How many members is the NRA losing because of Newtown response?

[Dale Cooper]

Originally Posted by logline

Many times on these boards, I've seen that pro-gun people like to crow that the NRA membership is at an all-time high and that people are buying guns by the truckload in the wake of the Newtown shootings. I'll set aside how sick I think that whole mentality is, but what I fail to see is how these pro-gun people are only counting new membership numbers and have no way of counting the number of net members LOST because of the NRA's heartless response to the shootings. How many thousands of people around the country today are doing exactly what this guy is doing?:

NRA Member Cuts Up Membership Card on Camera - YouTube
You'll never know, because these numbers can't be counted. The NRA won't even know until next year when they see that people like him are not renewing their fees.

Enough is enough already. Stand down with the pro-gun fervor. It comes off as bloodlust.

Who cares? Being an NRA member has nothing to do with anything.

[Mac_Muz]

Originally Posted by nononsenseguy

No kidding?

There is no analogy here, because those things are crimes. That is why they are not covered by the First Amendment. Gun ownership isn't a crime; but you are trying to make it a crime to own certain guns. There is no comparison here whatsoever. Making certain guns illegal to own is based on opinion about those particular guns, and not based on right and wrong.

Faulty logic.

Since when has the liberal left had any logic? They are all about Feelings...

I think the media should go back to the methods media had in 1789..... A quill pen and a soap box to stand on... Most certainly the Framers would never have guessed radio, tv, PC Cell phones and etc etc would have been invented.

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by Mac_Muz

Go right ahead and break up the CONS to the new wave liberal emotional meanings... Then just see what happens. More paper tiger laws more feel good law ad nauseum.

So long as you can earn a lot figure, but enough for food and shopping at walmart you lefties never give a rats ass about anything else. So shallow is life...

You murder a million + each year in abortion and these murders for some reason don't count because the killing isn't done with a gun?

Go Pi ss up a tr ee bo bt n

Exactly! I agree.

The problem with liberals is that they do not use logic. They don't think logically. They depend on emotion, which always leads to wrong conclusions.

[gmagoo]

Originally Posted by Mac_Muz

Since when has the liberal left had any logic? They are all about Feelings...

I think the media should go back to the methods media had in 1789..... A quill pen and a soap box to stand on... Most certainly the Framers would never have guessed radio, tv, PC Cell phones and etc etc would have been invented.

We`re about feelings for sure. We feel sad to see our fellow citizens being hauled out of malls,theaters,schools,etc. in body bags.We accept this and worry about Al Qaeda.

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by Wayland Woman

On one of the gun control discussion panels that took place on CNN they brought up the fact that a very high percentage of shooting ranges REQUIRE people who use the range to join the NRA first. They also said that only half of the income that comes into the NRA comes in from their membership. The other half comes from the gun manufactures. So I actually wonder if those large numbers of NRA members they brag about really reflects anything worth knowing. My own husband was a life member until he died this year, but he hated how the group had morphed in the past decade or two. He refused to turn in his membership for two reasons: 1) he wanted them to keep burning up assets sending him literature and magazines, and 2) we wanted to keep track of their involvement in politics so we could put our political donations in places that fought what they supported. How many other members do they have who aren't really supportive of their irrational attitude towards things like the Brady Bill? Then factor in their recruiting program to gives away free stuff to join that equals what the one year membership costs....well, you get the picture.

I'm sorry to hear about your husband.

I understand what you are saying though. I joined Daily Kos one time so I could keep track of what liberals were up to, and what lies they were promulgating. But, what they published was based on such ignorance, I could barely stand to read it. It was such twaddle. Besides, they were filling my in-box with so much garbage. So, I finally unsubscribed.

[MetalLord]

Originally Posted by Mac_Muz

Gins are not going away there Will be no ban,

Sinatra would be happy to hear that, were he still with us.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

Does the second amendment really apply to modern guns such as assault rifles? When it was written firearms were called muskets...They took a long time to load and were not very accurate....Your laws regarding guns badly needs to be updated.

If the second amendment only applies to muskets, than the first amendment only applies to quill pens. Did they have photography (and hence, pornography) when the constitution was written? How about radio, television etc?

If they can ban "assault weapons," why can't they also ban "assault media"?

[victorianpunk]

Just a quick question...how many NRA members have committed mass shooting of anything other than back talking targets on the range?

When a Muslim extremist bombs something, people say "that is just a minority of Muslims and it is wrong to punish them all for what a few do", and RIGHTFULLY SO, I MIGHT ADD...but when one out of the millions of gun owners in this country kills people, it is all of a sudden "TAKE AWAY THE GUNS! ONE CRAZY TRUMPS THE BUNCH!"

I will support you taking away my gun when they support taking away people's Quarans. Both would be unAmerican and fascist things to do.

[rainforest338]

lately they have been gaining 8,000 members a day...mostly lifetime members.