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Money. They are searching for money. Any major organization does. They see more money from the GOPe then from the Tea Party right now.

That's absurd. The NRA gives money to candidates, they don't get money from them.

Every election we go through this same thing. The NRA is a single issue organization. They don't care about other issues, unless those issues affect their ability to do their job like McCain-Feingold. Given two candidates with pro-gun records they support the incumbent, because history shows incumbents are far more likely to win. The NRA has been very open about that policy, yet the same people here always post offended messages to the effect of "that does it, I'm never giving them another dime". I think some folks here have "quit" giving them money about 100 times, if they ever gave any at all, which I doubt.

If you don't like that policy, there is a solution. The NRA is a grass roots organization. The leaders are elected by the members. Get involved, go to your local Members' Council meetings, and vote people who share your opinion into the Board of Directors. Or bitch on an online forum and feel self righteous.

There are acutally three options:

1)Get involved, go to your local Members’ Council meetings, and vote people who share your opinion into the Board of Directors.

2)Bitch on an online forum and feel self righteous

3)Move on to greener pastures, and support ($$)candidates that support the 2nd ammendment as well as being conservative on other issues.

This is the unfortunate truth. The NRA is no ones friend. There is no way you can consider them a solid ally, especially a political one. Their focus is strictly single-focused. Some times that works against us, most times it works in our favor.

My biggest beef with the NRA isn't their political choices, but in how they have bowed to supporting restrictive laws in the past. Love me for it or hate me for it, I'm a purist when it comes to 2nd amendment "interpretation". I should be able to own anything that our military does if so choose to and I shouldn't need a permission slip to do it. I also feel that a released ex-felon should either have the same rights as me, or he should stay in prison. The NRA does not share my point of view, but I still send the bastards money because they "mostly" fight the good fight.

A factor I believe will diminish the NRA's influence is that there are alternative Second Amendment organizations that not only are stronger on defending the Second without compromise, but are also wiser with respect to NOT supporting candidates who are squishy or just plain wrong on other conservative principles. These organizations also tend to be closer to the grassroots than they are to D.C. cocktail parties.

Many of us former NRA members have switched to more reliable grassroots 2nd Amendment organizations like Gun Owners of America and, in the case of Tennessee, the Tennessee Firearms Association. That way we no longer have to feel like a cheap date after writing a check in support.