Yes Ed, there are such members.
I'm member of the German organization "Forum Waffenrecht"
www.fwr.de/
Nothing to compare with the NRA, we're only approx. 27,000. Unbelievable in a country having approx. 1.6 million legal gun owners and a reelected governtment of Reddish and Vegetable Taliban!
We just had the new law on (fire)arms officially announced last week. Most all becomes effective on 1st April of 2003 (what a day for fools); pump action shotguns having a pistol grip only instead of a stock are illegal as of last week. Lots of restrictions on buying, heirship, and so on.
Folks here still don't wake up.
Juergen