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Related: About this forumWhy I let my NRA membership expire
I was a proud, card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association until I let my membership expire at the end of 2013.
Over the last decade, we have been reminded of the terror firearms become in the hands of the wrong person. These tragedies heighten our indignation toward groups like the NRA because they are the foremost advocates of the Second Amendment. The NRA and its executive vice president Wayne LaPierres response to this animosity has been heartless, unclear and detrimental to the organization.
Why I left the NRA
The reason I let my membership expire a difficult decision to make was because LaPierres tenure as face of the NRA had become too harmful.
This guy doesnt have what the human resources gurus call people skills, is how retired gun lobbyist Richard Feldman described LaPierre. While I am not fond of Feldman, his observation of LaPierre summarizes my biggest issue with him and his leadership of the NRA: He does not know how to relate in a non-combative manner.
http://chimes.biola.edu/story/2014/feb/03/why-i-let-my-nra-membership-expire/
Over the last decade, we have been reminded of the terror firearms become in the hands of the wrong person. These tragedies heighten our indignation toward groups like the NRA because they are the foremost advocates of the Second Amendment. The NRA and its executive vice president Wayne LaPierres response to this animosity has been heartless, unclear and detrimental to the organization.
Why I left the NRA
The reason I let my membership expire a difficult decision to make was because LaPierres tenure as face of the NRA had become too harmful.
This guy doesnt have what the human resources gurus call people skills, is how retired gun lobbyist Richard Feldman described LaPierre. While I am not fond of Feldman, his observation of LaPierre summarizes my biggest issue with him and his leadership of the NRA: He does not know how to relate in a non-combative manner.
http://chimes.biola.edu/story/2014/feb/03/why-i-let-my-nra-membership-expire/
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Why I let my NRA membership expire (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Feb 2014
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gejohnston
(17,502 posts)1. I think Feldman is being charitable
I personally like Feldman more than La Pierre.
ileus
(15,396 posts)2. I let mine expire because of all the calls and junk mail.
no such thing as e-mail back in those days.
Figure they wasted my 35 bucks easily on all the crap they junked up my snail mail box back in the day. I'll never be a member again...period.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)5. Ha! I get their crap for free.
beemer27
(460 posts)3. You aren't the only one!
I just got sick of the fear-mongering and constant begging for money. EVERYTHING that happened was a CRISIS, and they expected us to believe their BS. No matter how well the RKBA fight was going in government, they always found an angle to squeeze a few more bucks out of the gullible. I just got sick of them assuming that I was stupid enough to believe them.
Straw Man
(6,623 posts)4. "Why I Left MAIG"