CE Harris and American Rifleman April 1976

I have been a member of the NRA for nearly 60 yrs. and a lifer for 50. And yes I really don't care if the American Rifleman comes or not any more because I still remember what it once was. But nothing ever stays the same. That's just a fact of life. Oh, how I wish I still had my first new car, a 1968 RS SS Camaro. But I don't, It's long gone, never to return. And no, I don't always agree with what the hierarchy does or says sometimes but without it's political clout, members, where do you think we would be today? As distasteful as the political game is nowadays, that's the way things are  done in our present society anymore.  I am glad that they can put fear into the hearts of some legislators because too many are only there for the sole reason of furthering there own personal agenda or fatten their own port folio anyway. Why should they be afraid of the NRA in the first place. Many years ago, then NRA president Joe Foss spoke to at a gathering of sportsman near here. If you don't know who Joe Foss was, just Google the name. A SD boy by the way. Anyway he related a conversation that he had had with a sportsman  that refused to join the NRA because he didn't agree with something that they had done regarding an issue. Joe asked, “Do you always agree with your wife” The reply was, "Of course not.” Joe,- Why don't you leave her then"?  The best way to make each voice heard is at the ballot box every time we get a chance.