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Gotcha. It just sounded like from your question " I am curious as to why you are a NRA member. I understand being a gun owner, but I’m specifically curious about your reason for taking that extra step of joining the NRA" that there may have been more into it than what was written given the thread topic is a school shooting rather than memberships in general. In the end if any poster simply said "I agree with their cause" what would it being the NRA have to do with it? given that people join a variety of memberships because they agree/support their cause. Or people join a variety of memberships because of the benefits included. I guess I was trying to say I didn't understand why NRA was singled out (though I know you were coming at it from a respectful manner).
I completely understand that, and while I did try to say that it was a genuine question, I know that it’s a highly charged issue. I appreciate your answer, and request for clarification. The NRA was singled out specifically because he mentioned that he had a membership to it. Again, it was this thread because that’s where it came up.
If the answer is, as you say, just “I agree with their cause”, then that’s fine. I’m just curious whether there are reasons beyond that for taking the step to join the organisation, and it sounds like there are. There was no subtext or ulterior motive - I was genuinely just curious, and have never come across someone before who said they were a member. As I say, though, I understand that it’s a highly charged issue, and as a Brit, it’s not something that I have any interest in debating, since I don’t feel that it’s my place.