(Ironic. I know.)
It's really because the nearest gun range (literally 3 blocks away) requires the accidental death life insurance that comes with NRA membership.
Why it's ironic is because I am a Voluntaryist (a practitioner of Voluntaryism) that is supporting an association that is supporting and advocating for government ie initiators of force (which includes "2A advocates" ie the NRA and all other #Statists* for that matter) to stop government from initiating force against me because I have weapons for personal defense to protect myself from usurpers up unto and including government.
The NRA is, by default, a statist organization. The only way it could ever truly be for the protection of gun rights is if it were STAUNCHLY, unequivocally, and unapologetically anti-govt!
I am not, nor should you or anyone else be, under the illusion that your donations do anything more than line NRA staff's pockets.
And just so that we are absolutely clear, what I am about to say next is not a call to arms or in any way meant to incite use of deadly force (albeit COMPLETELY morally justified):
The only way anyone (including those calling themselves the NRA) will ever fight for your right to bear arms is by actually bearing arms and shooting anybody that would dare threaten to infringe/infringing on your right to possess firearms or anything firearm related. Until the NRA starts dropping senators; congressmen; judges; DAs; city, town, state, and federal police agents etc; don't fall for the okie doke.
But needless to say, many do and will continue to. And they use an arsenal of logical fallacies to get the easily duped to part with what's left of their heavily taxed income. (By the way: Taxation is theft!!! ).
But not me. I have decided to instead of hanging up when they call (and call they will), to make the NRA donation callers really uncomfortable about what it is they're doing. Here is how the last call went:
Phone rings
Me: Hello?
NRA Caller:May I speak to KEY-RAN Pearson. (My name actually rhymes with Byron)
Me: Suspiciously* May I ask who's calling? (I NEVER confirm my identity)
NRA caller: I'm Blah blah blah..LaPierre...the Democrats... Nancy Pelosi...blah blah blah
Me: Interrupting* I only care about freedom.
NRA caller: OK that's why I'm calling....to get support for blah blah blah
Me: No matter who you vote for, Taxation remains theft. I don't vote for slavery.
NRA caller: You don't support democracy?
Me. Do you support gang rape? Because it's democracy manifest.
NRA caller: Not really the same thing.
Me: It is if you were to ever actually think about.
Pregnant pause
NRA caller: The NRA is located at blah blah blah.
Me. I know where it is. I'm a lifetime member.
NRA: blah blah blah
Me: You're actually going to finish your schpill, huh?!
NRA caller: finishes schpill* You have a good afternoon.
I sure hope (know (NSA)) the calls are being recorded and added to my file. And maybe someone will listen to them and it breaks something in their minds and it frees them from illusion. Maybe one day when there is a Voluntaryist world, historians will find those recordings and I will be remembered as a freedom fighter. *Illusion of posthumous grandeur
Taxation remains theft.
Statism remains slavery.
I have long since stopped supporting the NRA. They want my guns in a safe, trigger locked, unloaded, and separate from the ammunition. No thanks! I'll keep them ready to use at the same time as being safe from my children.
couldn't agree more. Of anyone, GOA is the organization to go through. They also are giving a year free GOA membership with a purchase from copper customs I think? Anyhow I hope it gets better here. BTW we have a growing discord channel for the steemit gun community so feel free to join us man: https://discord.gg/ewbyKtN
I was a member of GoA for a while. Then I got upset with them because one of the leaders was trying to get rid of face to face gun sales. That really pissed me off. Here in Virginia I can buy and sell face to face. All I need to see is a valid driver's license. I'll definitely check out the discord later today. Thanks!
Awesome man. We really want to make steemit the place for guns
I think Steemit is going to be like its own Internet. I would even go so far as to say there are going to be Pages Etc just like Facebook and all of it will be monetized. I think that is going to be a huge Marketplace/ecosystem / environment for all types of Internet of Things; connective,social media platforms.
With all that being said I think the gun enthusiast/gun fanciers are going to find not only a platform for which they can really put out the information and content that they think is important and valuable, but also be able to make money doing it. It's only a matter of time before they figure out steemit.
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