NRA Board of Directors?????

[fullautovalmet76]

Good words m25. Thank you for your perspective, knowledge, insight, and opinion.

As usual...

Ditto, M25....I still may not vote for the guy, but I will certainly keep what you have written in mind.

-FA

[Pathfinder]

I was originally going to vote for Joaquin just based on his being a retired Ranger. Now, I don't know. My first response when reading his printed "clarification" was "Zumbo" - found religion after the fact. That and his willingness to ix-nay full auto "assault weapons" for civilians. Unless he has a clarification for that one too.

I do agree that the NRA needs a serious housecleaning - I get a sense that there are way too many hunter-gun-only types and fudd-like people on the Board.

Now I have to dig into each person in a lot more detail. Time to work up my not-google-search-fu and start searching.

[fightingquaker13]

I was originally going to vote for Joaquin just based on his being a retired Ranger. Now, I don't know. My first response when reading his printed "clarification" was "Zumbo" - found religion after the fact. That and his willingness to ix-nay full auto "assault weapons" for civilians. Unless he has a clarification for that one too.

I do agree that the NRA needs a serious housecleaning - I get a sense that there are way too many hunter-gun-only types and fudd-like people on the Board.

Now I have to dig into each person in a lot more detail. Time to work up my not-google-search-fu and start searching.

Thing is Path, we can't divide as Operator said. Its like the GOP. They don't have a positive platform, don't have a leader, but they DO have a civil war between RINOs and Movement conservatives. That way leads to badness. Howard Dean had it right. A fifty state strategy and a big tent. Pro-life, pro-gun, pro-war? Welcome to the Democratic party. We need to do the same. The rules should be:
1 No guns are "bad" and no, I won't compromise, or bid against myself by saying which ones are "unreasonable"
2 If you shoot because you hunt, or just shoot, we're on the same side, lets not pick stupid fights. (Easy for me to say since I do both, I know. But the thing is, I bought my .270 bolt to hunt. I bought my AR to do exactly what it was designed for, and I don't see a contradiction.).
3 Don't marry yourself to a  larger cause or one party. You aren't there to be a conservative or a liberal but to be pro-2A. Period, full stop. Got an opinion on abortion, healthcare, spending, global warming? Keep it to yourself. That's not what I'm paying you for. I expect the NRA to defend Harry Reid as much as Mitch Mcconnell. Bastards both, but our bastards, and that's all I want the NRA to see. Its a single issue group and I want them focused on that issue and nothing else. Leave the rest to other groups.
FQ13 

[tombogan03884]

FQ has some valid points. The Members of "Pink Pistols" probably ALL voted Lib. Dem.
But they were the ones who stood up to San Francisco, and they ARE a part of the "Gun Lobby"

[twyacht]

As with other large business's, FQ, including our own gov't, there is a time to let the system re-boot. Over the years, the NRA does have our back, but has become a mainstay of the "inside the beltway" mentality also.

What Uncle Ted says may rub some people the wrong way, but ask yourself why?

"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic."
Ted Nugent

"Only a coward supports gun control, you know how to stop car jacking? Shoot the carjacker. If someone is going to kill me for my Buick, I'm gonna shoot until I'm out of ammo, and then I'll call 911."
Ted Nugent, People Magazine, 1994

To some, even in the NRA, this may seem to rough, to brash.  IMHO, this is the exact time to ratify what a simple Amendment states.

Hunting regs. to the states are just the way it is. Fine. BUT if I want to hunt deer with a 6.8 Grendel AR, and get my stamp also FINE.

I just renewed my NRA membership, (again), because what they do helps us all. Hunters, shooters, even the 20rd a year guy.
They do have to remember that the overwhelming majority of the world, the Brady Bunch, the Rebecca Peters and Bloombergs of the world won't stop.

I don't want a politically correct NRA.

Rant off.. Looking forward to May in Charlotte.

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[m25operator]

We have had this discussion before, I would love uncle Ted to be president of the NRA,, not to many people have his presence, his clear eyed in your face, facts up front and great diatribe, hard to argue with speech. But he has to appointed by the board. That is the hard part. Pick your people well, and let them know what you expect of them, and always remember, these people are volunteers, not paid and do it out of their hearts, however guided. There is no payoff but prestige and work, I think the prestige wears off fast.

[TAB]

We have had this discussion before, I would love uncle Ted to be president of the NRA,, not to many people have his presence, his clear eyed in your face, facts up front and great diatribe, hard to argue with speech. But he has to appointed by the board. That is the hard part. Pick your people well, and let them know what you expect of them, and always remember, these people are volunteers, not paid and do it out of their hearts, however guided. There is no payoff but prestige and work, I think the prestige wears off fast.

he also a hypocrit and pisses people off. 

[GUNS-R-US]

Thing is Path, we can't divide as Operator said. Its like the GOP. They don't have a positive platform, don't have a leader, but they DO have a civil war between RINOs and Movement conservatives. That way leads to badness. Howard Dean had it right. A fifty state strategy and a big tent. Pro-life, pro-gun, pro-war? Welcome to the Democratic party. We need to do the same. The rules should be:
1 No guns are "bad" and no, I won't compromise, or bid against myself by saying which ones are "unreasonable"
2 If you shoot because you hunt, or just shoot, we're on the same side, lets not pick stupid fights. (Easy for me to say since I do both, I know. But the thing is, I bought my .270 bolt to hunt. I bought my AR to do exactly what it was designed for, and I don't see a contradiction.).
3 Don't marry yourself to a  larger cause or one party. You aren't there to be a conservative or a liberal but to be pro-2A. Period, full stop. Got an opinion on abortion, healthcare, spending, global warming? Keep it to yourself. That's not what I'm paying you for. I expect the NRA to defend Harry Reid as much as Mitch Mcconnell. Bastards both, but our bastards, and that's all I want the NRA to see. Its a single issue group and I want them focused on that issue and nothing else. Leave the rest to other groups.
FQ13 

FQ, I don't want us to be divided either, but this isn't about dividing us. It's about voting for those whom you think will serve your interests on the NRA Board the best. I'm not a liberal gun owner and I don't want to vote for a liberal gun owner on the NRA Board. Don't mistake me, just as I don't like our current Prez, but being I'm in the military, I will take his orders and carry them out to the best of my ability and in the next election I'll cast my vote for someone other than him. So I'll stand beside who ever gets the votes and continue to support the NRA as a hole, but  I'm going to vote for conservative gun owners like our friend Uncle Ted when I can find them. So when it comes to the elections if I know you don't see the 2A the way I do, I'm going to vote for someone else who I think does. That's why I wanted to know if Joaquin Jackson sees things the way I and many of you do. I can't say I will or won't vote for him next time, depends on who else is running.

I am going to throw another idea at you, run for office, Michael would be great as many on this forum, but it is not a paid position, you get to tote the note on travel, room and board. If you want hard core candidates, it might be you 

As for me running for the Board Bob, I'd love to but it'll have to wait a couple years till I have a little more disposable income for the airfare and such, Washington state is even further from DC than Texas!

[shooter32]

he also a hypocrit and pisses people off. 

How so.....

[TAB]

How so.....

he had a buddy swear him in as a LEO so he could carry nation wide, then he talks about how CCW holders are not crimals, and how he goes on raids and protects the public. 

Becoming a LEO in title only so you can do what you want, is a bad thing.   I use to love ted, then I found out about this crap, now he is just anoter crazy guy talking out of his ass.