I'm incensed at the NRA's endorsements of people like Betsy Markey. They were set to endorse Reid until they were inundated with membership cancellations and cancellation threats, including myself. Reid and Markey are not true friends of the 2nd Amendment and if push came to shove, they'd vote to sell out gun ownership in a heartbeat if their vote was really needed in a tight situation. Markey already proved that with her vote for Obamacare.
Cory Gardner is a principled conservative and has deeply rooted pro 2nd Amendment beliefs. Gardner is at least 20 points ahead in the polls, and Markey has most likely has already been cut loose by the DCCC during their latest triage exercise. Gardner is also slated for a leadership position in the Colorado state GOP, and has been tapped as a Young Gun, putting him on the fast track as a national conservative GOP leader. Gardener is 5th a generation Coloradoan, with degrees from CSU and CU.
It makes no sense for the NRA to endorse Markey rather than Gardner.
I would dearly love to cancel my NRA membership and enroll in an alternative gun rights organization. I know that there are several effective alternative gun rights organizations, though how effective I could not say at this point, as it's not something I've studied.
I do see Amicus Briefs filed in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case by several national gun rights organizations, including:
National Association of Gun Rights
National Shooting Sports Foundation
Gun Owners Foundation
Also, there is our own
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the
Colorado State Shooting Association
Can anyone else comment about the relative effectiveness of the organizations listed above?