:flammad:When the NRA grows some balls like the JPFO, then maybe I'll rejoin. They have become an organization of compromise. The last straw for me was the last time that I went to buy ammo from a local dealer, that happened to be a NRA state representative for Maryland. He told me that I couldn't buy the ammo unless my personal information was logged into a book that was handed over to the county police monthly. He told me it was mandatory, I told him to piss off. There was not, and there is not, a law on the books in my county, that requires my information to be recorded for ammunition sales. He was doing this at the request of the county police, with whom he had a contract to outfit their department with new handguns. He would sell out the people he represented for financial gain. This same guy was also indicted this year for illegal gun sales and failure to properly log HUNDREDS of acquisitions and dispositions into his bound book. This guy is a tool, and deserves what happens to him.
You may ask why am I so bitter over this petty matter? Well, a few years back, when the liberal general assembly was trying to make it impossible to buy a handgun in Maryland, the NRA lobbied that certain provisions of the bill be removed. One of those provisions removed had to do with ammo purchases and ammo logs. We the citizens of Maryland, were told that this was the best that we could hope for. We traded background checks, waiting periods, limits on the quantity and types of handguns that we could buy, for the freedom to purchase whatever ammo we wanted without question. We were f'ed in the A, and told to like it.
We lost. The NRA didn't help, they still don't help. In my opinion, they have a prejudice against "black" guns, or the so called assault weapons. If the libbers and the extreme left wing of the democrat party were trying to go after the o/u shotgun and the browning A bolt, then they may try and help. But for now, it's renew your membership and be quiet.
Look at their publications, all you will see are pictures of Wayne La Pierre and others with a o/u shotgun broken over their arms. This tells me they are after a certain segment of the gun owning world... hunters and sporting clays/ trap shooters. They don't want the average guy that owns an SKS to have a say.
Rant over, flame on.
