Thanks to a PMs I have been able to have some heated and constructive conversations with a few members. Have talked to some close friends and have decided to renew my membership. BUT, all my funds will be directly only to NRA-ILA (I think that’s one it is) thanks to those who took the time to have open dialogue and either shared knowledge or directed me to places to find information. I still disagree with a lot of the bullshit the NRA pulls, but at least now I know where my money is really going and who to contact if I disagree.
Thank you!
Look, if this community can come together and voluntarily build a couple of rifles, what's to say we can't organize and get some boycott or protest action going?
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:22 am
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What if all FFLs included NRA memberships with every transfer. Or something to that effect. Perhaps to new gun owners only.(Even if it was hidden in/added to the retail price.)
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What if all FFLs included NRA memberships with every transfer. Or something to that effect. Perhaps to new gun owners only.(Even if it was hidden in/added to the retail price.)
or an opt out thing like being an organ donor when you renew your license.
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:44 am
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What if all FFLs included NRA memberships with every transfer. Or something to that effect. Perhaps to new gun owners only.(Even if it was hidden in/added to the retail price.)
Maybe FFLs could donate the cost of a membership to the NRA-ILA for every gun sale.....just a thought.
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Without penetration data, the pics aren't of much use.
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"The right of self defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction." - St. George Tucker
A careful definition of words would destroy half the agenda of the political left and scrutinizing evidence would destroy the other half. - Thomas Sowell
"To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law will permit them to have only such rights and liberties as the lawless will allow...
For society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of the law-abiding." - Jeff Snyder
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truly makes a man the monarch of all he surveys. It realizes the ancient dream of the Jovian thunderbolt, and as such it is the embodiment of personal power. For this reason it exercises a curious influence over the minds of most men, and in its best examples it constitutes an object of affection unmatched by any other inanimate object.
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What if all FFLs included NRA memberships with every transfer. Or something to that effect. Perhaps to new gun owners only.(Even if it was hidden in/added to the retail price.)
Maybe FFLs could donate the cost of a membership to the NRA-ILA for every gun sale.....just a thought.
Which membership level? The lowest I see is $30. Common gun sales markup isn’t much more than $30 when you’re selling Shockwaves and Glocks.
How about this?
For every NEMO Arms firearms purchased from me in the month of March, I will donate a minimum of $30. If you buy a NEMO from me in the Omen lineup, I will donate $55. If you by a Watchmen from me, I will donate $100.
What if all FFLs included NRA memberships with every transfer. Or something to that effect. Perhaps to new gun owners only.(Even if it was hidden in/added to the retail price.)
Maybe FFLs could donate the cost of a membership to the NRA-ILA for every gun sale.....just a thought.
Which membership level? The lowest I see is $30. Common gun sales markup isn’t much more than $30 when you’re selling Shockwaves and Glocks.
How about this?
For every NEMO Arms firearms purchased from me in the month of March, I will donate a minimum of $30. If you buy a NEMO from me in the Omen lineup, I will donate $55. If you by a Watchmen from me, I will donate $100.
I know margins are low. I was just spitballing. Even $1 per sale would go a long way if all the FFLs did it.
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Without penetration data, the pics aren't of much use.
"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm -- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves." – T.S. Eliot
"The right of self defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction." - St. George Tucker
A careful definition of words would destroy half the agenda of the political left and scrutinizing evidence would destroy the other half. - Thomas Sowell
"To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law will permit them to have only such rights and liberties as the lawless will allow...
For society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of the law-abiding." - Jeff Snyder
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truly makes a man the monarch of all he surveys. It realizes the ancient dream of the Jovian thunderbolt, and as such it is the embodiment of personal power. For this reason it exercises a curious influence over the minds of most men, and in its best examples it constitutes an object of affection unmatched by any other inanimate object.
I've given memberships to lots of people throughout the years when they did the Christmas membership gift thing. Had a discount for 5 or more. My mom complained and had her membership cancelled but I let the NRA keep the money. (Past president of the Plague of Women Voters, probably wouldn't have looked good).
Wonder how many people sign up Schumer, Pelosi, and Feinstein for gift memberships every year? Hahahahaha
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Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:36 am
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I've given memberships to lots of people throughout the years when they did the Christmas membership gift thing. Had a discount for 5 or more. My mom complained and had her membership cancelled but I let the NRA keep the money. (Past president of the Plague of Women Voters, probably wouldn't have looked good).
Wonder how many people sign up Schumer, Pelosi, and Feinstein for gift memberships every year? Hahahahaha
Excellent idea. I bet that Maxine Waters needs a NRA gift membership... And a MAGA hat!!!
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