I prefer to renew every year as in the long run they will get more money. I even passed up the offer of them knocking off 400 bucks to get a life time membership.
As for the phone calls, I do not get them as I never have given them my phone number.
Instead of wasting money on cheap gifts and mailers, I would prefer to see them set up accounts with various sporting goods outlets where a customer could add a buck or two for the NRA when they make a purchase from that business. Midway and Brownells have that type of account and I always add 1-5 bucks to my order for the NRA. They have given several million to the NRA that way over the years.
I am a very strong supporter of the NRA, but I even get a little putout with their constant mailers.
As for making the knives for the NRA, Zigga is such a cheap Adam Henry, that is the only way he would get one of my knives and would be the only reason he would join the NRA.
RELH