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This petition relates to NRA's lack of support to black powder shooters, both US and the International Events in that the NRA refuses to properly support the competitions department, and treat the sport as a legitimate shooting venue.  An example is:
The 2010 International Creedmoor Match was scheduled to be held at the Whittington Center.  With no other excuse than 'lack of funding', the Match was cancelled (after scheduling it) leaving multiple International and US participants with no event this year.  In addition, over the years, NRA's support for BPCR events has materially diminished, yet NRA's support for non black powder events is strong and contiues to grow

Might should be that the NRA re-register as a PAC and we start another "shooting" organization. They're acting as a non-profit PAC now and doing a reasonably good job of it. Let them do that, and oops, guess I forgot they have a sub-org called the ILA for Gov't stuff. This means the NRA part should be supporting us 100%. So why aren't they?

Out of curiosity, why would you believe the NRA would need to be involved in the benchrest community given a resaonable history with the IBS and NBRSA?

Gentlemen,
I am a Highpower and Smallbore shooter. I have been for thirty-five years. I am also a Benefactor member of the NRA.  The truth is every since Knox's revolution in 1977, the NRA has become more politically based than shooter based.  The National Matches have seen a decrease in funding. The DCM was taken out of the Govt budget and became the CMP. The NRA is no longer the recognized body for the US olympic programs. The Whittington Center has  been spun off. Competitors at Pistol, Highpower, and Smallbore have seen fees increase. I would guess with the establishment of a Competitive Shooting Foundation, the NRA will separate themselves from Competition in the Future.  I think no one receives the support they want. It has a lot to do with a limited amount of money. We have a choice pay Higher dues to the NRA or support our own programs. The NRA has had several political successes.  What is right ?  The NRA needs our support or our troubles will be greater. Gun control looms out there. 
Change the NRA from within.  Some of the Board is up for election. Vote.   
Kurt

Kurt,
Like Steve said, the NRA has more than enough money to support all the shooting events with the enter fees they receive, they take in a lot more than they pay out to the shooters. I've been an NRA shooter since 1960, been to Camp Perry about 25 times, seen a lot of changes take place. 

There is money to be made, I think I seen where they run about 10,000 events a year, the pay back to the shooter is next to nothing compared to what they bring in. Being that there's money to be made I still wonder why NRA wont do Benchrest and Schuetzen. 
Maybe there's not enough interest in those two shooting disciplines but with there input and push I'm sure they could build them up to be money makers. 

The NRA was built on the Shooting Sports and should support all organized shooting events, yes I know about how they fight bad gun laws and of course it's great,  but they have separate funding for that with the ILA. 

I believe that Shooting Sports money should be put back into the Shooting Sports. If some knew the wages, benefits, and perks that some of the paid NRA guys receive you would be amazed at what they get for what they do.
S T

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The idea of splitting off from the NRA has surfaced more than once with the BPCR guys but the majority still feel that the effort is better served if we can get some of the issues resolved with the NRA.
If we do it it should be better for all forms of competition as well.
That's why we need support from all competitive shooters.
Please take the time to write a letter and sign the petition.
Thanks for your interest.
Steve R.
AZ.

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S T, Well The seperation of IBS-NBRSA goes back many years and there are various opinions but to the point ,both are reasonably functioning, vibrant organizations, self supporting and I believe have no particular interest in incumbering themselves with the beurocracy and  additional moving parts the NRA requires. I'm not aware there has ever been an instance where it was thought the NRA was needed or asked. You've got group shooting, score, nationals, world championships, hall of fame, all funtioning pretty well. In rimfire BR you have several sanctioning bodies doing OK

I fully realise that other shooting disciplines have different experience.  However as a long time Silhouette shooter and current match director for Smallbore silhouette at our club I think the NRA does a pretty good job of running the sport.  I don't know anything about how much support was asked or expected from NRA for the Creedmore match and would not like to  sign a petition given how little I know about the circumstances

I do hear a lot of complaints from BPCS shooters but having shot it my self since the beginning doubt if it would have become as popular without NRA's sanction.  I have known guys, members not employees, on the Silhouette committee who have said it's not an easy group to please.  One problem has been the squadding of matches at Raton with advantage going to one group or another depending on conditions that day. Only way around that would be to group the competitors only shooting the top guys in a single day.  However it seems the majority don't like that idea.  As is it's not a true national championship just a major match.

There are a lot of disciplines however and doubt if NRA has the resources to run them all. Add them up pistol shotgun rifle and all could be two dozen different shooting sports with sub categories like we have with single shots.   When it comes to our sport just Schuetzen, Competition is run locally at the club level with little interference or support from the 3 national groups at all. Some clubs that's good others it's not so good. If somebody put it all together shot all Schuetzen under one umbrella like NRA could offer, we would be better off, in my opinion that is. 

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