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They have a "do not promote" list that you must request to be added to which solves the spam/marketing mail problem. That you have to ask is problematic but the
by drmilsurp 10y ago
They have a "do not promote" list that you must request to be added to which solves the spam/marketing mail problem. That you have to ask is problematic but there is a solution if this was the only problem.
- hga 10y agoEh, that Ackerman McQueen allows even that is a major thing. (For those who claim the "gun companies" run the NRA, no, more than anyone else, it's run for the benefit of its PR firm (and of course the current entrenched executive leadership, who have made sure another Cincinnati revolt is impossible).)
- crikli 10y agoIt wasn't just that. Ultimately I decided that there were more effective 2A organizations that I preferred to support.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoI'm saddened to hear your feelings on the NRA and its effectiveness. While they, thankfully, haven't had to fight any big national gun control initiatives for some time, they are still very active at the state and city level. See their recent lawsuit against the City of Seattle and its new gun tax.
- hga 10y agoWell, if you want to fund lawsuits, the Washington state based Second Amendment Foundation is a better bet, and I'll bet they're a party to that lawsuit as well. They are the only other effective one as I count them, but you have to donate money to them, a simple membership will just line the pockets of whomever is mailing out their stuff.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoThe value, as I see it, of the NRA is more its ability to efficiently mobilize 5 million members around key issues. I liken relying only on smaller, fractious orgs to when we had small state militias and no formal army.