how many are NRA members?

[mallardchaser]

I saw this on another forum. I rejoined the other day.

Do You Suck??

> - IF you don't vote like a gun owner, YOU SUCK!
>
By Peter Caroline According to most estimates, there are
> between 75 and 80 million adult gun owners in the United States. That's
> more people than voted in the last presidential election. So why is it,
> when there are so many gun owners, that we are not the DOMINANT voting
> bloc in this country? Because most of that 75-80 million are stupid, lazy,
> hypocritical barfbags. Well, I'd like to say something to that group.
> Sure, you drive around in a pickup truck with a gunrack and some
> hairy-chested bumper stickers, and you talk big at the gun shop or the
> Legion Hall. But will you shell out 35 bucks and join the NRA? Oh, you
> don't agree with the NRA's stance on this or that, or the NRA is too soft
> on something or too unyielding on something else? Or maybe long ago the
> NRA didn't send you your free cap or bullet key ring on time. Well, you
> know what? That's a dumb cop-out and you're an "turd-cutter". Whether you like
> it or not, the NRA is the only...I repeat ONLY, effective representation
> you have in the cesspool of Washington politics. Even the NRA's worst
> enemies -- YOUR worst enemies if you have the capacity to think about
it
> -- agree that it's one of the most powerful lobbying forces on Capitol
> Hill. That means no one else fights your battles for you better, and if
> you don't understand that simple fact, you're too dumb to exist!
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>
> Then there's my old
> home state of Massachusetts. Over one million Massachusetts gun owners
> must be really proud to claim Teddy Kennedy as their senator. And John
> Kerry, the Kennedy clone, is no better. The entire Massachusetts
> congressional delegation, both gay and straight, is anti-gun. And you
Bay
> State gun owners are the dildoes that put them in office! Because you
sat
> on your fat asses, you've got Chapter 180 -- aptly named because it turns
> your gun rights around 180 degrees -- and you've got an attorney general
> who wants to be governor and thinks every handgun is a faulty consumer
> product. Once again, Massachusetts gun owners, where were you on Election
> Day?
> OK, you don't give a damn about the NRA but you still want
to keep
> your guns. So why, in the name of all that is holy, do you vote for
> "gun-ban" candidates? Oh, you don't? So who does? Maybe it's all those
> other people who were voting while you were sucking a brewski and watching
> the game on TV. Or maybe you're a good union guy, and the union votes
> Democrat. If you don't vote in the next
> election, your enemies will elect a president who will be able to name
> three or four new Supreme Court Justices
> Look at every state with asinine, repressive gun laws and a preponderance
> of anti-gun politicians -- California, New Jersey, Connecticut,
> Maryland...to cite several horrible examples -- and you will find enough
> gun owners to form an unbeatable voting bloc, IF they would get their
> thumbs out of their butts and vote, for a change. Jeez, what a concept!
>
> Some years ago, Mario Cuomo, a dedicated anti-gunner who happened
> to be governor of New York, described gun owners in a most uncomplimentary
> fashion. But the most damning thing he said about gun owners is that they
> don't vote, and therefore should not be considered as a factor in any
> election. How about that? Mario Cuomo is a liberal Democrat and, as such,
> is wrong about most everything, but he's absolutely right about you. And
I
> can prove it. If you non-voting gun owners in New York State did get off
> your asses and vote like gun owners, obscenities like Mario Cuomo couldn't
> even be elected as dog catcher. The same goes for Charles Schumer; he
> wasn't bad enough as a congressman from Brooklyn; you dumb schmucks had
to
> let him become a senator! What's next...Hillary?
> We all know the excuses: I'm too busy, my vote doesn't count, they're
all
> crooks and it doesn't make any difference, I gave $5 to Quail Unlimited
so
> I don't need to vote, yadda, yadda, yadda. Well, here's the bottom
> line...your vote does not count if you don't use it. If you don't vote,
> then effectively you are on the same side as Rosie (I'm-not-a-hypocrite)
> O'Donnell, Sarah Brady, Bill and Hillary, Al Gore, Teddy Kennedy, Charles
> Schumer and every other low-life bottom feeder who knows what's best for
> you. If you don't vote like a gun owner, you are a butt-boy for the
> anti-gunners, and you bend over forward to please them. Think about it.
> 75-80 million gun owners in this country; only 3.6 million NRA members,
> and who knows how many active pro-gun-voting gun owners.

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[RobertM]

Proud NRA member here. Also, I'm a DU and Delta Waterfowl member.

[RobertM]

PS, I also vote.

[ScottS]

NRA Member
DU Member
Delta Waterfowl Member

and I VOTE

[GulfCoast]

NRA, DU, Delta, Waterfowl U.S.A.

[judge jb]

member of NRA and the BATTERED HUSBANDS FOUNDATION......


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