We must convince reasonable people...gun owners and non-gun owners alike....that a loss of rights to any among us is a loss for all. "Gun control" is a corrosive affront to civil rights.
2006-12-04 15:06:38 · 15 answers · asked by tackelberry88 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
I'm an NRA member, I hunt, AND I own an AK-47(Kiss my butt, "Count". You don't get to tell me what I can and can't own.).
You want to see fear-mongering? Go to the Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, or whatever they're calling it now, and check out how they characterize us.
The NRA may be propagandizing, but their rhetoric makes a hell or a lot more sense than ANYTHING spewing out of the mouths of the Neo-Communists of the left.
All this talk about how "you can keep your deer rifles and your .12 gauge" makes me vomit. Gun control is about control, its proponents don't give a hoot whose guns they're taking away, from the Fudds to the EBR(Evil Black Rifle) enthusiasts. All you hunters and "sportsmen" who think your guns are safe because they have nicely figured stocks and fancy engraving are in for a rude awakening after you finish helping to sell out the EBR owners in a sad attempt to save yourselves. Your K-80's and your Safari rifles will go to the smelter just as quickly once the precedent is set.
The answer to the problem clearly lies in ending the divisive attitude of "MY guns are better than YOURS! MY guns aren't meant to kill people!" THINK AGAIN. To a liberal, ALL guns are meant to kill people, and your hunting rights be damned.
The more we as gun owners chip away at each other, the less chance we have of keeping our rights.
2006-12-05 04:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by grenadier8408 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Bound's hubby here:
Absolutely!
When I started shooting, in 1966, my Grandfather started me out as a junior member. Up until my 35th birthday I had been an NRA member most of my life. In 1992 I took the plunge and became a Life member. I am currently an Endowment Life member and would consider upgrading.
With the birth of my daughter (now 11 months old), I made the decision to give my wife and my daughter their own Life memberships.
I am an avid competition shooter, I am a collector and I am a hunter. I believe in my rights, as any other lawful American would ... the right to defend my home, my family and my way of life. The NRA allows me that ability. In the 1980s, of all the lobbies that existed, only the NRA was deemed to be the most forthright and honest in presenting facts and figures before Congress (verified by Congress and the Library of Congress).
A look at history will prove that societies that prohibit their citizens from exercising their right to possess a firearm will not flourish. Societies that promote and encourage their citizens to exercise the right of firearms ownership and use, flourish and prosper. The world's only true democracy, Switzerland, can be noted here.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s Florida experienced an increased number of armed assaults and murders of (foreign) tourists. When you look past the media hype and international cry for greater for more gun control, you will find that foreign tourists were the only safe prey for criminals since they were the only people in Florida not eligible to carry a sidearm for self-defense under the carry laws of the state of Florida.
Gun control is the ability to hit your target the first time, everytime and all the time.
2006-12-04 23:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Just got a 2 year membership when I bought my 6th gun it's a taurus and it came with a membership application. I love guns have since I was a kid. I owned some plinking guns in the mouse calibers but I've got some bigger ones now for basically the same thing. I like to hunt, plink, and have shooting competitions with friends (cuzz we're not close to pro status by a long shot). But the main reason why I have my larger caliber pistols is for self protection and to protect my family. Some people ask me why I have guns when we have cops. I ask them this "Do you have a cop that sits outside your home, or follows you every where so that if someone tries to rob, kill, or rape you he's there to save the day!!??" No, I don't think so. A persons protection or their families protection is in their hands, the cops are an after effect of something going terribly wrong. My guns protect and help provide food for me and my family. The NRA is one organization that helps me defend myself and my rights to do so.
P.S. Before anyone says that I just have guns to kill someone or something listen. If it's an animal I kill it to eat it and only with in the legal bounds of what is allowed (like deer season, or squirrel) and I eat it and so does my family. If Its a trophy buck great but it's still going in the oven. And as far as personal protection, I hope and pray that I NEVER have to take another persons life but if they push me to that point where it's my life or a family members life or the bad guy, I'll say a prayer at the bad guys funeral that god will forgive him for his misdeeds.
2006-12-05 15:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by jojo21 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FBI just released a study from 1991 to 1995 there have been over 70 million new gun purchases in the US and yet the violent crime rate has gone down 38%. In cities like Washington dc where gun control laws are the harshest they retain the highest violent crime rates in the country. I guess that is just a coincidence though!
NRA member 4 years, life time gun owner.
2006-12-05 00:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jon 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
No one in Washington has more influence to make sure that ALL your Rights will be preserved than the NRA. You may not agree with all their positions, but join anyway.
Also, the Right to defend oneself is a God-given human right, not a 'civil right'. That's a little bit bigger.
Take a look at the history of the 20th century. Nazis, Fascists and Communists killed about 200 MILLION people under their control (not in battle). After taking over power, the first action of all these governments was to take the rights of gun ownership from the populations.
The Right to Own and Carry firearms was put in the Constitution of the United States for the sole purpose of preserving the Republic. It has nothing to do with hunting or target shooting...it's about the PEOPLE keeping the GOVERNMENT in line.
2006-12-04 15:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by DJ 7 · 12⤊ 1⤋
I have been an NRA member for more than 25 years, a life member since the early 90's, at the present I'm a Patron Life Member and as a Christmas present to myself I'm going to make that a Benefactor Life Member...
I have given one life membership and a couple of annual memberships to family who are interested in firearms...
Anyone who thinks "gun control" isn't about firearm confiscation should ask the British, Australians and Canadians what they think about "Gun Control" ...First comes registration then comes confiscation...
"Quality"> That's a great idea
2006-12-04 16:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by jack 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Only alittle bit left to go. Everytime I buy a Non-Hunting Gun for fun at the range or plinking, I contribute $50 bucks to my lifetime NRA membership fund. For now I do however have a 2 year memberships, and before that, i've bought a few yearly memberships, but I can't wait to make a big contributation! I'lll probably keep saving for more memberships after that!!! just to contribute to my future rights! and if hilary (hitlery)gets elected...you bet your *** i'll be buying 3 or more new lifetime memberships to help out my fellows gun owners.
2006-12-04 15:51:32 · answer #7 · answered by qualityiswonderful 2 · 9⤊ 1⤋
And to add to what you just said a good example of that is what is going on in New York City. Take a good look at what the cops are doing in New York City.
That is what gun contro will get you. A police force that is nothing more than a bunch of Jack Booted Gestapo storm troops.
2006-12-04 15:24:25 · answer #8 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Life Member. I'm the NRA, and I vote.
2006-12-05 15:44:01 · answer #9 · answered by Louie From Ohio 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for 27 years now.
2006-12-05 09:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by bferg 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋