Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

It's almost enough to make a man wish he was a pigeon.

dorminWS wrote:It's almost enough to make a man wish he was a pigeon.

Definitely 5 of 5

Newgunguy wrote:Hey Oakridge I didn't want to post your whole comment but do you have any other info besides the NRA thing? I'm sure it is pretty high in number but would like more that just the say of a company that makes a profit from the 2nd Amendment. Now I'm sure some people are going to be angry about me saying that but you have to see it that yes the NRA started out to help protect the people with firearms but has become another company to profit from that. So that's why I ask. Would love to have third party data to show the same thing, and would then give us more data to show that people with guns aren't bad or there would be allot more gun related deaths.

So just a thought by me in looking at this post. Also do believe that if this a@@-clown is re-elected gun and ammo prices will jump again.

Charles

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I feel compelled to play the Devil's Advocate, here.

You do realize that the NRA is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, don't you? T'ain't quite fair to characterize them along with the money-hungry profiteers of this world who trash the economy and ecology while taking government bailouts, it seems to me. (Of course, I'm talking about people like Solyndra here.) The NRA is a long way from perfect, and falls victim, as all large organizations do, to the urge to propagate the organization. This is generally only a really bad thing when such organizations continue to exist after they have fullfilled their purpose and/or ignore the interests of their members/supporters in order to pursue those of the organization's insiders and/or managers. But there is plenty of reason to continue to have the NRA around and active; BHO being chief among them. Even if you think they are S.O.B.s, you have to bear in mind that they are OUR S.O.B.s. We've talked about this before on this forum. Lobbying organizations are in some ways distasteful, but unless you have one looking after your vital interests in Washington, no damn body else will do so. Like my ole Daddy used to say: "When you're in hell, you better get you a pitchfork for a weapon."

On a more practical note, I doubt that anyone but the NRA, whatever trade organizations gun manufacturers might have, and the federal government would collect such statistics. Seems to me that of those three, the NRA is probably the most reliable source. JMPO.