On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 10:45:18 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
wrote:

On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 7:31:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:36:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

The NRA has record high membership and they manage to spend close to a
half billion a year on causes and candidates so rumors of their demise
by people like Madcow are greatly exaggerated, grounded in wishful
thinking.

Really? As far as I've been able to determine, they've been claiming
"five million" or "nearly five million" or "5.5 million" for about
eight years. Analysis of their IRS filings suggests that much of
their income (and income growth) nowadays is from donations rather
than dues.

My husband used to be a member, but dropped his membership because
the organization was getting "crazy". He still shoots fairly often.

I suspect the NRA will eventually succumb to demographic changes,
despite the jump in membership they get every time there's a
mass shooting and folks start talking about gun control.

Cindy Hamilton

ILA spent $430 million last year and in DC that is swinging a pretty
big dick. (Right up there with big medical, lawyers, bankers and
insurance companies). The rumors of their demise is simply wishful
thinking. I suspect that people who are not willing to sign up on the
list of members, still send them money.
In DC, money talks, bull**** walks.