thedrifter
08-21-07, 07:20 AM
NRA offers troops free one-year membership
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 17:08:18 EDT
Active-duty military personnel are eligible for a free one-year membership in the National Rifle Association.
A one-year membership typically costs $35. This offer will run indefinitely, said Zach Price, workplace giving coordinator for the NRA Office of Advancement. It is also open to Guard and Reserve members who have been called to active duty.
Service members can sign up for the free year's membership online.
Benefits of membership include a subscription to an NRA magazine, $5,000 worth of accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and $1,000 of ArmsCare coverage for firearms, air guns, bows and arrows against theft, accidental loss and damage, as well as other benefits.
"NRA wants to emphasize the partnership between itself and the military," Price said. "There's a lot of overlap with the military in shooting sports, training classes, and a lot of present NRA members are current or former military." The NRA's ties with the military reach back to 1871 when the association was founded by two Union army veterans.
"We want to give a big thank-you to our active-duty troops," Price said.
As with all similar association memberships, he said, members are asked if they want to renew at the end of their membership, as paid members.
Ellie
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 17:08:18 EDT
Active-duty military personnel are eligible for a free one-year membership in the National Rifle Association.
A one-year membership typically costs $35. This offer will run indefinitely, said Zach Price, workplace giving coordinator for the NRA Office of Advancement. It is also open to Guard and Reserve members who have been called to active duty.
Service members can sign up for the free year's membership online.
Benefits of membership include a subscription to an NRA magazine, $5,000 worth of accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and $1,000 of ArmsCare coverage for firearms, air guns, bows and arrows against theft, accidental loss and damage, as well as other benefits.
"NRA wants to emphasize the partnership between itself and the military," Price said. "There's a lot of overlap with the military in shooting sports, training classes, and a lot of present NRA members are current or former military." The NRA's ties with the military reach back to 1871 when the association was founded by two Union army veterans.
"We want to give a big thank-you to our active-duty troops," Price said.
As with all similar association memberships, he said, members are asked if they want to renew at the end of their membership, as paid members.
Ellie