What CalNewbie said says it all,some real jerks call
from there!

I agree that we need an organization to help defend our gun rights, but am tired of years of seemingly constant bombardment of solicitations. They are so aggresive in their tactics to raise money that they are running people away from them. My last renewal was an agreement that I would sign up for two more years if they promised not to call again asking for money. Just last night I threw away my third letter/renewal form telling me my subscription is about to expire. I hate to be like that, but enough is enough.

Agree with you JagManMan. Are we to hate the police,fireman,sheriff dept. because we get calls to donate their " organizations "?? I get a few calls but I'm polite and just say no thanks, end of problem. NRA is FAR to important to blow off to inconvenience of a few phone calls. LIFE member and proud of it.

I very much agree with JagMagMan, Without the NRA we would be in the same boat as Britain, Canada, and Australia. I have been a member since the mid 70's. I give them one contribution each year( as large as I can afford at the time)and If they call, I explain and politely hang up. There are policies that the NRA has that I don't agree with,including the way that they go about soliciting money, but folks they are all we have!!

I recieved the hunting video, still have it and have not sent any money for it. Here is why. This video has the NRA saying over and over that they support hunters, and I'm sure they do. Here in Maine we have a anti hunting referendum on the ballot this fall. The US Humane society, Friends of Animal and a few local groups have managed to put a question on the ballot that would essentially make bear hunting in Maine illegal. In our efforts to defeat this we have been asking for support from all across the country, and have had some good succes in doing so. As donations come in we add the name of the person, or organization that has donated to the cause to our coalition list. Noticable absent from the list is the NRA. I recently was called by the NRA asking for money. I told of the situation in Maine and that I would not give them one more penny until they steped up to help us defeat this referendum. I have donated for most of life to the NRA, now I need thier help, guess what, no dice. Instead of making a donation they told me they would urge individual members to donate, so the NRA name will not appear on the coalition list, what a shame. I called my NRA rep about this and he told me they would urge individual members to donate. I do a lot of work for Ducks Unlimited, this came up in the conversation, yes DU is on the coalition list, The NRA rep then got in my face about conservation organizations not defending the second amendment. I had to educate him to the fact that DU puts more guns on the street through it's banquetts than anyone else in this country, DU is the largest gun retailer in the US. I could hear his Jaw hit the table, he backed right off and was real nice. The bottom line, The NRA will not, and has not as of today, contributed to defeateding this anti hunt referendum in Maine. But they continue to call me for more money. Sorry I tell them, all my donations this year go to the referendum, maybe next year, yea, call me then.

And when we loose our right to bear arms, any arms wether it be rifle, pistol, or shotgun, you guys that can't deal with a phone call or two will be crying like babies that lost their bottle. Shees, if it weren't for the NRA, we would be without most of the above already. I anti's are working, and working hard at taking away all guns. period. They started by going after "assualt" weapons, and they are now trying to include semi-auto shotguns in that same list. Some politicians have out right said that the goal is to take away "ALL" guns! You guys that can't handle a phone call every now and then need to toughin up, and join, or rejoin, before it's too late!

And another thing, for you guys that recieved a video that you didn't ask for, but yet you refuse to return it, or pay for it, why not just get a membership to one of your "anit-gun" groups and send your money to them, because essentially, since you're costing the NRA money, you're helping the anti-gun groups!
And, without guns, there won't be much need to fight for any bear season, or deer season, or goose season! Of course, there will be hunting seasons, black powder and archery only[]
Guys, tell me what is so hard about telling a telemarketer, "excuse me, but at this time I am short on funds, so please call me back some other time". Plus, it is an election year, have we not forgot that. And who has been helping gun manufactures for the last several years fight in all of the lawsuits against them?
A gun owner that is not a member of the NRA is just about a "sin"!
Very good point, but the very low percentage of crimes that did include assulat weapons made the head lines. Now, if they start looking at the percentage of crimes that include handguns, much higher, so that will be the next gun that they choose to retract from society! Besides, it is much easier for the anti-gunners to show pictures of these "bad" assualt weapons and scare the general public into beleiveing that they are the weapons of choose for criminals, so it was easier to get the "uneducated" public to go along with the "assault Ban"!
I guess the NRA has decided that all the facts about guns not killing people, but people killing people, have decided it's time to "scare" the general hunting public into seeing that we will loose our guns unless something is done, with hopes that they will listen, but I guess not everyone wants to believe that our guns and the 2nd amendment can't be takin away! Wake up people!

Jumpin back in here... Except for a loose srew or two like Howler, seems to me like there is a message here for the NRA. Why would I want to blindly fall in line with people who abuse me with these phone calls to get me to join up? The " no call " service is not the answer! Why do I want to be a part of an organization that uses these tactics? Whether I'm getting these calls or not, they should realize that these calls are not the way to get the average Joe to give them his support.

Oh, you poor, poor person, being abused about as bad as those prisoners in Iraq![:'(] Alright then, just tell me how the NRA should go about gettting all hunters, gun owners to see the point? Please tell me, oh wise one!!

Telemarketing is just a fact of life these days! Get over it! Again, it is a very poor excuse not to support the NRA!
For you hunters out there (of which I am one,) hunting is NOT a constitutional right! The right to bear arms, the Second Amendment, IS our constitutional right! It is under severe attack by anti-gun groups and bleeding heart, anti-HUNTING groups too!
Someone said that when all guns are banned, hunting will be with muzzleloaders and bows only. That is a false hope too! When guns are banned, ALL hunting will be just that much easier for them to stop too!
Also, don't be naive enough to believe that the anti's only want to ban "assault weapons!" When they get enough votes to ban the dreaded assault guns, they will move on to another type of gun, until all guns are banned!
The reason they are going after the so-called "assault weapons," (what is an assault weapon anyway? You can be "assaulted" with a baseball bat!) is that these guns, look scary. They are also going after large target 50 caliber guns too! Their reason of thinking is that, not as many people have these types of weapons, and it will be easier to get the general public, and even naive gunowners to COMPROMISE, and have these guns banned! Then they will go after the next type of gun, until they are all banned!
It costs the NRA millions to fight the anti gunners. The cost of an NRA magazine eats up most of the cost of an NRA membership! They need donations to continue the fight. Telemarketing is one of the ways to get that needed money! I don't like it, you don't like it, and I'm sure the NRA leadership would use a better form of fundraising, if there was one! Telemarketing obviously works! Everyone is using it!
Find a better excuse than telemarketing, for NOT being an NRA member!
Heres one for you, "I'm not an NRA member, because I'm free-loading off of the other 4 million gun owners that are fighting to protect my Second Amendment rights" Or, " I don't care that my rights are under attack, as long as my guns are not on the ban list!"