So, what do we do? Like Rooster, I continually see posts that say "the NRA sucks. Join the GOA." Then, there's the posts from NRA supporters, "the GOA does nothing. The NRA is all we have." Do we all join the NRA, then try to, over many years, vote out the people who don't support the entire 2A? Does everyone jump the NRA ship and try to get the GOA up to the same amount of income? I'm not being argumentative. I really would like to know your thoughts on this. You always have insightful criticisms of the NRA. You don't call names or belittle the pro-NRA posters.
If the NRA supports your particular POV, then by all means, join. There was a time when the NRA was devoted solely to the 2A. Those days have passed, and now they are political body that caters completely to right-wing ideologies. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people with left-wing ideologies that are are just as strong supporters of the 2A as anybody. So while, undoubtedly, the right identifies more with the NRA there are still a sizable portion of the population that they exclude.
The NRA should move more to the center, and at the very least admit their past foolish actions. They have no problem letting people know that they helped start some of the first Black gun clubs in America. They actually pride themselves on it, but they don't ever talk abut how they shafted California and helped essentially turned it into the anti-2A bastion it is today. The NRA could go a LONG way if they started a legitimate outreach program to crime ridden communities.... but they don't really do that. Why?
Truth be told the people who actually need guns, aren't you nor I, but people in that live in the worst neighborhoods in America. And in many cases the people that live in these places don't have the ability to protect themselves, nor do they have a competent understanding of the Second Amendment, and the freedoms they are denied. The NRA should be trying to change that.