What level of NRA membership are you?

[valv6]

Today I upgraded my status from NRA Patron Life Membership to NRA Life Benefactor membership for $275. Benefactor is the highest level of membership offered by the NRA. I joined the NRA as a Life member on the easy pay life (EPL) for $500 in 1993. I paid $25 every 3 months until I reached the $500 for life membership. Over the past few years the NRA has been running a special to upgrade your status of membership at the first of the year. So over the past 3 years I have went from life member to endowment member to patron member to benefactor member. Each step up from life member was $275. What level of membership are you?

Edited January 30, 2010 by valv6

[Krull]

I'm plain Jane. I do have a couple ofnice stickers and hat though.

[valv6]

Krull plain jane is good. At least you are a member.

[eapking]

Same here...peon level.

[valv6]

No matter what level you are I want to challenge everyone one on here to become a member of the NRA and if you are already a member upgrade your membership. I work with several men that own guns or go hunting. I ask them to join the NRA because they are not members. The most common response is they reply is "I need to dont I".

[56FordGuy]

I'm a basic member. I may misunderstand the Life memberships, though.

I thought once you paid the fee, either all at once or by installments, to be a Life Member, you didn't pay anymore.

I don't like that idea. If I support an organization, I want to be actively supporting them. I don't think the NRA gains much by having my name on a list as it does having my money every two years.

Then again, what if I decide to stop supporting the organization for any reason? I'm still on the roster as a life member, even if I'd stopped any extra contributions.

I prefer to support the NRA, and a few other groups, on a shorter basis. They wind up with more of my money, and when it's something I support I think that's a good thing.

[eapking]

I like to keep my options open. Right now I'm pretty darn pro-NRA. But you never know.

I will say this...if not for the NRA the 2A would be gone by now.

[Rightwinger]

Life Member, also using the ELP program.

[dralarms]

Endowment life member and wife is a life member.

[DavidH1]

ELP Distinguished Life, and the wife is a Basic Member

[Westwindmike]

Life Member since the 80's.

[TripleDigitRide]

I'm on the poor-man's yearly program.

[Guest nofearracer]

Endowment Member here.

[bvarnell]

Life member. One of the best things about it is that it almost totally stopped the solitations that used to come all the time.

Now I just send them some money for ILA.

Probably need to look at upgrading as soon as the economy improves.

[ukerduker]

Life member here

[Guest Drewsett]

I'm on the poor-man's yearly program.

This +1...and I just joined a few months ago. Then again I did just purchase my first firearm a few months before that, so I guess I'm doing okay (other than I should've started buying firearms 20 years ago heh)

[analog_kidd]

I'm a basic member.

[Guest Jcochran88]

Basic member, but I think it's time for an upgrade!

[enfield]

Endowment and, being retired, I'll probably stay here.

Benefactor, and I'm done. 

I'd have to dig deep, but I think I've been a member since 1974.

Edited August 14, 2018 by enfield
things have changed

[Reservoir Dog]

Patron Life Member

[1gewehr]

Basic member. While I believe in the NRA and they do many good things, I won't give them any more than a basic membership until they actually work at REPEALING an existing gun law.

[Jasongar8]

Basic member. While I believe in the NRA and they do many good things, I won't give them any more than a basic membership until they actually work at REPEALING an existing gun law.

The 86 MG ban? If so, thats my feelings as well. I am a yearly member.

[Guest HexHead]

Life member. Rather than upgrading my level, I upgraded my wife from associate member to life member also.

[BBill_TN]

EPL

[tnhawk]

Life Member