This is not meant to be a flame on the NRA... I am a member and will continue to be a member.
Yesterday (Sunday) I am at home working on something. The phone rings, out of area on caller-ID, but I pick it up anyway. It is the NRA. They are looking for emergency donations for the recent rulings on the 9th Circuit Court in Kalifornia. I very politely tell the lady that I will send them additional money once they get concealed carry passed in Ohio, and work to get the AWB successfully sunsetted.
The lady replies that the 9th Circuit Court ruling is about the AWB, and they are working on CC in Ohio.
I reply that the 9th Circuit ruled on the interpretation on the 2nd Amendment, whether or not it applies to private individuals, not directly to the AWB. After I state this... nothing... dead air. She hung up on me.
At no time during the conversation was anything offensive or rude conveyed, for either her or I. It seemed that when I repeated that I would give nothing above my membership dues until CC passed in Ohio, or the AWB sunsets, she wasn't interested in my views any longer.
After I put down the phone, I started thinking about the conversation... I think it is evident what the NRA's priorities are, and they aren't about listening to their membership.
Just my $0.02.
As stated first, I am a member, and will continue to be so. Regardless of a misguided phone soliciter...