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Gun Control Reform Activism

The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. At one time the NRA was a relatively benign organization

Reply to jimmy the one (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 02:28 PM

Jul 2014

that concentrated mainly on gun safety education for hunters and other sportsmen; their mutation into a collection of fanatical militia-type gun freaks (encouraged by NRA management at the behest of gun manufacturers) is pretty recent. My guess is that there is a fairly large number of old-time members who remain members mostly out of habit. And that the NRA is seriously inflating its "official" numbers.

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Does the nra really have 5 million members? [View all] jimmy the one Jul 2014 OP

Yeah, and rabid second amenders will drink the flamin lib Jul 2014 #1

At one time the NRA was a relatively benign organization The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #2

Possibly atreides1 Jul 2014 #3

Well, there are a lot of "free riders" who are too cheap to pay NRA dues, but love their gunz. Hoyt Jul 2014 #4