NRA Membership

[WildBill]

There are probably 170 million or more registered voters in the USA. The 4 million or so NRA members is not some huge voting bloc, even if all of them voted, every single time.

Sounds pretty big to me.

[Mike1951]

Actually, when we hit 4,000,000, it was big news and widely celebrated.

Languishing at 4,000,000 isn't that newsworthy.

I suggest you enroll your daughter. A politician can't tell how many NRA members are of voting age. A membership of 6,000,000 definitely is more threatening to a policiian's career than a membership of 4,000,000.

Sure, the NRA needs funds, but it is the clout of a larger membership that will cause wrong-minded politicians to reconsider their stance.

[Skiprr]

Sure, the NRA needs funds, but it is the clout of a larger membership that will cause wrong-minded politicians to reconsider their stance.

And the larger the total membership base, even if new members enroll with little coin up front, the larger the number will be of members retained, renewed, and upgraded, as well as more potential, future donations to NRA-ILA and the NRA Foundation. Unlike some anti-gun groups that get funding whenever they want it from a very few, distinct channels (can you spell "Soros"?), the NRA relies on a large base of many members who each contribute a little.

I've mentioned this enough times for the old-timers here to groan when I bring it up, but I'd advise anyone interested to investigate all their options for contributing. For example, the company I work for has a political action committee and the typical enrollment is via payroll deduction from each paycheck. They offer to match contributions, dollar for dollar, to any bona fide non-profit organization. The NRA Foundation is the non-profit entity of the NRA. So each year I'm able to give several hundred bucks to the NRA Foundation without directly spending a dime of my own money. I like that.

[Morgan]

Years ago I could SWEAR I had gotten one of their life memberships when they had their big sales push... Well, they couldn't find me. So after years of thinking I was a LM but I hadn't been involved in any shooting, I joined as a yearly member...paid for 3 years.

[boomerang]

I'm up for renewal soon. I get the American Rifleman but it's rare I see anything I want to read. I thought the NRA had a concealed carry magazine but I don't see it now. Is that still an option?

[asleepatthereel]

I just re-upped my membership early, and signed up two family members and a friend. I offered to sign up my anti gun father in law, who Im sure would have enjoyed a subscription to AR , but he politely declined. Oh well, another loss for him, as I have managed to corrupt his daughter into proficiently carrying a 1911 daily.

[Skiprr]

I'm up for renewal soon. I get the American Rifleman but it's rare I see anything I want to read. I thought the NRA had a concealed carry magazine but I don't see it now. Is that still an option?

Not that I know of.

But I always find something interesting in American Rifleman.

Your mileage may vary.

NRA Endowment Life Member

[Mike1951]

Magazine choices are:

With more than one million readers, NRA's flagship magazine, AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, is the largest circulation firearms magazine in the world. Featuring stories of interest to gun enthusiasts of every kind -- from competitive shooters and hunters to reloaders and gun collectors -- the monthly magazine also delivers impartial reviews of rifles, shotguns, handguns and shooting equipment, technical analysis and expert advice, state and federal legislative updates, and regional reports on local events and facilities.


NRA's magazine for outdoors men and women, AMERICAN HUNTER is the most popular -- and largest circulation -- all-hunting magazine in the world, with nearly one million readers. Offering expertise on how and where to hunt all types of North American game, the magazine encourages readers to take advantage of the rich opportunities most Americans take for granted and to pass along the tradition to the next generation. Reviews of hunting equipment and services, as well as coverage of legislative and political developments of interest to hunters, are highlights in each issue.


NRA's first pure news magazine, AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOM, delivers timely, hard-hitting journalism that tells the truth about the threats to our Second Amendment rights. It features an editorial profile that clearly defines the issues surrounding the one belief that insures all our freedoms -- the Second Amendment.

[lrb111]

Really? So if I buy my 15 year old daughter an associate membership to the NRA, then that results in another vote for some politician? .

Basically, Yes. Get her a membership now, she will be 19 before the next full national election.

[mr.72]

Really? So if I buy my 15 year old daughter an associate membership to the NRA, then that results in another vote for some politician? .

Basically, Yes. Get her a membership now, she will be 19 before the next full national election.

That was a rhetorical question.

[slowpoke]

The wife & I are both life members , so we give family & friends annual memberships
for Christmas.