Is the NRA Dead?
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In this video, we discuss the state of the NRA and what the future could hold for the organization. Are they worth saving? Can they recover?
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Eric. You have a full-time job with your own FFL, you're the state of Georgia's GOA director, you have your own family, and you have your RUclips channel.
If you need a break, take a f***ing break.
We on RUclips can wait a week for you to refuel.
Jobs are fictional. [Full time job]?
He actually said he no longer is the GOA director.
That said, he does look like he has aged a lot recently. Maybe a really rough time lately. Take a moment mate.
NO HE DID NOT SAY THAT, listen at what he said @@donaldkenne3776
I'm totally done with the NRA long time member over 30 years.Bad news they are all about padding there own pockets.
Well said Amen
They destroyed themselves from within
Just like what is happening to our country... destroying America from within... SAD
Very True their Death began when they moved to Virginia , The NRA museum and headquarters Washington D.C.was great and gave every D.C. visitor easy access to a great leaning center on the History and the Necessity of the 2nd Amendment . After the move to Virginia the NRA headquarters became a locked down arm guarded fortress that only Lapierre and his brownshirts would have easy access to . The Second amendment with friends like Lapierre's NRA who needs any Demonrat party enemies
Mike Pence helped it in Overdrive Destruction. 😂
Yes the NRA been done for a while
Since 1934! When they got onboard with the NFA. The truth is the only people/person/organization the NRA has represented is themselves. They've played both sides of the street to make money and while they have been doing that, they have sold the rank-and-file members and gun owners up the river.
It was always compromised
@@Mrk3llyonly since WLP
I’m ashamed of gun people who don’t support the NRA. Support every group you can afford to support. Sorry.
Somebody encouraged me to join many years ago. My response was that it was another corporation waiting to stick it to you.
Lapierre should never have been allowed so much control.
Totally agree. So much in favor of gun owners and 2nd amendment rights for so long and there's never been a time we need an association more.
To let anyone have continuous control and not total transparency is asking for trouble. We need to organize another association with checks and balances to avoid another disaster.
It's been dead to this Life Member for over ten years.
I don’t remember seeing much from the NRA the last few election cycles.
Yep. Same here. Life member who wishes he had that money back.
Me too,
Did you at least learn your lesson???
They have the nerve to keep calling me, and I lost count how many times I told em' where to go!
Yep. They're not even on my list of gun groups when it comes up
Groups of citizens or [citizens]?
The NRA lost its way many years ago. They’ve failed to truly advocate for the membership for years which has cost us rights and freedoms in the process. Chris Cox tried to sound the alarm and he was run off by the good old boys club.
I’ve been a life member since 1993, and was an annual member for years before that. Clearly GOA and some others have been doing all of the heavy hitting in the vacuum left by the NRA. The NRA needs to be completely restructured, leadership changed, and return to grassroots efforts to unapologetically fight for 2A rights, full stop.
Exactly, once my NRA membership expires I never renew it.
Fiction need to be made and you comment that?
‘Stopped from killing the waste humans’
They are all only there to control the expectations of their against for the benefit of politicians.
Man you wasted your money.
My club still requires NRA membership for insurance purposes. Glad to see Wayne given the heave-ho.
Too bad the NRA hired Wayne's niece last week to a $300k job she will continue to work from home in Nebraska. Continue? Yes she already had a job that most people could not confirm she actually worked.
Until the NRA can show that they have truly changed their ways, I will continue with my current course of action, which is not giving them a red cent.
It will require some big hardcore unchangeable jaw dropping wins in the courts.
they supported the NFA. if that wasn't the first and biggest clue they planned on grifting from then on, i don't know what is.
I woke up when Colonel Oliver North stepped down after he saw what was going on. That was my cue to leave the NRA.
Agreed! I too bailed out as a result of Oliver North's revelations.
Good idea, North would only sell weapons to Iran!
An associate of mine who was a close friend of North, told me some of issues which finally emerged.
Same here. Unfortunately, right after I had become a life member. Grrr.
The colonel tried to get rid of Wayne LaPierre I was done when Ollie left
I ditched the NRA & went GOA a few yrs ago
I thought the world of it in the late 90s and 2004 era... but now I see them for what they are and what they were. So many better organizations now.
I am a Life NRA member and I have not been watching this as closely as I should. And another thing that can be learned is watch leadership of the organizations.
The fact that every group attacks in different ways is great, it makes it harder for them to counter us.
After Texas elects Brandon Herrera, we'll get Eric in office in Georgia!
I hope he's not a part of the giant psyop
@@chancepaladin Pretty sure that Brandon is one of the good ones
Brandon supports the guys st Black Rifle Coffee who dumped on Kyle Rittenhouse and he has also buddied up to Dan Crenshaw. Personally I don't trust the guy further than I could throw him but he is still better than the RINO he is running against.
@@crushingexistentialismmoney and power corrupts 🤷🏼♂️
@@UnknownUser-fe5zuexactly why they recommend $DI all the time lol
They lost me as a member sometime around 2012 or 2013. I was at the Shot Show, and I spoke with the NRA representative there. I said that I would happily become a member if they promised not to send me so much junk mail. They were sending me so much, it pretty much eliminated my entire membership value. They promised they could do that. So I got my membership.
As SOON as I got home, the junk mail resumed worse than ever. That was the last year I ever bothered with the NRA.
NRA is nothing more than a magazine company.Totally commercial.Useless.
Imagine what we’d have if we contributed to FPC instead of continuing to fund the NRA this whole time thinking it was worth it
Wait people that watch this channel have donated to the NRA in the last 10 years? 🤯
FPC has done such good work. You're right. If that NRA money was going to them we would probably have SBR's and suppressors off the NFA list by now.
Not electing Alan West to replace LaPierre was a big mistake. I'm in till '26 and will decide then. In the meantime, my excess is supporting 5 other pro-2A groups including GOA.
The only reason I'm a member is it is a requirement for belonging to my local gun club.
@@jarink1 the decision makers at that gun club need to re-evaluate that, and choose a better organization.
Why? As head of The Texas Republucan party, he's been terrible. Rather than concentrating on keeping Texas red, he went and ran against Greg Abbott for governor. To me that is betrayal I cannot excuse.
By the time 26 rolls around we will have very little gun “rights” left I’m afraid.
@@polarys425 I hear that all the time. It makes sense until you realize it's a requirement because the NRA is basically the only 2A org that subsidizes costs like insurance for ranges (also have to belong to the Illinois State Rifle Association, but they're a much better group for fighting for our rights).
With what there doing, not helping people out with the gun problems, they just want more, there are better organizations out there period.
As long as big gun companies , Brownell's, Midway, etc... and a shit ton of small companies support them, they will always be around.
Part, maybe most of Midway's NRA donation is from the default "round-up" at checkout that I always undo.
@@polarys425. Larry Potterfield is a long time democrat. Easily provable fact! I will never buy from midway.
@@chrisburnsed6349
Oh? I dont follow everyones political position. He has said this?
Larry Potterfield is cringe.
As a former Life member, I sent every donation request back empty but for the written statement “ Not a dime till LaPierre is gone”. Well, he’s gone. Lets see what happens regarding the Board.
NRA just hired Wayne's niece last week to a $300k a week job she will work from Nebraska.
This tells it all. Ugh.@@thmsmgnm.4513
As a life member of the NRA for over 35 years, All the money I gave to them was just pissed away.
Me too.
When I was a NRA member my membership dues never was enough for leaders. They spent millions on trying to get more money. So I dropped membership!
Me too. Can't remember the exact year. Has to be at least 20 years ago? Good reply. Still getting emails from them. Blocking them now. I'm going to try GOA but I'm still researching.
I have been a member since the early 70s and a benefactor member for twenty years five years. I live in the State of Connecticut and all of our firearms woes have never need addressed by the NRA. We are now one of the most unfriendly firearms state in America. No help at anytime that I can remember.
NRA gave up on Ct. a long time ago.I gave up on the NRA.They are useless to me.Much better groups out there.
Eric, I'm getting really big Walter Sobchak vibes from your look these days. I'm here for it. Lol
His beard really ties the room together.
Love this channel, Love Lebowski, ...that is the funniest line I've sen on the internets in a while. @@leonardticsay8046
This is not 'Nam Smokey! There are rules! 😂
The NRA could take a lesson or two from Walter.😅 At least about veracity.
Are we going to split hairs here? Am I wrong?
The NRA is definitely worth saving. I am an NRA member and a GOA member. Let’s keep the 2nd Amendment alive and join as many groups as you can.
While it's undeniable they've encountered internal strife and external pressures, their legacy of safeguarding our Second Amendment freedoms shouldn't be overlooked. Rather than writing them off, we should focus on constructive reform to ensure they remain a formidable force in protecting our rights. Let's not forget their pivotal role in shaping America's gun rights landscape.
Safeguarding our rights? 😂
Agree i will be there to help make them stronger!
I hope your kidding? Oh ya, they shaped America's gun rights landscape alright.
The NRA has backedthe NFA of 1934, the GCA of 1968, and the FOPA of 1986.
NRA supported background checks.
Supported the Mulford Act when old Ronnie Ray-Gun was Gov. of Cal.
And more....
So, they've crapped in their bed, now live in it.
I just got another " your membership has expired " letter awhile back. I felt like sending a letter back telling them I want no further contact of any kind from them, they'll never get another red cent out of me. But alas I didn't feel like taking the time.
Not real impressed with GOA.....right after joining they keep sending RENEWAL notices asking for more money! RIGHT AFTER JOINING!
A look at the 990 tax forms for non-profit organizations will show that the NRA does the heavy lifting for gun rights. The GOA is really just a few guys printing an angry news letter.
990 tax forms are public records, y'all can look at them online.
Mailings can be written off on taxes - so good luck getting them to stop.
All hands on deck.🇺🇸
Eric, Jeff and I both spoke against Wayne at the annual meeting last year and the officers and cheering section boo'd our questions and accused us of being with the anti-gun crowd. Jeff is a real treasure and thank you for mentioning his writings and support to save the NRA. Keep up the good work on RUclips too. 😊😊
Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy. Likely the same will happen to the GOA and other groups at some point in the 75-100 years. Which is why you have to always have in mind what your trying to accomplish and be ready to jump ship on any large organization the second it starts to become more about the organization than the goals of the organization. In the long run this will happen to all organizations. Then it’s time to start over with a new smaller organization.
I personally dropped any support for the NRA years ago to their abvious inaction to defend 2 A rights other than going through the motions to keep up the appearance of being for their members rights.
NRA is just a magazine company.Nothing more.
Good to have you back in the saddle. Missed your videos, but your health and your family are your priority. You've got nothing to apologize for.
Been subbed to you for years and this is the only video that has ever (that i noticed) popped up in my feed. Not sure what to make of that.
I'm a life member and all I can say is what I have heard before, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Hookers and Four Season/Hyatt hotel trips, with coke and booze didn't finish it off right away
Because there are still those people that didn't read what they do with your money
All I know is I used to go to the Range 1-2X week a few years ago when my Gun Club had excellent NRA instruction to new members. I let my membership lapse after seeing ridiculous and unsafe gun handling on a regular basis. Why? After a local Cop shot himself (I wish I was making this up) at the range, he then sued the club for not having "the appropriate signage", thus causing membrrship rates to triple. Why? Because the Club then had to carry Liability Insurance. The NRA was nowhere to be seen, following this incident, but, GOAL was.
Welcome back brother
I don’t think the NRA is dead, but it’s on life-support. It can come back, but it’s going to take a lot of work and a lot of effort by good people and I mean good people.
I'm done with the NRA. I joined fpc and goa.
Good to see ya back at it.
Great to see you’re doing well Eric!!
I'm a little PO'd from hearing this. I keep extending my NRA membership to the point where I'm probably a lifetime member. Sick to think that our representatives are no better than our enemies. I'm retired and don't have a lot of cash (especially since we started to build back better) but I have to do what I can. Just joined the GOA. Thanks for keeping an eye out.
Thanks for the update.
Excellent video, well said Eric.
Thank you Eric.... it is helpful to hear from someone as informed as you about the organizations protecting the second amendment.
I can only hope. They are garbage at protecting our rights.
Kings of Battle, brother.
Thank you, Mr. Aaron. Your keeping us free
Glad you're back!!!
Thank😸s! thanks for your service and gun content
YES!!! i cancelled my membership with them years ago
Quite a few years ago, i let my membership expire, then was bombarded with texts, emails , mailers, to come back, but i refused to write a check to Lapeire, with his name on the check
Glad to have you back.
Support no compromise, financially responsible Gun Owners of America instead of the NRA.
Great video segment very informing
Because of my age and other factors, I've been thinking of letting my NRA membership lapse. Now my mind is made up for sure. I will not be renewing.
Great Report!
I am an Endowment Life Member.. but the constant phone calls asking me to give even more money is starting to wear on me.. I give to GOA, 2nd Amendment Foundation and Oregon Firearms Federation..
Glad your back, Eric! 🎉
Saw you in Utah about a week back. It was neat.
glad your back eric!
I would really like to see you review the new "Diamondback SDR, 357 MAG., 2" Barrel Revolver from "Diamondback Firearms" !
Are those your Elvis glasses? Glad to see you back Eric.
If they were fixed, they would send an apology letter to every member and former member, as well as free membership for a year or more. And hey maybe actually doing something in the gun control fight would be nice.
I've been a lifetime member for years, but have not given money to the NRA for 10 years except for my RSO and Trainer Creds
good to see you back in the saddle my man
Glad ur back
This is so sad and frustrating of this corruption and the deterioration of an organization that I truly .. LOVED (past tense).
Every time I walk into a gun show there is an NRA booth with some guy asking people to join. I tell them that their organization endorsed John Insane war-loving McCain when the REAL gun-rights advocate (Ron Paul) was still at the height of his campaign and that they forever lost my support when they did that. Done.
I knew it stunk when I first read about LaPierre’s suits.
Wayne is a grifter.
Well said!
Can't straddle the fence forever, taking money from both sides
Thank you for your comments. Take care!
Negotiating Rights Away
Welcome back, Mr. Stark!
Which group has the most hardline stance, take your money, and join.....If the group does not support CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY NATIONWIDE AND REPEAL OF THE NFA.....DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY...
Hope you’re doing well brother!
Eric,good to hear from you. Now can you help me sight my new AR. KIDDING LOOK forward to new videos.
We can only hope.
It's sad to see what has happened with the NRA. I'm an annual member for many years, mostly because my gun range requires it. I have joined other gun rights org's only to have my mail box filled with letters begging for more money. Everyone thinks their org is doing a better job. I had to tell the NRA and my state org to stop sending letters begging for more money. My yearly dues should be enough.
Here in Idaho, the state NRA affiliate does nothing for the 2A community. Happily we do have a politically active group and have made strides to maintain and protect our rights. I've let my NRA membership lapse. Will take a real change for me to ever join again.
I do belong to my local organization as well as fpc, goa, and 2af. I contribute to all of them on a regular basis. I urge others to do the same.
NRA is just selling magazines and commercial junk now.
Those shades are slick👌
Solid video
Looking sharp
Welcome back.
The NRA needs to come up with a way to compartmentalize, isolate and prioritize their Training Department and National Firearms Museum from the political side of things, as these two things are (currently) the best part of the organization.
Eric, you truly are a voice of reason amid the chaos. I appreciate that, but the NRA is going to have to make massive changes before I and, (I'm guessing) more than a few thousand others will trust them again.
Wayne LaPierre is the poster boy for Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy. Like Stalin, those who master the internal politics of a bureaucracy tend to run it to the detriment of the purported purpose of the group.
Exactly.
I'm a live member of NRA as well as my sons for decades. Now I'm with the CRPA and GOA on monthly donations because as a California funding lawsuits is the only way things will get better for Californians.
Unlike Letitia “Tish” James, I believe owning a firearm is a civic duty. Living in a liberal gun-hating state called Maryland, I have joined and supported multiple organizations which I hope will help maintain liberty. But liberty in the tiny state of Maryland is disappearing, just like the demise of the NRA's leadership team, nothing lasts forever. Thomas Jefferson realized the same . His quote "When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." reminds us the revolution he fought has not ended. Join the fight, it is for good cause - life , liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The NRA calls me everyday, and no matter how many times I tell them to go pound sand, they still call. For this reason alone, I will never give them another dime.
I quit giving them money years ago.
I'm diggin the Jeff Lynne glasses.
I would come back if they get back to the core principles and mission they had back in the 1970s up to the early 1990s when Wayne came in and they started clearing out the people who were for the mission not self fulfillment. They did good work way back when but there will have to be protections in place to prevent an repeated outcome.
The training and matches and all they did in the past has no other group or organization nationally to fill the void. Hope they can comeback to the core mission they once had.
Joining NRA is roughly equivalent to registering your guns.
I left the NRA about 20 years ago, just after Charlton Heston stepped down as President. I did not trust the people I saw taking control then, and it turns out I was right to distrust them. I suppose it would be best if the NRA could be brought back to its stated purpose of supporting firearms owners in the USA but if it goes belly up and dies I won't shed any tears. Thank God there are other organizations such as the GOA which have stepped in to try and fill the void created by LaPierre and his cronies.
Wayne LaPierre destroyed it.
I'm just glad I didn't do the lifetime membership 20 years ago. I will wait to see what they do with the board before I give any money.
Only one lawyer.... wtf.... All those lawyers out there and only one is getting the money. Weird.
Right now my finances are restricted. But when I can GOA and VCDL will get my financial support.