Not a big fan of NRA here. One thing they could do in NJ is help organize those alleged 1 million gun owners into a voting bloc, something I've advocated for years. Another is to invest a minimal amount of resources towards un-electing NJ legislators in vulnerable districts. I have outlined a plan to do that several times in this forum. Not much interest. The other thing they did which annoyed, it seemed, only me is not inviting Christie to their Republican shindig last year. "YEAH CHRISTIE #$)#( RINO #$@#$(" blah blah blah." WTF is NRA to decide who is in a position to help NJ gun owners? And for something Christie ran on like 20 years ago! Meanwhile Christie has been the only bright spot for us as the legislature has tried again and again to pound gun owners into irrelevance. You yahoos don't like Christie much? Wait until Murphy is governor.
Finally, NRA pissed me off most recently when it did not stand up for that poor guy in Minneapolis, a licensed CC guy, who was executed by a cop for following the letter of the law. The cop was acquitted of all charges, of course, because he felt he was "in danger." Poor little snowflake.
NRA has written NJ off. Their relations with us consist of 1) collecting dues 2) collecting dues 3) collecting dues 4) providing certification for training that is for the most part irrelevant to NJ residents and 5) "sanctioning" organizations like ANJRPC, to which I belong, again for reasons that have no relevance to me.
It's a free country. Send them your $600 if you like. Expecting something in return is sheer madness.