Don't get me wrong. I am not saying joining the NRA is bad. When people make statements like that I tend to ask why just to see if they know why they are doing it. Too many don't and parrot words thought up by others as the truth without examining them for themselves. The statement, We must all stick together, has been used by the manufacturers to keep men with good common sense from speaking out against things that are just plain wrong for some time now. Yet, in every firearms discussion someone will state, we must all stand together, and then they stand there smug like they really said something. I tend to ask them, Why? I choose not to support some groups and to support others. I very seldom join any of them. Last thing I joined was the American Rose Society, and that was a long time ago. You don't have to join to support certain groups, and if you do join, it does not absolve you of your need to think for yourself! The TMA is the only group that has had my real interest in a long time. Then one of them very smugly stated that production guns were welcome at the rondy on the ridge, and then said, well, we will let you shoot. Another just ripped me up one side and down the other including personal insults because I would not agree that period inlines should be allowed to compete in the shoots at the gatherings here where I live. I still support most of their ideas, and I might throw some money that way in support of the group. Joining is not a replacement for thought!