[Robbin]

30 Year Life Member of the NRA, Canceled my membership tonight. The short sighted support of Dems that vote pro second amendment, while helping keep in power the political party that wants to destroy the American way of life, was just too much for me. I feel like this is our last chance to save our country, and the NRA is playing back room games. I could understand the NRA supporting a pro gun Dem if the Republican is Anti-Gun. But they are supporting Dems over Republicans when the republican is a strong 2nd amendment supporter… I’m done, canceled my membership tonight after finding out that while they backed down from endorsing Reid, they still wrote him a check. Their checks will never include any money from me or my family. They lost 3 other memberships in my wife, Daughter and son.

[Balding_Eagle]

The NRA has gone the way of the GOP.

[foundedonpurpose]

They have become or been for a while, A self supporting bacteria. Their roots vanished long ago(check out their founding, it's a great story), and now it really matters. Their roll as a self surviving special interest appears to be #1. If we become slaves, so be it. They live? (or not!)

[mrsmel]

My husband canceled ours, and both my stepsons are cancelling. The stepsons were big donors.

[South40]

Gun Owners of America is a non-profit organization whose main goal is to preserve and defend the Second Amendment. They see the right to bear arms as a fundamental freedom issue. GOA's stance is to "never compromise" and to never accept the status quo.

Join GOA here

GOA on Facebook

[quantim]

This is what happens when there are enough AARP types that have drifted in over the years.

The NRA seems to need its own tea party style infiltration.

[tickmeister]

Not sure I agree with you. If the NRA endorses no Dems, they lose all influence with them. Plus if Reid loses and the Dems keep the Senate, Schumer takes over as majority leader. Bad to much worse.

Not saying you are wrong, but I intend to keep my membership.

[2nd amendment mama]

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[sionnsar]

Leaving lib-NRA ping

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The thing that the NRA doesn't realize is that it goes beyond single-issue gun rights. All of the other leftist policies hurt gun owners too. Higher taxes and job losses how are gun owners supposed to purchase ammunition and more guns, for example?

I just think the NRA is really becoming a poor-man's NAACP.

[Tucker39]

I dropped mine 6 years ago. And AARP at the same time, when I began to realize that the AARP magazine was just an echo chamber for all the democRATS talking points and playbook!

[labette]

Supporting Democrat power-mad candidates now so we can work harder to defeat them after they sell us out - a la Mike Synar. Yeah, makes a lot of sense to me. {/sarcasm}

I am still very appreciative of NRAs past achievements. I fear it is returning to an organization of elitists.

{they lost me a few years back - seems they were embarrassed by us evil assault rifle enthusiasts}

[liberalcide1]

Canceling mine too.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... 30 Year Life Member of the NRA, Canceled my membership tonight. The short sighted support of Dems that vote pro second amendment, while helping keep in power the political party that wants to destroy the American way of life, was just too much for me."

Do what you feel like, but if it were up to you the NRA would be a 2nd Amendment group that no elected politician would have any reason to fear. It would be regarded as nothing more than just some new conservative 'Focus On The Family' group that doesn't have any muscle at all on Capitol Hill.

There are plenty of Republicans who are shitheels on your gun rights. PLENTY. And there are plenty of pro-RKBA Democrats who make many Republican politicians look like a mincing little fairy when it comes to gun rights.

With an NRA like *you* want, you'd quickly find out that either you're not even 'conservative' enough for them, or that you'd be eliminating so-called conservatives from your ever-dwindling NRA to the point that the NRA would be composed of just you and maybe one or two of your several kids.

Pretty soon, no Republican would care about your endorsement, or your threats, and no Democrat would even acknowledge that your NRA even exists since there's not a chance in hell that they'd ever get your approval anyway.

Boy, you sure showed us a thing or two.

[RC one]

I would rather the NRA “stick to their guns” rather than pander to one political party or the other. The second ammendment is my “pet issue”. It trumps pretty much everything else for me. When both candidates suck equally, it’s their gun record that gets my vote. period. I don’t want the NRA clouding this issue with political BS. Just show me how they voted on the issue. Furthermore, they have been absolutely instrumental in the increase in gun ownership rights observed in this country over the past decade. As such, I’m not cancelling my membership and I’m not berating them. They’re doing exactly what they’re supposed to do, protecting the second amendment.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I’m actually surprised this move hasn’t already been done and repeated and advocated a thousand times here on FR. If it has and I’ve missed it....apologies.

Good for you.

[krb]

while helping keep in power the political party that wants to destroy the American way of life

Oh come on. Their goal isn't some amorphous "American Wa Of Life" mantra. It's simple. It's "we support candidates who support the 2nd amendment," with priority given to those already in office who have proven their 2nd amendment devotion through some sort of action.

Guys, it's not a bad algorithm for determining how to throw support.

[Shooter 2.5]

Good and stay out.

The NRA doesn’t need stupid, short sighted people.

[stevio]

Still a proud NRA member! Maybe they need a kick in the pants, but the libs thank all of you for your desertion. Carry on.

[Shooter 2.5]

Hey Jim Robinson. Forty anti NRA threads.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REPLACE THE NRA? All talk and no action?

Are you going to have a Freepathon so you can open an office in Washington?

Are you going to hand out money to Second Amendment supporters?

How are you going to cover the sixty lawsuits the NRA has every year to protect the members.

Are you planning on testifying before Congress to protect your Rights?

That’s right, Jim Rob, REPLACE THE NRA WITH YOUR WORK.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I’ve only been a member for 3 years, but the DISCLOSE Act nonsense means I won’t renew.