships. How do you expect more than that to take an interest in their Rights?
this is an intersting statment, and I understand why you make it — but consider a few other things...
First, I am a former NRA member. I no longer support them, because they have a habit of endorsing candidates for political office who are NOT trustworthy on gun rights — Democrats. As we discovered in the last two weeks courtesy of Bart Stupak, there’s NO such thing as a “Pro-Life Democrat,” and just the same, there’s no such thing as a “Pro-Gun Democrat.” I won’t support and organization that doesn’t recognize that kind of treachery. I’m not alone, my Dad is the same, and I’ll wager MILLIONS of others are the same.
Second, there are other organizations that also stand up for gun rights, and in some cases are more astute and forceful in their stands — like Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) and Gun Owners of America (GOA).
Third, not every gun owning American is willing or able to join a gun rights group, for any number of reasons. That doesn’t mean they aren’t dead serious about their rights to possess firearms — we don’t ALL have to be activists, even though we support and vote for the cause.
Hope that makes some sense...
Ditto. Can’t stand the NRA, after having been a member for 18 years. That doesn’t mean that I’m not serious about gun rights. I know LOTS of people who are as pro-gun as they come but don’t belong to the NRA.
When the NRA gets serious about gun rights, its membership will rise.