I joined the NRA today

[RNR]

My dad was a member when I was growing up and for whatever reason I never joined. I will be a member from now on~

[bandwagonjumper]

Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

Should have joined years ago. As I was signing up I was wondering why I never joined. I just never got around to it~

Congratulations I reckon. I personally don't understand why one would want to be a member of the NRA. I don't know and I don't want to know what you have to pay but the NRA seems to do a great job fighting the good fight without your money. Maybe you believe in solidarity which is kind of cute.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Why would I mock someone who I like, is civil to me and whose side I am on more than I am not?
I don't mock posters like that.

Nope. It was intended as a pun. Whoooooooooooooooooooosh! Look over your head.

Maybe you didn't know you were mocking. That does fit with your general detachment from reality.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Maybe you didn't know you were mocking. That does fit with your general detachment from reality.

No I knew I wasn't. Only I know what I thought inside my head—not you. You mind ****er.

[RNR]

Originally Posted by bandwagonjumper

Congratulations I reckon. I personally don't understand why one would want to be a member of the NRA. I don't know and I don't want to know what you have to pay but the NRA seems to do a great job fighting the good fight without your money. Maybe you believe in solidarity which is kind of cute.

I have no idea what this babbling nonsense was posted for. The "cute" I am guessing was an attempt at sounding as if you are just so above things like this. The NRA is defending gun rights and so they have my support~

[RNR]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Have fun waisting your money

Have fun worshiping Alex Jones, I see the obama phone lady is a fan also. From what I have seen from her and read from you he seems to of found a demographic he can capitalize on~

[Raiderhader]

Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon

You can also get a $300 life membership from any other life member.
Posted via Mobile Device

Can I get a life member to verify this for me please?


I remember when it cost $500. I was on the site yesterday looking and it is now $1,000. I should have bit the bullet back in the day.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

Can I get a life member to verify this for me please?


I remember when it cost $500. I was on the site yesterday looking and it is now $1,000. I should have bit the bullet back in the day.

1-888-678-7894. This is the number to call and get the Life $300 deal. This has been around a few years through Life Members but the demand is such they have expanded it

[A Salt Weapon]

Life members get a form (once a year, I think) that allows them to sponsor up to 6 new life members for the $300. You have to be signed up to get all the junk mail to get it.
Posted via Mobile Device

[BucEyedPea]

I'm thinkin' of joinin' now too. Maybe, my brother can sponsor me.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I'm thinkin' of joinin' now too. Maybe, my brother can sponsor me.

Dont need sponsor Call the number i posted

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Dont need sponsor Call the number i posted

I thought someone said if someone is a lifetime than can sponsor others.

[johnny961]

Time to re-up my own membership. I have been doing the 5 year memberships but that $300 life membership sounds almost too good to pass up.

[A Salt Weapon]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I thought someone said if someone is a lifetime than can sponsor others.

Correct, there are two ways to get the $300 lifetime right now.
1) Have a life member sponsor you
2) Call that number, I'm not sure of all the details, but whoever runs that number gets a percentage of the money made
Posted via Mobile Device

[listopencil]

National Rifle Association (NRA) Statistics
Total number of members of the NRA	4.3 million
Annual NRA revenue	$205 million
Amount spent by the NRA during the 2008 presidential election	$10 million
Amount the NRA’s CEO Wayne LaPierre earns annually	$895,897
Amount spent on the new NRA headquarters built in 1990	$15 million
Amount of annual contributions spent of fundraising	46 %
Total number of Firearms owned by U.S. civilians (2010)	300 million
Total number of U.S. Firearms owned by civilians that are Handguns	100 million
Gun Ownership Demographics
A 2005 nationwide Gallup poll of 1,012 adults found the following levels of firearm ownership
Total Percentage of Households owning a Firearm	42%
Total Percentage of Individuals owning a Firearm	30%
Total Percentage of Males owning a Firearm	47%
Total Percentage of Females owning a Firearm	13%
Total Percentage of Whites owning a Firearm	33%
Total Percentage of Non-whites	18%
Total Percentage of Republicans owning a Firearm	41%
Total Percentage of Independents owning a Firearm	27%
Total Percentage of Democrats owning a Firearm	23%
In the same poll, gun owners stated they own firearms for the following reasons
Total Percentage who own Firearms for Protection Against Crime	67%
Total Percent who own Firearms for Target Shooting	66%
Total Percent who own Firearms for Hunting	41%
The following are estimates of private firearm ownership in the U.S. as of 2010

	Households With A Gun	Adults Owning a Gun	Adults Owning a Handgun
Percentage	40-45%	30-34%	17-19%
Number	47-53 million	70-80 million	40-45 million

[listopencil]

That chart is taken from : http://www.statisticbrain.com/nation...ra-statistics/

I couldn't add anything in the previous post without messing up the formatting. Here's a blurb from FOX "News" (ugh, take it with a grain of salt) based on an anonymous NRA source:

The National Rifle Association, while staying mostly quiet in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting in Connecticut, has registered an average of 8,000 new members a day since the tragedy, an NRA source told Fox News.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz2IJOBWxfI


And here's an interesting article about political differences amongst gun owners, referring to NRA and non NRA gun owners with a few comments about gun owners regarding political party:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...polling-shows/