If you want to destroy something, the first thing you do is start picking at it, and getting others to pick at it. Every organization has flaws and controversies, and the more you publicize it, the more the lynch mob gathers to revile it and soon the torches and pitchforks come out.
NRA, USA, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, you name it. There is something there that pisses you off, and these days folks go on line for a show of outrage and righteous indignation. Meanwhile Bloomberg and cronies keep the pot stirred and eventually the suits are sent packing, cash is robbed and bankruptcy follows. See where I am going here?
These ranges and clubs don't belong to you, they belong to their membership. If you don't like the rules, start your own, join up with a club whose rules you agree with, or go without.
We are not talking about a minor scandal or minor flaw this isn't WLP grabbing a free steak-dinner or occasion bump to a first class flight at the members expense. We are talking about many hundreds of thousands of dollars, possible even millions of dollars of members's donations being squandered. There is evident WLP spent over 1/4 million of NRA funds over a 13 year period on wardrobe alone. (this is above and beyond his ample salary) There were others indulgence by WLP and other senior members on travel and vacations and acts of nepotism of similar and greater finical scale.
Oliver North, President, 04/27/19
Pete Brownells, Iowa, Board of Directors 05/30/19
Chris Cox, Chief Lobbyist 06/20/19
Esther Schneider, Texas, Board of Directors 08/01/19
Sean Maloney, Ohio, Board of Directors 08/01/19
Timothy Knight, Tennessee, Board of Directors 08/01/19
Julie Golob, Missouri, Board of Directors 08/12/19
Craig Morgan, Board of Directors 08/20/19
Richard Childress, Board of Directors 08/20/19
David Lehman, Deputy Executive director and General Counsel 08/20/19
These are all (I might have missed one or two) the senior members and board members of the NRA that were driven out or quite over the WLP and cronies corruption scandal. This is not a minor flaw, this is a serious abuse of power and trust IMHO.
ETA:
I want to thank the moderates for letting this thread go as long as they have. I really appreciate that, as I think this is an important topic for a pro-2A group such as THR to discuss. I have also had my say and will refrain from rambling any more in this thread about why I don't support the NRA currently. I know many here do not agree with me on this subject, as is their right, but I think the group as a whole needs to be aware of this aspect of the NRA's current leadership situation no matter which side of the issue they might come down on. -Thanks