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Feuer Frei! · 02-21-13, 08:53 PM

Membership of the NRA is last rumoured to be around 4.5 million. Although the NRA has been known to inflate membership numbers.
Others are saying it's true membership number is closer to 3 million.
The NRA picked up in the month following the Newtown, Conn. shooting 250, 000 new members. Apparently.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...0-in-one-month
Business was good for them. No matter how you slice or dice the true numbers.
It seems that everytime President Obama opens his mouth new members flock to the NRA.
A 1-year membership, normally costing $35 costs $25 and you have a choice of picking between 3 free gifts when signing up! Errm, right.
https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/s....7&hid=6137499

Reps for the NRA recently sat down with Joe Biden and stated that the administration had an "agenda to attack the Second Amendment."
The administration has since drawn criticism and concern from pro-gun advocates, who have taken Obama's declaration that he'll seek executive action on the issue of gun violence as a signal that his administration is preparing to mount a "gun grab."

I'm sure members of congress still think that negative NRA ratings and a flood of NRA money could sink their political careers faster than you could say AK-47.
But let's look at what is actually really happening. People and members of congress i'd say are waking up to the fact that there really isn't much behind the NRA's curtain of invincibility and magical aura but the voice of a special interest bully who gets his power mainly from perception rather than reality.
Officers and Lobbyists of the NRA actually representing weapons manufacturers, not gun owners, that's why they seem to refuse to support common sense restrictions military style assault weapons, magazines that hold a hundred bullets, or background checks for anyone who buys a gun.

They love to frighten law-abiding gun owners with the prospect that common sense measures to reduce gun violence put America on the "slippery slope" to end the right to bear arms and to the confiscation of your hunting rifle. Their attempts to develop paranoia about confiscation -- and about government tyranny -- are good for business; it's that simple.

Frightening gun owners with the false or phony line of confiscation.

P.S.: Some statistical data in relation to gun ownership etc

47% Percentage of Americans who say they have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, according to Gallup, the highest reported number in two decades
310 million Estimated number of firearms in the U.S., according to the federal government, which includes 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns
3,252,404 Number of firearms imported into the U.S. (529,056 shotguns, 998,072 rifles, and 1,725,276 handguns) in 2010, according to the ATF
846,619 Number of firearms imported into the U.S. in 2011 from Brazil, the leading gun importer to the U.S., according to the ATF
6,808,538 Number of background checks on firearm purchasers conducted by the FBI this year through November, an all-time record
78,211 Number of firearm purchase denials by the FBI in 2011, about 0.48% of all attempted purchases
899,099 Number of firearm purchases that have been denied by the FBI between November 30, 1998 (when the FBI began processing background checks) and December 31, 2011. Of those, 7,879 were denied because of issues relating to the would-be purchaser’s mental health
62% Percentage of private gun sellers who agreed to sell a firearm to a buyer who couldn’t pass a background check, according to an undercover investigation by New York City public officials
And....................................
$14 million Amount of money the National Rifle Association spent during the 2012 election in an attempt to defeat President Obama, according to The New York Times

SOURCE for data: http://business.time.com/2012/12/18/...y-the-numbers/

02-21-13, 08:53 PM	#37
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Membership of the NRA is last rumoured to be around 4.5 million. Although the NRA has been known to inflate membership numbers. Others are saying it's true membership number is closer to 3 million. The NRA picked up in the month following the Newtown, Conn. shooting 250, 000 new members. Apparently. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...0-in-one-month Business was good for them. No matter how you slice or dice the true numbers. It seems that everytime President Obama opens his mouth new members flock to the NRA. A 1-year membership, normally costing $35 costs $25 and you have a choice of picking between 3 free gifts when signing up! Errm, right. https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/s....7&hid=6137499 Reps for the NRA recently sat down with Joe Biden and stated that the administration had an "agenda to attack the Second Amendment." The administration has since drawn criticism and concern from pro-gun advocates, who have taken Obama's declaration that he'll seek executive action on the issue of gun violence as a signal that his administration is preparing to mount a "gun grab." I'm sure members of congress still think that negative NRA ratings and a flood of NRA money could sink their political careers faster than you could say AK-47. But let's look at what is actually really happening. People and members of congress i'd say are waking up to the fact that there really isn't much behind the NRA's curtain of invincibility and magical aura but the voice of a special interest bully who gets his power mainly from perception rather than reality. Officers and Lobbyists of the NRA actually representing weapons manufacturers, not gun owners, that's why they seem to refuse to support common sense restrictions military style assault weapons, magazines that hold a hundred bullets, or background checks for anyone who buys a gun. They love to frighten law-abiding gun owners with the prospect that common sense measures to reduce gun violence put America on the "slippery slope" to end the right to bear arms and to the confiscation of your hunting rifle. Their attempts to develop paranoia about confiscation -- and about government tyranny -- are good for business; it's that simple. Frightening gun owners with the false or phony line of confiscation. P.S.: Some statistical data in relation to gun ownership etc 47% Percentage of Americans who say they have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, according to Gallup, the highest reported number in two decades 310 million Estimated number of firearms in the U.S., according to the federal government, which includes 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns 3,252,404 Number of firearms imported into the U.S. (529,056 shotguns, 998,072 rifles, and 1,725,276 handguns) in 2010, according to the ATF 846,619 Number of firearms imported into the U.S. in 2011 from Brazil, the leading gun importer to the U.S., according to the ATF 6,808,538 Number of background checks on firearm purchasers conducted by the FBI this year through November, an all-time record 78,211 Number of firearm purchase denials by the FBI in 2011, about 0.48% of all attempted purchases 899,099 Number of firearm purchases that have been denied by the FBI between November 30, 1998 (when the FBI began processing background checks) and December 31, 2011. Of those, 7,879 were denied because of issues relating to the would-be purchaser’s mental health 62% Percentage of private gun sellers who agreed to sell a firearm to a buyer who couldn’t pass a background check, according to an undercover investigation by New York City public officials And.................................... $14 million Amount of money the National Rifle Association spent during the 2012 election in an attempt to defeat President Obama, according to The New York Times SOURCE for data: http://business.time.com/2012/12/18/...y-the-numbers/ __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS Last edited by Feuer Frei!; 02-21-13 at 09:03 PM.