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Posse Comitatus | 04-07-2009 08:56 PM
Join the NRA for free. Go to the bottom of the page and see where you can join for free/trial membership NRA now offering FREE "Bonus" memberships! If you're not yet a member of the NRA, or if you have friends, family, or children who haven't joined yet, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get memberships at no cost. http://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/

Ares | 04-07-2009 08:58 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. No offense but why? They helped get the assault weapons ban passed by compromising their position. No thanks

gypsybiker45 | 04-07-2009 09:03 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. To hell with the NRA,they waste more money than the FED. GOA is my group.

maximumrebel1 | 04-07-2009 09:08 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. I totally agree with the 2 posts above. We can't give and inch!

Snake Plissken | 04-07-2009 09:16 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. The NRA was instrumental in getting the NFA '34, GCA '68, the machinegun ban in '86, the AWB, and their greatest achievement, NICS, passed. Why support the enemy even if it is for 'free'?

FireMattMillen | 04-07-2009 09:34 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. The NRA is responsible for the failure of Congress to pass the second AWB in 2004. The massive number of NRA members/voters is enough to scare a handful congressional members into voting against gun control, which was just enough in 2004. The NRA also had the courts issue an injunction against the New Orleans Katrina gun confiscation the day after it started. If you want to take a principled stand against the NRA, fine. Join the GOA. But don't think that the cause of gun rights is moved forward in America by your refusal to add one more person to the NRA's membership count. This is how politics works. The AARP, NEA, unions, NRA, etc. use the numbers of their members to try to get members of congress to vote one way or the other. This is why the NRA is apparently offering free memberships. It's better to say "we have 8M members nationally, 20K in your district alone" than to say "we have 4M members nationally, 10K in your district alone." If each of the 90M gun owners in America was a member of the NRA, do you think we would even bother discussing crap like the AWB or the Brady Bill?

maximumrebel1 | 04-07-2009 09:37 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireMattMillen (Post 1667599) The NRA is responsible for the failure of Congress to pass the second AWB in 2004 (the vote failed in the House by just a few votes). The massive number of NRA members/voters is enough to scare a handful congressional members into voting against gun control, which was just enough in 2004.
What do you base that on the NRA newsletter? 90% of the population is against these bailouts and they do them anyway.

FireMattMillen | 04-07-2009 09:47 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by maximumrebel1 (Post 1667606) What do you base that on the NRA newsletter? 90% of the population is against these bailouts and they do them anyway.
The second part of your statement is true.....but then again, the majority of the public wanted the AWB. If anything, this shows the power of institutional lobbying (which may be a good or a bad thing, it's usually a bad thing). But everyone agrees that the NRA is responsible for the AWB's failure in 2004, whether on the left or on the right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brooks_(politician)

eat_beef | 04-07-2009 10:00 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireMattMillen (Post 1667599) This is how politics works. The AARP, NEA, unions, NRA, etc. use the numbers of their members to try to get members of congress to vote one way or the other. This is why the NRA is apparently offering free memberships. It's better to say "we have 8M members nationally, 20K in your district alone" than to say "we have 4M members nationally, 10K in your district alone."
A much more likely reason for free memberships is so that they can pad their Spam lists.

Stonewall | 04-07-2009 10:13 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Best to join the NRA for free and give a little extra to GOA.

latitude22 | 04-07-2009 10:18 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. This must be the final drive before they hand over the list to the feds, they figure free memberships will increase membership, hell maybe the feds are paying per member on the list! Make sure you tell them where you "store" your guns when not in use so they don't have to ransack the whole house.

Snake Plissken | 04-07-2009 10:22 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireMattMillen (Post 1667599) The NRA is responsible for the failure of Congress to pass the second AWB in 2004.
So in your opinion this very minor detail negates the NRA's efforts to get NFA '34, GCA '68, the machinegun ban, and NICS passed, right? Go ahead, keep drinking the koolaid if it makes you feel better about yourself. The fact remains that the NRA's involvement was essential in getting an absolute right transformed into a privilege where one has to ask permission and get approved (NICS) before one can take possession. Dialectics at its finest. And an FYI, I know folks who have nothing in their background which would prevent them from owning guns, yet they've still been denied by NICS.

gangsta99 | 04-07-2009 10:33 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Good thing or bad thing, I am not a member of the NRA, but my dog now has a 1 year free membership? My dog is also a Reward Zone Silver member at Best Buy now. :ok:

mayhem | 04-07-2009 10:40 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by eat_beef (Post 1667641) A much more likely reason for free memberships is so that they can pad their Spam lists.
Spot on beef! Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake Plissken (Post 1667677) So in your opinion this very minor detail negates the NRA's efforts to get NFA '34, GCA '68, the machinegun ban, and NICS passed, right? Go ahead, keep drinking the koolaid if it makes you feel better about yourself. The fact remains that the NRA's involvement was essential in getting an absolute right transformed into a privilege where one has to ask permission and get approved (NICS) before one can take possession. Dialectics at its finest. And an FYI, I know folks who have nothing in their background which would prevent them from owning guns, yet they've still been denied by NICS.
Welcome to GIM there Snake Plissken. Doubt if you will find to many NRA supporters here. We are a little more freedom minded here.

TheNocturnalEgyptian | 04-07-2009 11:09 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by Posse Comitatus (Post 1667554) Go to the bottom of the page and see where you can join for free/trial membership NRA now offering FREE "Bonus" memberships! If you're not yet a member of the NRA, or if you have friends, family, or children who haven't joined yet, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get memberships at no cost. http://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/
Yes but what do THEY get out of it? I don't need to be a member of an Association to have a rifle.

madcow | 04-08-2009 12:38 AM
Re: Join the NRA for free. My wife is a big NRA fan and life member. (I wish). http://www.olegvolk.net/gallery/d/15...a-lori1295.jpg

Doge | 04-08-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Join the NRA for free. NRA = controlled opposition.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | 04-08-2009 02:13 AM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by Doge (Post 1667901) NRA = controlled opposition.
Spot on!:adore:

TUMS | 04-08-2009 01:35 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. I don't believe for a second that the GOA hasn't been infultrated also. Larry Pratt is not to be trusted.

Twisted Avatar | 04-08-2009 01:47 PM
Re: Join the NRA for free. Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake Plissken (Post 1667579) The NRA was instrumental in getting the NFA '34, GCA '68, the machinegun ban in '86, the AWB, and their greatest achievement, NICS, passed. Why support the enemy even if it is for 'free'?
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