Of course. My dad was an NRA instructor and every male member of the family (my dad was youngest of 7 children each of whom had 4 kids) growing up was an NRA member as well. No, wasn't a male only club, none of the women had any interest in guns or hunting. None ever complained about it either.
Stay well,
Paul

Yes, since I was old enough to join!!! If not for the NRA we would be like the UK,Germany, and Australia.

Hawkeye47

Yes. Life Member. Twin sons Junior Life Members.

You may not agree with everything about the NRA, but exactly who in the world do you agree with everything on? The important thing to remember is that the NRA and its efforts are some of the very few things that still stand between the rights of Americans and the anti-gun nuts. You gotta pull together!

Definitely! Just renewed annual membership.

life member

no

U betcha

Lifer

Member since 1969, Life member since 1989.

Bob

A life member and proud of it!

No...

And probably will never be a member.

NRA Life Member since 1982. There's no one else to fight for
our rights. Any excuses to the contrary are BS, as far as I'm concerned!!

bowhuntr

Yes I am, and I agree that everyone who wants to hunt with or own a gun should support the NRA.Their fighting for our rights!

Annual from 1976 to 1992. (As I recall back then you had to have a member vouch for your good character before applying.) Life since then. Also, charter member of Second Amendment Task Force.

I agree that our 4 million membership is the greatest obstacle to losing most, if not all of our gun rights.
As my guns and handloading equipment give me enormous pleasure, I have included the NRA in my will.

I have tried to get some of my hunting friends to join the cause for decades. Most boo-hoo about the yearly dues being too much and don't believe that their government could ever end their gun ownership. But they are the kind of guys who, when asked on a fishing trip, demand a guarantee they will catch fish or else they won't spend the money. Those same guys are not registered to vote, either. That's the real shame. As we all know the getting and keeping of pro-gun politicians in office is the end game of all our donations and grass roots efforts.

In 1980 I quit my 10 year membership at a gun club that was only 1 mile away from home. As I was renewing my annual dues I asked why the club was not affiliated with the NRA. A club officer, hearing my question wasn't getting an adequate answer, came out of his office and flatly stated that the majority of board members thought that VP Harlon Carter made too much money. I was shocked! I demanded my money back and haven't been there since. Since then I've had to travel 20 to 40 miles to the two clubs I now belong to. I was at the annual 'hunters and farmers' nite (I am both) this past autumn and hung on one wall were two giant bank checks. From accross the room all I could make out were the letters "NRA". I assumed it to be the aggregate of the members giving for that year. Wrong. It was money FROM the NRA to the club for improvements to the ranges and for Junior programs. It was sure nice to see some of my money returned close to home for a change instead of having to pay lawyers in Washington, D C.

I wish I could have made it to the annual members meeting in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago. I did attend the 1998 Philadelphia convention. Wayne, Charleton, Ollie North, Joe Foss gave me such a patriotic feeling it's hard to describe.
I truly believe that every American gunowner should be an NRA member. A special thanks to our foreign members like Saeed for their support.


Oh yeah, I almost forgot........ I'm the NRA < !--color-->

NRA Employee and member. Oh yeah, and SCI member too.
Doug

Yep, NRA member! along with everyone in my huntclub.....

Benefactor, Member since 1955. Son is Lifer.

But of course! Wife and I both are NRA Members as well as CCW permits holders in CO.

Yes I am

Yup!

Endowment Member, and my son is a Life Member.

Rick.

Life Member, and I agree, you should have to show your NRA membership to get a hunting license. Everyone in our gun club is required to be a member.

Life.
What amazes me is the number of non-U.S. citizens that are members.

Life endowment member

I'm a life member, have been since May of '68. Been working on local FNRA Committee for 6 years--chairman now. I noted a couple guys said that they were not. It would be interesting to hear their explanations as to why.

Yes, annual. Will be a Life Member one day, if only to keep them from sending me a renewal form every month .

You betcha!

YEP

Lifer for 20 years and throw $100/year to ILA.
"From my cold dead hands"

Well after 68 replies it is promising to see that only two are not members. Nobody volunteered to explain why they are not members so I guess I can assume my assumptions are correct:

1. They don't care about their gun rights, thus they wouldn't give a shit if they were told tomorrow that they could never go hunting again or own that cool Glock.

2. Agree with current gun control laws, and think they (the laws) are doing some good for the country and keeping us all safe.

3. Can't afford it.

4. Something the NRA did or said pissed them off, and they can't get over it.

As I said earlier, they are not perfect, and I certainly don't worship them by any means, but I just think that without the NRA or something similar we'd be looking for new hobbies.

43DEER

No I am not a member of the NRA. I was an anual member for quite a long time but never could bring myself to become a lifer due to some nagging doubts about the effectiveness and dependability of the NRA. To me it seems they are very willing to compromise on to many important points. I look at the support they gave the Brady bill and the" assault weapons" ban as examples. The rational was that these are not "sporting guns" and if we make this a fight then we might loose even more. Well I want to make a fight of this issue. I want to see REAL chalenges to unconstitutional laws, I want to see risks taken because without these things the BEST we can do is slow down the anti's progres, we will never stop them let alone reverse the already enacted laws.
The NRA has not shown anything to make me believe they are willing to do this.

No I can not in good concious be a member of a group that seeks appeasment by trading some of my freedoms away.
This does NOT mean I am not involved in the fight. On the contrary, I participate in many smaller grass roots organizations that also fight the good fight. I am member of GOA, I am VERY active in local/state politics, and I never miss an oportunity to have a rational discussion with anyone who sees guns as a danger. These discussions may well be the best approach we have to keeping our rights, because there is no sound evidence that supports the anti's case. As long as we keep a clear head and present ourselvess well we do come out ahead in the end. The NRA is certainly the biggest voice, I just disagree with too much of what it says today.

No personal issues with them at all just disagree with their stratagey and methodes.

Life member since 1965 ... if you shoot, or hunt the NRA is a must ..

Yes. I am an annual member.

My dad, me since I was 12 and now my wife, too. I might add, that probably 25% of the men in our church, too.

Life member

For a very long time.

They haven't done all I'd like them to do at times ... but splitting the funding and the support doesn't strike me as being smart.

43deer: Yes I am proud to be an Endowment Member of the National Rifle Association. First joined in 1967.
Long live the NRA!
Thank God for the NRA!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

No, the man is not wrong. That attitude will get us into a situation worse than yours in Canada.

wrong on all counts