The NRA called last night. Turned out they called as my wife was preparing dinner, and she is the member they had on their list. We certainly agreed to give them money, and for once we did not mind the dinner-time phone solicitation. I watched the recent Democrat debate, and I can see the money pouring into the anti-gun candidates. I know there are those who own guns but have some beef with the NRA, and given the lay of the land today, if I had problems with the NRA I would work from within to implement the changes I thought were needed. I hope those non-NRA people still participate in the election process, which means not merely voting of course but registering voters, volunteering for pro-gun candidates, holding fundraisers, inviting candidates to shooting events, and supporting gun rights at every political level - municipal, county, state and national. Whether a shooter does or doesn't support the NRA, every one of us needs to do more to help young and new shooters learn how to safely handle firearms and to enjoy shooting and hunting. I give cheap .22 rifles to a fellow who refinishes them and gives them to kids in what he calls his ".22's for tots program," and I wish his program could be copied everywhere. When I pick up shooting, hunting and trapping books I give them to the school libraries, and I understand they are the most-often checked-out class of books at the jr. high library. I think the NRA is the best interest group in the USA today, and I could not be more grateful for the WWII generation that supported them and built them into what my generation inherited. But even those who do not support the NRA need to participate in the democratic process; democracy is not majority rule, it's rule by the majority who show up. Thanks for your time.
