The NRA, our rights, and a new hobby

I believe every decent American should have the right to own firearms. I was raised in a home with firearms (which I rarely saw, but knew were there), and with all of the attention lately on gun control, I felt compelled to become a member of the NRA.  To me, this is a good way to support our 2nd amendment rights, and a way to stand up for what I believe is right. 

I became a member of the NRA in November 2010...I didn't own a firearm.

Until this point, I wasn't particularly interested in firearms.  It wasn't uncommon for me to say things such as "I'm not a big fan of recoil".  I've even been to family events where skeet shooting was enjoyed, but I kept to toying with the potato cannon instead.

Still, I felt compelled to do more.  Joining the NRA seemed like a great way to fund the fight for our rights...but I wanted stand up through action as well.  I started looking for a small calibre rifle...eventually settling on a 17HMR.

I recruited family members and friends to show me the ropes, I was hooked!  What fun I had been missing!  And I learned that shooting well is much tougher than it seems in theory.  This new hobby is now a major part of my life, I now own many guns, and I've become a big fan of recoil!

The irony in all of this is...the attack on our 2nd amendment rights, and my desire to stand up...drove me to become a gun owning American...surely not what the gun-grabbers wanted.

Please, if your not a member of the NRA, join today.

https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp 

If your not a gun owner, consider it.  If you are one or both of the above, find someone new to introduce to this wonderful hobby!

I'm a gun owner.

I'm a member of the NRA.

I'm proud to be an American!