NRA is busy making calls today

[StarryNite]

23. NRA phone call I got in Aug, 2016...

I have shared this before on DU but feel it's worth sharing again. Their whole reason for being is to raise money. They will use anything they can to manipulate and scare people into donating. Anyway, the following is what I shared before...


So I get this phone call from the NRA...

A guy representing the NRA asks to speak to me by name. He said, “This is the National Rifle Association with a recording from Wayne LaPierre followed by a one question survey, would I listen. I said, sure, go ahead. So I listened to the recorded spiel about how Obama wants to take our gun rights away on his way out of office. That Hillary wants to get in behind him and further take away our gun rights. The liberals don’t want us to keep our gun rights. The NRA has no free air time on TV. yadda, yadda, yadda. When the recording was over the man calling got back on the phone and in his deep, loud, confident voice asked something to the effect of whether I want to keep my gun rights. I said of course I do. So he goes into the real purpose of the call and that was to separate me from my money. He said a normal 5 year membership is $200.00 but today I could get it for a special charge of $125.00 or $150.00, I don’t remember but at a reduced rate. So I said I would like to ask him a question. Silence on his end. So I proceeded to ask him, “What is Obama doing to take away our gun rights?” The man’s voice on the phone completely changed from a deep, strong, confident voice to literally muffled, stuttering, and mumbling. He sounded like Milton from the movie “Office Space". I waited and he finally said in his less than previously strong voice that he’s sorry but he’s not allowed to give his opinion. I told him, I don’t want your opinion, I want facts. He mumbled, “I’m sorry, I’m not at liberty to say." I said I want to know what is Obama doing to take our gun rights away? He mumbled some more and apologized and said again that he’s not at liberty to say. I spoke again telling him that the NRA is saying they don’t have free air time on TV but I said I am giving him free time right now to tell me. Another “I’m sorry, I’m not at liberty to say.” I said you called me to ask me to join yet you cannot answer any questions? I said, this is creepy. Then I said, have a good day, goodbye.
What I should also have said was, so the NRA is trying to protect the 2nd Amendment while taking away your 1st Amendment right to free speech by telling you, you are not allowed to voice your opinion? And then I should have said, I don’t want your opinion, I want the facts.