ut-ooh, The NRA probably won't be calling me back.

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this is close to the actual conversation as I can get, I should have recorded it, it would have been so much more fun.

RING-RING:
Me: McSpadden heating, how can we help you
NRA: Jeffrey, this is the NRA calling, we're reaching out to former NRA members in New York, we'd like to ask you a one question survey
Me: shoot (ya, pun intended)
NRA: Do you approve of the job President Trump is doing
Me: I sure as hell do, but the job you idiots are doing is appalling.
NRA: Jeff, let me ask you, do you approve of Bill # blah,blah,blah on National Reciprocity
Me: hey genius, in case you haven't heard the bill has been tabled because some douche bag just shot up Las Vegas, that Bill is not moving forward.
NRA: Jeff the NRA has been pushing to get Natio....( I cut him off)
Me: Hey buddy, hang on. what you're telling me is the NRA is, once again, going to compromise my rights on Bump stocks so you can get a National Reciprocity passed
NRA: Jeff, the BATF is in charge regulati (cut off again)
Me: Dude, dude stop talking, you idiots have been compromising my rights since 1934. Then again in 1968, and again in '94 and now you're about to give in again. Where were you guys in 2013 when Cuomo passed the Un-safe act, we got NO HELP FROM THE NRA, none, zip, nada. Now you want to take my money and waste it on some trinkets and give away my rights, not happening, do you hear me, N O T G O I N G TO HAPPEN.
Im a member of the NO COMPROMISE Gun Owners of America, we ain't backing down like that whiney Wayne LaPierre, so when you pussies get a backbone, call me back...click

ooh well, hope I didn't hurt the poor guys feelings, but I have had enough of their bull shit
 
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They have been calling me constantly. Earlier today I finally told the girl that while I was dubious of her capacity to relay a message for me I nonetheless wanted it known that I have been very displeased with the NRA lately and of the money grubbing, disingenuous behavior of Wayne Lapiere in particular. I told the lady I was suspending my support of the NRA in favor of other 2A advocacy groups and that this state of affairs would remain for as long as Lapiere remained in control of the NRA. I also mentioned how utterly appalled I was for the NRA getting the ball rolling on this bump fire legislation.
 
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I'm not 100% sure of this, but I believe those phone solicitors are paid. In other words, they don't care about our responses other than the contributions they garner. Their skin in the game amounts to a paycheck.

In other words, you can bet the ranch you're still on their call list and you will still receive their timely please fund Wayne's $900,000 salary phone call.
 
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masterswimmer said:
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I believe those phone solicitors are paid. In other words, they don't care about our responses other than the contributions they garner. Their skin in the game amounts to a paycheck.

In other words, you can bet the ranch you're still on their call list and you will still receive their timely please fund Wayne's $900,000 salary phone call.
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Their going to get the same basic response, every time they call ~~~ assuming my wife lets me answer the phone
 
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Podmonkey said:
They have been calling me constantly. Earlier today I finally told the girl that while I was dubious of her capacity to relay a message for me I nonetheless wanted it known that I have been very displeased with the NRA lately and of the money grubbing, disingenuous behavior of Wayne Lapiere in particular. I told the lady I was suspending my support of the NRA in favor of other 2A advocacy groups and that this state of affairs would remain for as long as Lapiere remained in control of the NRA. I also mentioned how utterly appalled I was for the NRA getting the ball rolling on this bump fire legislation.
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Same. They've been calling me multiple times a day. I don't mind giving them money if they do the right thing, but I feel like the money I've given them has gone to waste. I feel as though I've given money to a Nigerian scammer, and they won't stop bothering me ever.
 
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Defilade said:
What is Uncle Ted's take on this considering he is on the board of the NRA??? WTF!
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just guessing .. but he probably can't say anying in public without getting kicked off the board .. but i'm hoping he is fired up and yelling and calling a few some choice words ..
 
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I only have a cell phone (no landline), so I'm fortunate to have Caller ID. If I don't recognize a non-local number (and even a local one sometimes) I let it go to voicemail. I used to be an NRA member (when I first got into shooting), but let the membership lapse when SAFE was rammed up our rear. Since then I've continued to get phone calls and mailings. Finally, the other day I found a 'Contact Us' page on the NRA site and asked them to remove me from all mailing and calling lists. Not so much because of the bump-fire stock thing, but I was just tiring of shredding so much stuff. And it's a waste of postage on their end. Surprisingly they responded within a day saying all set; I didn't even have to call.

On a related note, has anyone ever heard of ANYone winning those multi-gun giveaways that NRA does? I've search online before and never found a case. Obviously not every gun owner is online, but you'd think someone would know SOMEONE who won.
 
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Defilade said:
What is Uncle Ted's take on this considering he is on the board of the NRA??? WTF!
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And you know who else is on the Board at the NRA? Tom King. You know, the asshole who sold us up the river when the SAFE Act was passed. The asshole who did NOTHING while our rights were being stripped away. The asshole who stood up in front of God and Country and said "Ladies and gentlemen, we were lied to."

Let's get his take on this, too.

Yeah, fuck that guy very much.
 
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I guess I was right. Usually, I get two calls a day (on caller ID) from the NRA, haven't had a single call since that last conversation? weird
 
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I did the same thing a few months ago. NRA guy called to offer me an extension on my dues. Told him that the NRA has done nothing for NY since the SAFE act, brought up the blended learning program for NRA instructors and how it killed my training business, etc. And I wasn't giving them a dime anymore. I haven't heard from anyone since.
 
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Defilade said:
What is Uncle Ted's take on this considering he is on the board of the NRA??? WTF!
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Uncle Ted? Like Ted Nugent? He's another sell out. Mr. 2nd Ammendment my ass.
Back on the old forum around the time of the SAFE ACT, Ted was getting paid from a company here in Buffalo for using his image on their ammo boxes. The company, Pierce Ammo, was giving money to Cuomo's campaign fund.
People were posting on Ted's Facebook page about how could he take money from this company when they're giving donations to an anti 2A politician.
Those negative posts were promptly removed from his Facebook page.
 
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Uncle Ted? Like Ted Nugent? He's another sell out. Mr. 2nd Ammendment my ass.
Back on the old forum around the time of the SAFE ACT, Ted was getting paid from a company here in Buffalo for using his image on their ammo boxes. The company, Pierce Ammo, was giving money to Cuomo's campaign fund.
People were posting on Ted's Facebook page about how could he take money from this company when they're giving donations to an anti 2A politician.
Those negative posts were promptly removed from his Facebook page.
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Not only that, he was a draft dodger.
 
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I have had the same conversation with reps from the NRA when they call me. I said i will start my membership up again when they put boots on the ground in NY. I told them I would rather support my local SCOPE chapter that gives a crap about the rights of NYer's.
 
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