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baldeagle wrote:That's an apples to oranges comparison. The NRA has no power over me that I don't give it. The government does.

Well yes it is apples to oranges and that was kind of my point. But if the NRA is making and keeping a running list of all gun owners whether they're a NRA member or not that's a whole other animal. Just because they're on our side doesn't make it any less intrusive. (Playing Devils advocate) It is my choice to be a member and let my info be known to them but if I was not a member and found out (as the article states) they had what firearms classes I have been to, what weapons I owned etc... I don't know if I'd be too hip to being on that list. The ends dont always justify because we really don't know who has access to the data (if it in fact exists).

According to the article the NRA has a database with names and classes taken by gun owners and, this is what they use as political clout... So what we should then be okay with both them AND the Feds having the info also and stop complaining they want to make a database for registration and, per the theory, ultimately confiscation?? IMHO after the NSA info dump I'm not so sure the BATF hasn't been keeping a record of background checks to maintain their own list. But that's for a different tinfoil hat rant...

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