Thread: The anti gun lobby

Touchy point Sidney, or should I say Richard ? Want to have another go at answering questions about membership ?

Res, dude, it is your money, do with it what you want. For me, I choose to support organisations that are happy to publicly disclose their membership numbers (not some fantasy they dreamt up), easily verifiable by dividing the subs income. Can you easily get hold of financial statements for the last couple of years ? How hard is it to get info about organisational structure, regional representatives, background of the leadership team etc. Think of it as buying shares in a company...

Originally Posted by ebf

Touchy point Sidney, or should I say Richard ? Want to have another go at answering questions about membership ?

Res, dude, it is your money, do with it what you want. For me, I choose to support organisations that are happy to publicly disclose their membership numbers (not some fantasy they dreamt up), easily verifiable by dividing the subs income. Can you easily get hold of financial statements for the last couple of years ? How hard is it to get info about organisational structure, regional representatives, background of the leadership team etc. Think of it as buying shares in a company...

Here is the thing Efb.... your wrong again.... so capacity obviously is an issue for you...

I know Richard, but am not him... I am not a member of the NSA and have not been associated with their legal activities..

I am however a law student, the only bit you have right so far....

If you want to buy shares in a company you should do so.... if you wish to support activates that encourage accountability, that might be a different thing.

Applying your formulae of how to achieve end game results sounds like you are prescribing inactivity... Analysis of membership and representation is purely a red herring. I am far more interested in the aims, activities and capacity of the group that I am supporting. What are our choices here...? Listening to the likes of you or going with something that actually achieves something?

You do not need large membership to pursue legal remedy, you need funding streams. Large memberships are more often than not, inefficient and indecisive, just witness your own diversionary opinion.

We have an extremely diverse community within the recreation firearms users community and getting everybody on the same page will always seem to be an exercise in herding cats....

Thankfully some people just get on with it.... your should go and do some more memberships analysis...