#41655 - 12/10/08 06:16 PM
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JD HHI 6092
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3)You are what I like to refer to as a recipient of 2nd Amendment Welfare, in other words you leave it to those of us who take the threat to the 2nd Amendment seriously to carry your sorry butt by financially backing organizations like the NRA.
To those of you in the first category, if you haven't already done so make a post in support of this challenge. For those of you in the second category ignorance is not an excuse and to those in the last category and I hope there are none on this forum, get a life and pull your weight.
I'm not a member of the NRA but I am a member of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Organization.
As for your 3rd catagory, feel the same way about people who can but have never served in the military and talk about protecting our Consitution.
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#41726 - 12/11/08 02:07 PM
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You know some of members here have alot of money tied up in firearms and $35.00 a year is not to much to pay to keep from lossing those firearms. The NRA is almost like an insureance company but they are trying to insure your right to keep those firearms as well as fighting to protect our Constitution against some boneheads that don't think we should have it and follow it.
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#42420 - 12/18/08 09:49 AM
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I have been a Life Member for some time now. Can't remember how long though.
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#42615 - 12/20/08 10:18 PM
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I just renewed for another 2 years and will continue to do so.
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#43537 - 12/31/08 05:36 PM
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Got myself a NRA members because of Obama, but I also bought my cousin one, he is in the Airforce and gets to play with bigger guns than me : ( , oh well.
Oh and I like rifleman magazine good reviews.
Has anyone every hunted with the Judge model handgun? I think it can take 410 shotgun shells, which might be useful on small critter up close.
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#43597 - 01/01/09 03:30 AM
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wapitirod
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well as of so far besides the Life Memberships my wife and I already had, I bought a life membership for my 8 yr old and she has been running around showing her card to everyone and telling them she is in the NRA and today I let her blast away with a little reworked Heritage Rough Rider I have, I'll post a pic of it later but the gun is hers she just doesn't know it yet. I bought a one year membership for my other kids that don't talk to me anymore hoping that maybe if they read something with common sense they may absorb it because they won't get it from their mother or jack ass step dad. Last for now but not for good I bought my brother inlaw a one year membership because although he believes in the second amendment and owns guns he go sucked into the assault weapons bs, thinking that they are unneccesary and that a ban on them wouldn't affect him until I explained his 10/22 was next and Clinton had tried to broaden it that far when he was in office. I'm hoping with the new reading material and our conversations will show him the truth. Keep it up guys I'm glad to see so many of you backing the NRA and remember to do the best you can to donate throughout the year.
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#43677 - 01/01/09 05:09 PM
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Howdy
My question is : It's said that there are 80million + gunowners in this country. Why is the membership of the NRA only around 5 million. I've been a Benefactor Life Member since 2002. Been a Life Member much longer. Where are the rest of the gun owners? Jack
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#43684 - 01/01/09 06:06 PM
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wapitirod
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Welcome Ghostrider and that is a good question.
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#44389 - 01/09/09 09:21 PM
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Howdy
My question is : It's said that there are 80million + gunowners in this country. Why is the membership of the NRA only around 5 million. I've been a Benefactor Life Member since 2002. Been a Life Member much longer. Where are the rest of the gun owners? Jack
Good question, like any product, because you own a car does not mean you join AAA.
Also based on my experience, there are several groups of gun owners which are arguable.
1. those who own for protection,
2. those who are hunters,
3. Those who bought just to say they have one (one type gun owners)
4. and then the hobbyist/collector gun owner like me,
I seen women buying pink revolvers, hunters buy $3K Weatherby, individuals their first and last handgun, and collectors by rare handguns : )
Each one of these groups have different distributions,
Here are my very rough estimates by population (which could be way off)
1. protection, = 30% to 50% % of population
2. hunters, = 20% to 30%
3. one time gun owners = 10% to 15%
4. hobbyists = 2-5%
But by # of guns
1. protection, = 10% to 30% % of guns
2. hunters, = 30% to 50%
3. one time gun owners = 1%
4. hobbyists = 10-15%
Note hunters and hobbyist I estimate own large percentage of the guns by volume but not by population.
Now if you look at those individuals who would join NRA, you could say it would be the hunters and hobbyist. Maybe 20% to 40% of hunter would join the NRA and all hobbyist would Join. SO I estimate hunters 30%*0.2= 6% and with hobbyist move it up to 8%. Now 5million / 80million = 6 % so I am off on my estimates but the analysis is some what close.
So to answer your question in short, there are not enough hunters and hobbyist out there to make much more than 8 million members. Hence strength will have to come in strength of support not in numbers. : )
Thanks
Brian
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