If one third of these members are paying $300 to upgrade their membership to life memberships, that is a tally of $25,000,000. Add to that the remainder of the 250,000 enrolling for only one year, equates to $5,833,333. So, the grand total is nearly $31 million and probably much, much more.
The people taking advantage of this promotion in the face of the deaths in the USA are doing so to prevent paying regular annual memberships, STATUS as a Lifer and for the discounts afforded them by participating merchants from all venues of products and services.
How can anyone provide any brevity to the stand of the NRA if all this is about is money and nothing more. The NRA uses these horrific tragedies as a method to raise money through scare tactics as if the government is actually seeking to take away their guns. Their members anticipate this pandering and jump on it when it is offered knowing full well after every such event this is a methodology for money. Like, what? Wow.
This is outrageous. This is outrageously immoral. This is an outrageous campaign, both the money campaign and the campaign for military style weapons in our society. This is outrageous in complete disrespect for human life and this time is it children and their educators.
The NRA is immoral, opportunistic, exploitative and a threat to a civilized society.
Jan. 10, 2013 @ 10:36a
A lifetime membership (click here) with the NRA is normally $1000, but the NRA has relaunched their $300 Life Membership offer at NRA - We the People.
Unlike in some previous years, where this had to be done over the phone, this is completely online.
The form at this site requires the NRA Member ID, email address, and ZIP code of an existing Life Member, as well as a Security Code (which is shown on the page to prevent bots from submitting the form).
Updated:
You (or a Life Member) must enter an existing Life Member's information (Member ID, email address, and ZIP code) and the Captcha-type Security Code - then click "Continue". Don't click "Not a member? Join here."
The second page will ask if you want to upgrade the membership of the Life Member whose ID was entered to Endowment. Unless you wish to do this, just click "Continue".
The third page will say Give a Gift Membership. On this page, select the Life Membership in the first drop down list, and enter the name and other info of the new/to-be-upgraded member - not the Life Member that provided the ID.
Select Review & Complete Your Transaction. You should be able to enter all relevant credit card info there.
