That's why I quit the NRA
Although gun rights are important to me, and the NRA certainly has it's place, the institution is based on fear and is designed to feed it.
If you put on your 'money goggles', proposed gun control legislation is the NRA's bread and butter. It brings in membership fees. It drives the organization to find and fight every attempt to even just refine gun laws. It's probably what makes them so successful.