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January 8, 2024, 02:25 PM | #26 |
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Since the 94 crime bill went into law, I haven't seen the NRA do much to challenge laws but a lot to use the passage of new laws to beg for donations. I do hope the organization will change it's main focus from advertising and fundraising for profit to meaningful political action. Once you pay to become a life member, you will still get renewal notices asking to sign up for another X number of years on a regular basis.
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January 8, 2024, 08:24 PM | #27 |
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Life member, who has refused all contact with the NRA after WLP’s personal clothing allowance came to light.
This could be a good first step, but a LOT more needs to be done to right the ship, let alone earn the trust of those they’ve alienated over the years. I won’t be holding my breath.
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January 9, 2024, 01:05 PM | #28 |
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Looks like a former NRA employee has cut a deal with the Prosecution and will be "pointing the finger" at Wayne LaPierre.
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January 11, 2024, 07:11 PM | #29 |
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Some more LaPierre information.
BREAKING: Wayne Lapierre NRA CORRUPTION EXPOSED https://youtu.be/O2YKi9SOXd0?t=76 Watch until the end. |
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January 12, 2024, 10:05 AM | #31 |
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Well, maybe the NRA can rebuild itself after WLP departs. His absence is being rejoiced by the membership.
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January 12, 2024, 10:10 AM | #32 |
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I nominate Uncle Ted to take the reigns.
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January 12, 2024, 02:04 PM | #33 |
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Not the first time a non-profit was used as an expense account by its top brass.
Much of the battle for the 2A and RKBA is being fought at the state level-cf. the passage of CCW and Constitutional Carry, strengthening state and local organizations should be our main focus. |
January 12, 2024, 04:40 PM | #34 |
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... I wouldn't care if the NRA Exec were all made mafia men as long as they keep getting results and defending 2A
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January 12, 2024, 05:59 PM | #35 |
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Here is an article that delves into NRA financials - link.
The article seems well balanced, it gives some insight into the NRA financial problems. Will the membership come back now that WLP is leaving the NRA?
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The board (most of it) is as rotten as LaPierre is. "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."
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January 13, 2024, 06:54 AM | #38 | |
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The NRA hasn't done much to reach them, and the perception is that they're out of touch. Much of this is due to folks like GOA and NAGR. Those orgs know how to work social media better, and they score points by nipping at the NRA's heels. I see quite a bit of "well, what has the NRA done for me lately" stuff thrown around on Facebook and Twitter. I can point out things like Bruen all day long, but all most people see about them lately is the scandal. I'm not sure how they turn that around.
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January 13, 2024, 08:41 AM | #39 |
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The NRA will make a turn for the better when the HOR and Senate votes for term limits on themselves.
IOW, LaPierre or no LaPierre, the NRA isn't going to right the Ship.
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January 13, 2024, 10:40 AM | #40 |
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January 14, 2024, 10:35 PM | #42 |
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Uncle Ted takes over, I'd sign back up. La Pierre was the face. How many others used donated funds. I recall I read about a $40k wedding using NRA funds? He wasn't the only one.
How many pennies of a donated dollar must go just to overhead keeping lights on. Seems its been some years under Wayne no pennies of that dollar even went to fighting for the 2A |
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I know there have been cases where the NRA was not the "lead" organization getting them to court, but have there been any in recent decades where the NRA was not involved in some fashion??
Another point, is simply, the popular press and social media "influencers" (or what ever term applies) not giving the NRA credit for their role in anything other than giving the NRA full and FALSE credit for promoting murder. Another point is the "what have they done for me lately" attitude. Bruen is going on a couple years ago now.
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(In reality, they don't even crack the list of top 50 lobbying organizations.) As for the social-media people, there are two problems:
So they tell us the NRA has completely sold our rights down the river because they won't get the NFA repealed right now or California gun laws are still too strict. They don't understand there's a process, and what's more, they don't want to hear about it. They want platitudes and "no compromise" rhetoric. So groups like NAGR and GOA jump in to fill the gap. We live in an age when grand gestures are more important than boring action.
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The NRA hasn't been entirely useless, but they also have definitely not been entirely helpful.
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I suppoe the rule of politics also applies to the NRA Board. Never vote for an inccumbent. (S)he cheated/stole enough the first time.
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January 15, 2024, 07:03 PM | #48 |
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The hugely bloated board of directors are complicit in perpetuating this fraud. They need to go, otherwise the NRA of the future is the same old same old.
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January 16, 2024, 01:54 AM | #49 |
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The corruption goes beyond Wayne. One of the ways he stayed in power was to have a huge Board of Directors, most of whom have fat contracts with the NRA for consulting and support. You'll have to clean out the whole mess to get to an honest organization.
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Lots of good people in the NRA providing training and educational opportunities all over this country. That used to be their bread and butter. That's what they did and still do their best at.
The NRA should NOT be destroyed. We need them. They are the largest gun rights organization in the country and when they finish cleaning house, they'll double in size. Many --MANY-- former members like myself want to join again, but not while there's still a whiff of the corruption that WLP represents. The executive leadership and bylaws were engineered to serve 1 man: WLP. There needs to be a change to the roles of the national board and the executive VP. WLP wore too many hats and too many people deferred to him rather than fight the whole organization. Smarter people than me will have to figure out how to fix this mess. I joined GOA for their aggressive 2A advocacy. An NRA trainer said to me the NRA historically was about gun safety and training and suggested joining GOA for no compromise advocacy since that was never what the NRA was about. Lately, it seems the NRA has been the group making grand gestures on the advocacy and constitutional rights fight. Quote:
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