Whenever there is a major shooting, I get a letter from the NRA a week or two afterward. In each case, the envelope contains a pitch to join their organization as a member. And it always includes a survey—which is possibly the most biased, one-sided survey I have ever seen.

Normally, I throw these away. But this time, I am going to share parts of it it with all of you.

Dear Mr. Andersen: When someone hits your freedoms, you fight back.

Interesting. What do you do when someone takes a military-grade firearm and shoots up a school?

And right now, hundreds of gun-hating politicians, judges, and media elites are doing everything in their power to sabotage and destroy your freedoms, They’re attacking your freedoms in courts. They are attacking in cities and small towns all across America. They’re attacking in the states … the media ... even in Congress. They’ve spent decades passing anti-gun regulations...packing our courts with gun-hating judges...and they’re promising to fight on and never surrender until they tear the heart out of our Second Amendment Rights.

Oooooh, sounds scary—but completely wrong. In my lifetime (all 50 years of it), gun control laws have been rolled back at an alarming rate. The only thing they have right is that those of us who think it should be illegal to own an M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank will fight on, and we will never surrender.

By answering this Survey today, you’re DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND — making it clear to politicians across America that you’re not going to stand by while extremists threaten your individual liberties. Your Survey answers offer crystal-clear PROOF that if they push gun and ammo bans, sky-high taxes on gun purchases, and other attacks on your freedoms, then they risk DEFEAT in the next election.

I will spare you the rest of the letter. It is pretty much the same thing, selling fear and misinformation (and some now nonexistent discounts). The NRA claims to have 5 million members, but those numbers are sketchy at best. They are a very loud and vocal minority with deep pockets, and it is time we all tell the NRA to stick it where the sun don’t shine.