I am/was (may chose not to renew) a NRA member since 2004. it was a voluntary join. and yes one of the main reasons for me deciding not to remain a member at this time is the horrible PR decisions and crazy wayne. add in the fact the magizens and comentary around election time becomes almost all political. Heck they sent me a NOBAMA supper sticker pack im like ok no thanks.
funny yeah i actually have sent many of my ideas in but the auto response was kind of stale and did not address a single point.
so i guess they autofilter emails from members and send you thanks for the support fluff auto responses. Im sure if a non member sent the same email they would get a different kind of auto response (more anti gun control) or no response at all.
specifically i wrote about education programs to FFLs about ways to modernize inventory. About a way to support backgropund checks while preventing a possible backdoor registry. about bad polices that let problem dealers stay in business to long that hurt the whole shooting sports community.
Not sure if NRA is ready to listen. I like the new young spokes people they have on youtube and nranews they are 1000% better than crazy wayne but im afraid the angry old resistant to change white man angle still works for them. But i know at my range its getting a lot younger more professional and more diverse in women and people of color. Then NRA will lose these people and myself if they dont change. sometimes its like two organizations one during election season and then the normal "gun community focused org" during "down time". Because we are now in the era of the nonstop campaign its getting more than a bit tacky and tasteless.
I hope someone from the NRA sees this send crazy wayne to pasture. Collins Idehen Jr ("Colion Noir"
makes a far better case for many of the pro RKBA side without being an ass or being so far out of touch its laughable. but i don't think the NRA will change not for a while or until an alternative group gains significant ground. I joined quite of the few more moderate groups specifically to help them shift the nra on some of the more crazy positions. locally i would say 45% of the range voted obama (though only about 15% would prob admit it at the range lol) but my informal polling of shooting friends and people at the range show greater than 60% support Universall BC and prob 80% support some type of enhancement. Almost 100% wish there was a way for non dealers to run background check and transfer weapon without having to go thru dealer. (THIS IS VERY POPULAR WITH GUN OWNERS THIS SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER) find away to open the BC system to private sales.
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