Pity the poor National Rifle Association;

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its 100 million in dept. What's more reports The New York Times, the group has suffered a recent slide in membership, from 4.3 to 3.4 million. The loss of Charleston Heston as president after seven years may have hurt the NRA; the high cost of lobbying Congress and paying for TV ads to fight campaing-finance reward cetainly did. Help could come from young and upwardly mobile hunters. These well-heelded newcomers are attracted to the sport in part by the groovy gear. Fitted camouflage jumpsuits for women, British-made hunting jackets, and pricey rifles and shotguns._High Country News, 3/1/04

I think I'd rather have the rednecks running around the woods than the new breed.