# Thoughts and prayers to the NRA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549 "2020-08-08T02:27:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549/1 "2020-08-08T02:27:50Z")

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I have been a shooting enthusiast most of my life but I parted ways with the NRA back in the early 90s. Looking like I made the right decision !

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549/2 "2020-08-08T04:10:14Z")

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Right there with ya!

[![](https://i.imgur.com/JWh0McN.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JWh0McN.jpg)

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**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549/3 "2020-08-12T19:39:58Z")

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The NRA went from _Field & Stream_ back in the 70s to _Soldier of Fortune_ by the late 90s.

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. Only way to be sure.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-and-prayers-to-the-nra/917549/4 "2020-08-12T21:38:13Z")

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I was an NRA member for less than a year. I joined in late 1994. Then in April, 1995 the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed by 2 gun fanatics. It was unbelievable that the NRA’s opinion was so off-the-wall crazy about this incident. They had an editorial stating the bombing was a tragedy. THEN they said the REAL tragedy was that the 2 bombers took this action because new gun regulations interfered with their rights to own and purchase firearms!!! That was more than enough to make me quit the NRA and sent them a letter saying how bat-shit crazy they were.