I agree 100% with the above.
I am also extremely PO'ed at all of the fraudulent advertisements they permit in their magazine, with these ads used to defraud their very own (more gullible) NRA members. [See my letter to the NRA below, sent a few years back]. :aargh4:
But, unfortunately, they are the only real and effective game in town, which is why I am, and will always be, an NRA member.
My letter to the NRA:
"Dear NRA,
As a long standing member of the National Rifle Association, I would like to know why the NRA permits blatantly deceptive advertisements for useless health products in the American Rifleman magazine?
A few quick examples:
a. "Claroxan supplement", which promises to "greatly improve" a person's age-deteriorated vision;
b. "The Hearing Pill", which guarantees "to reduce noise-induced hearing loss";
c. "The Reverse Aging Miracle" HGH pill which not only magically makes you younger, but also is a remedy for obesity, insomnia, high blood pressure, impotence, baldness, hemorrhoids, cataracts, angina, fatigue, and "reverses many degenerative disease symptoms".
There is absolutely no excuse for allowing such reprehensible ads in the American Rifleman. I realize you are doing it just for the advertising revenue, but when you tolerate these types of bogus health products in your magazine, you are not only being a party to a scam that adversely affects people's wellbeing, but you are also permitting unscrupulous companies to rip-off your own NRA members.
By permitting these ads, it also decreases the apparent veracity and honesty of the NRA not only in the eyes of its own members, but also in the eyes of the media, politicians, and the public.
Why are these advertisements for sham medical treatment products tolerated in the American Rifleman? "
-Bill :tired: