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As ridiculous as my statement about the musket was, I think it's not that far from what Schumer and the others like him would consider the so called "reasonable gun legislation" we hear so much about. That's why the NRA is so important. Without the lobbying that the NRA does and spends so much on I'm not so sure that even most pro gun politicians would stick their neck out for it if it could be risky for their career.

Where we would be without the NRA. Probably one musket per household (if everyones record was spotless) with a bright orange stock and a GPS device if you're lucky. That's the good news. The bad news is there is no ammo. Sale of gunpowder is illegal. If you do score some ammo, you can't shoot without written permission from the sheriff.

If the NRA had better PR and got the message out to the public and not just NRA members I think more money would come in. I promise you I would give them more.

By my previous post you can tell I'm not 100 percent with everything the NRA does. But I will always be a member because they are all we have. Not much different than voting for a 3rd party candidate as a protest. Sure fire way to get 4 more years of what we have now. Doesn't make us look smart and the other side sees it. It tickles Rosie O'Donnel to death when gun owners get mad and quit the NRA because they're not perfect.

I think most ads do work. If they didn't you wouldn't see the billions being spent on them. Most folks only know of the NRA because of references by liberals in the media and we know these are all negative. Most LEO's I know will admit that there job is really to catch the person that raped or killed your wife or daughter. How could they have prevented it? Too many don't understand this because it's not what Barack and Oprah told them. And yes, I think the NRA spends more on the trash mail they send me every year than I send them.

I've been an NRA member for 35 years. I believe what they do in Washington as lobbyists is effective and probably just about the way I would want it done. On the public relations part, I'm not so sure. Far too much preaching to the choir and not nearly enough info reaching people that might vote differently if they were exposed to something besides CNN and NBC. I'm sure airtime is for sale if from FNC if nothing else. I'm sure they're smarter than me on this subject but that's my opinion.