"Ten Principles Your Friends Should Know about the NRA"

2. We're a big association so we have differing opinions. To join the NRA doesn't mean
    you have to agree with everything, just one thing: the Second Amendment is an
    individual, unalienable, constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

3. We believe the best way to prevent gun accidents is through preventative education, not
    gun ignorance…NRA's "Eddie Eagle" program has reached more than 10 million
    youngsters.

4. The NRA welcomes its role as America's most effective advocate and leading force for
    expert education about gun safety, hunter ethics, accident prevention, and wildlife
    conservation.

5. If lawful firearm ownership is misportrayed as a social problem, the NRA wants to serve
    as a  productive and informed participant in that debate. We can help solve social
    wrongs without giving up any rights.

6. We condemn and fight gun recklessness or misuse in all its forms, just as we fight gun
    crime. In  our own firearms use, we seek to serve as models to others of our own good
    judgment and personal responsibility.

7. We deeply believe in and honor our country, its laws, and its government. In that spirit,
    we support the right to keep and bear arms for any lawful purpose without government
    infringementand without explanation, apology, or excuse, and most importantly,
    without bureaucratic permission or prior restraint.

8. Since we view criminal misuse of firearms as the single greatest threat to Second
   Amendment  freedom, we advocate mandatory sentencing, victims' rights, pre-trial
   detention, "Three Strikes You're Out," and increased prison capacity.

9. We view preservation of the Bill of Rights, and especially the Second Amendment, as
    among the most sacred duties of public service, and we elect our leaders to vote
    accordingly.

10. We believe it serves the interest of American freedom to instill in our children and
      each generation a reverence, respect, and understanding of the right to keep and bear
      arms, its historic relevance and bedrock philosophical foundation.