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Actually I'd love to take advantage of the $300 life membership deal from the NRA, but just don't have the funds right now, unless it goes on 'til after my tax return.I wrote:Being a NRA member myself, I made that a choice on it's merits, not a channel for another membership.
anygunanywhere wrote:O6nop wrote:One of the clubs I am a member of is Austin Rifle Club. They do not require a NRA membership to join. They are a private non-profit [/i. Also, despite that, if I'm not mistaken, I do believe they regularly host NRA sanctioned events and competitions, and are NRA approved for safety requirements for range construction, so I don't think that is a requirement. Their basic requirement is that you must have a background check to join. So, if you can own a gun you can join.
ARC would hate to see the lost revenue, if any, by imposing a requirement like NRA membership.Just out of curiosity, what would be the advantage of requiring a NRA membership over just a policy to encourage it?anygunanywhere wrote:So does PSC.
The requirement to be an NRA member is spot on.
Anygunanywhere
ETA - quote
What Charles said.
You value your RKBA?
Join the NRA.
Anygunanywhere
Just out of curiosity, what would be the advantage of requiring a NRA membership over just a policy to encourage it?anygunanywhere wrote:So does PSC.
The requirement to be an NRA member is spot on.
Anygunanywhere
I don't know how legit the findings are, but judging by some posts I've seen on this forum, many gun owners are making claims that they no longer own guns for the purposes of not being harrassed by government or nosey reporters or neighbors, etc. I know it's mostly sarcastic but a lot of gun owners seem to have lost their guns in boating mishaps and various other accidents.baldeagle wrote:The comments from the bozo with VPC were particularly hilarious.That's because Sugarmann's comments weren't worthy of a response. We're in the midst of a massive buying spree of guns and ammo, and this bozo want's us to believe the gun ownership is declining?Gun ownership has fallen sharply from 54 percent of U.S. households in 1977 to 32 percent in 2011, according to the University of Chicago's General Social Survey. In that context - and amid calls for new restrictions on guns - it's important for the NRA to show that its membership is rising, said Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, a gun-control group.
"It's in the NRA's interest to show that although gun ownership is decreasing, their membership is rising. They can't in any way be interpreted as a fading movement in a political context," Sugarmann said.
The NRA did not respond to several requests for comment.
The 32 percent number is an outright lie. Looking at the latest Gallup poll - http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self- ... -1993.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - household gun ownership is down 3% from 1991 and has risen 7% since Obama took office. The lowest it's been since 1991 is 40%, not 32%.
NRA membership? Heh. If responses on this board are any indication, membership is clearly growing. And why wouldn't it? When the 2nd Amendment is being so clearly threatened, people are not put off by the media's description of the NRA as a hard core anti-gun control activist group.