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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3098542" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>I haven't renewed mine since I bought that life membership a decade ago--relevance in a minute.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not necessarily. Manufacturers benefit from fearful attitudes that inspire panic buying. The NRA benefits from fearful attitudes that inspire membership signups, renewals, and political donations (indirectly--the donations generally go to the NRA-ILA and NRA-PVF, which are legally separate entities for tax reasons). My life membership is probably <em>less</em> influential than annual memberships (though not entirely without notice, especially given the way the NRA regularly asks me to upgrade my membership level). The NRA also has to weigh the potential of <em>losing</em> members due to societal pressure.</p><p></p><p>I don't presume to speak for others here, but <em>I</em> would rather not live in fear of having my rights (further) infringed...a goal which is not entirely compatible with what benefits the interests of the manufacturers and organization. And, frankly, this wouldn't be the first time the NRA has been willing to straddle the fine line; remember, the NRA asked for (and received) a third of the oral argument time in the <em>Heller</em> case, and made a much weaker argument in that time.</p><p></p><p>So...I think the NRA is the best, most powerful ally we have in the halls of Congress...but I don't have any faith that it would advance <em>our</em> interests over its own where the two may not fully intersect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3098542, member: 13624"] I haven't renewed mine since I bought that life membership a decade ago--relevance in a minute. Not necessarily. Manufacturers benefit from fearful attitudes that inspire panic buying. The NRA benefits from fearful attitudes that inspire membership signups, renewals, and political donations (indirectly--the donations generally go to the NRA-ILA and NRA-PVF, which are legally separate entities for tax reasons). My life membership is probably [I]less[/I] influential than annual memberships (though not entirely without notice, especially given the way the NRA regularly asks me to upgrade my membership level). The NRA also has to weigh the potential of [I]losing[/I] members due to societal pressure. I don't presume to speak for others here, but [I]I[/I] would rather not live in fear of having my rights (further) infringed...a goal which is not entirely compatible with what benefits the interests of the manufacturers and organization. And, frankly, this wouldn't be the first time the NRA has been willing to straddle the fine line; remember, the NRA asked for (and received) a third of the oral argument time in the [I]Heller[/I] case, and made a much weaker argument in that time. So...I think the NRA is the best, most powerful ally we have in the halls of Congress...but I don't have any faith that it would advance [I]our[/I] interests over its own where the two may not fully intersect. [/QUOTE]
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