I really hate to say it, but it seems like the NRA is comfortable taking your money and then cutting deals with the politicians. Every deal ends up being another tiny slice out of the pie for gun owners. It's pretty much a give and take senario. The politicians aren't going to do squat for gun owners unless gun owners give up a little. Well, soon fellow Americans our side of the pie will be gone. The NRA and all the other larger organizations need to know we're done cutting deals. It's the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by God, and they're not authorized to slice it in any form or fashion. It don't take a freakin rocket scientist to understand the eighth grade level writing of that document. Besides, there's nothing that belonging to any of those organizations that says we can't act on our own. It appears the only time they act is when a bill or act is already written and sent forward and then we have to jump through our asses to try and salvage as much as we can of whatever they are taking away. Besides, it won't hurt any of the organizations if we let the politicians know just how strong we are. I really don't think they know. And for anyone at the head of the NRA or wherever to tell us to not rock the boat sounds a little fishy to me. But that's just my opinion. Opinions are like a**holes; everybody has one, some people are one.