NRA Commercials...anyone see them?

So, I am probably their target audience. I am not a gun hater or a gun lover. I believe in gun rights with restrictions. The one time DH joined the NRA, I sent a matching contribution to a charity that was working toward getting guns off the the street.

I watched the first one only so far and will come back and add what I thought of the other two in a moment.

First, 2 minutes was too long. I don't have that attention span for commercials. Second, had I not known going in, I would not have even considered that it was a commercial for the NRA. I think it was trying to get across that members of the NRA aren't bad people because they support the NRA. They are people like you, me, your neighbors... The commercial did make me go, "hmmm" because as much as I detest a lot of what the NRA does, it does do some good in my opinion for those it represents. (for the record I also am not a fan of PETA, ACLU, NAACP...when they are extreme)


ETA:  Service:  I did not like this one at all.  I do not believe that you should use our military to back your cause.  I get that the soldiers are supposed to be the protectors of our rights, but that wasn't what the commercial was about.  It was saying that people should serve and that there is poverty because they aren't serving.  The NRA is not serving in the way they were trying to make it seem and "the good guys" part irritated me in this commercial.  While the first one might sway my mind, this one swings it right back the other way.

Safety, I agree with being able to protect yourself, but when the beginning mentioned stoplights and protecting you from road rage, that isn't a situation when I want someone to have a gun.  Someone who is road raging is not usually thinking clearly and is out to make a point.  A gun in that situation could be dangerous.  I agree with giving people the right and the opportunity to protect themselves (mentioned late in the commercial), but I don't think we do it without regulation.

Overall (because I don't want to watch the rest of them), my stance on the NRA is this.  I don't mind that they fight for gun rights.  I mind that they fight against some common sense regulations and fight anything that comes down the line.  I swear they would fight for the right to own a rocket launcher if they could get their hands on one.

Like I said earlier, I also feel this way about the ACLU.  I support them in theory until they pick something that is just plain asinine and fight for it.  I do not support them financially because of their extreme views.

ETA: one more thing.  Denver and other parts of Colorado were in the videos quite a bit.  My guess is that we are probably a target state with the gun legislation that was passed this year.  With all the political ads we are enduring, I really hope these don't start airing here.