What are the benefits of being a member of the NRA

[Red Hat]

It covers accidents during the use of firearms, hunting included. Not just hunting.

[Ga9mm]

Thanks!

[kn1080]

The most prominant benefit of being a member of the NRA is what they do for us in washington. These people keep a watchful eye on every piece of legislation that is entered and fight anti-gunright bills to the death.

As far as tangible benefits, they offer free insurance for your firearms, the magazine, reduced rate credit cards and, much like AAA, they have price agreements with many many companies throughout the US for its members.

Im a life member and still donate to the legislative cause.

[AvidshooterTX]

It's got the most clout but also check out the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America and others.

[ConditionOne]

An associate of mine joined the NRA, and signed up with a purposefully misspelled version of his name. He claims that within a few weeks, he began receiving all sorts of unsolicited "junk mail" to that misspelled name, meaning the NRA had shared his information. Be it sharing with partner organizations or selling to 3rd parties, this is something that really irritates him, and honestly it would irritate me as well.

This particular person has been known to exaggerate at times, and I'm not sure I should take him on his word. He does like to embellish and blow things out of proportion. I was wondering, have any of you experienced anything similar after joining? I do intend to join soon (money is quite tight at the moment), but I don't really want to receive a bunch of mail or annoying phone calls.