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Heck, even a “liberal” if they focused only on the Bill of Rights. Specifically the 2nd.
 
This is my opinion it's worth what you paid for it.

The NRA needs to concern itself with firearms training, firearms safety issues and protecting our second amendment rights. They need to quit worrying about "The Clenched FIST Of Truth".

Having said that, I believe that LaPierre was absolutely correct when he called CNN out for faking a news story.

Other than that I think they should stay completely out of politics except letting people know this is how this candidate voted on these Second Amendment issues.

They turned off a lot of people when they went political.

 
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mdThanatos said:
I haven't renewed my membership in a while because of them getting away from what I want them to focus on. If they can get back to our rights and get better leadership I might support them again.
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same here. I left when George H.W. Bush left.
 
Trunk Monkey said:
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Wayne LaPierre makes more than that. The figure that I heard was $5000000 a year.
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Wouldn't surprise me. Heck, the Exec Director of the Boy Scouts of America was pulling in $4 mil back in the early 2000's. (And they seem to be having some fiscal and membership issues as well. Hmmm. Imagine that.)
 
The NRA membership need to demand an independent, outside, full financial audit so we know, exactly, where all the money is going.
Salaries for certain, administrators, need to be cut and put in line with reality.
Chris Cox and his "legislative group" needs to go and save bunches of money.
I'm not sure Ollie North is the right person to be leading the NRA.
Get back to supporting gun rights and defending the second amendment, not going after "social issues".
I am an NRA member and that's what I think.
 
GBExpat said:
I sure wish they would get rid of him and get a better representative for the NRA.

It is like having an organization that our opponents constantly seek to demonize and for a spokesman we choose the Devil.

Why must we insist on helping them?

Just one man's opinion ...
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The man is just plain evil. Get rid of him and find someone who can put a human face on the NRA.
 
Wayne LaPierre , 2017 compensation $1,366,688. In 2015- $5,051,249 the highest. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530116130/201623149349300602/IRS990

The money raised by the NRA has increases a lot since 2001.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521710886

Compared the compensation to what CEOs make that run large for profit companys.

We may not like some leaders of the NRA, but if you love guns, you should love the NRA as a whole. Our firearms rights would be gone, if not for the NRA. Imo.
 
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I've met La Pierre and wasn't overly impressed. Very arrogant unless you are a major donor.Not a fan.

With that said, I don't know if now is the right time to ditch him. Coming up on 2020 elections and I don't think an amateur should be at the helm.
 
Steel Horse Rider said:
Those of you who think that the Second Amendment can be separated from other Constitutional issues are ignorant of how the Constitution works and how a rock is destroyed. You take the support from under rock a piece at a time and pretty soon it collapses from its own weight. Undermine the concepts of liberty (being able to make your own choices concerning yourself and your family), property rights, laws against illegal search and seizure and pretty soon you have no right to protect your self or your property. We are very close to that now so those of you who don't really believe that the Constitution was provided to keep men free and government limited just keep on chipping away.......
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…concepts of liberty (being able to make your own choices concerning yourself and your family), property rights, laws against illegal search and seizure…

And that’s one of the many problems with the NRA: it has abandoned its original mission of firearms and firearms training and instead immersed itself in all things politics, supporting candidates for public office hostile toward one making his own choices concerning oneself and his family.

NRA apologists will argue, of course, that comprehensive political involvement is necessary to oppose the enactment of new firearm regulatory measures and defend the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment, but how can one in good faith support candidates for public office who defend the Second Amendment right while opposing other rights and protected liberties, advocating for more government interfering in citizens private lives.
 
First of all I don't want to get all off into politics and we'll get this thread locked but...

I am as conservative as It gets but these ridiculous political Dana Loesch commercials afternoon have turned me completely off the NRA.

The NRA needs to get back to being a single issue entity. Dabbling in the other issues weakens it by alienating a bunch of people that might otherwise supported the NRA and supported the Second Amendment.
 
Trunk Monkey said:
First of all I don't want to get all off into politics and we'll get this thread locked but...

I am as conservative as It gets but these ridiculous political Dana Loesch commercials afternoon have turned me completely off the NRA.

The NRA needs to get back to being a single issue entity. Dabbling in the other issues weakens it by alienating a bunch of people that might otherwise supported the NRA and supported the Second Amendment.
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I'm sorry I can only hit the like button once. Right now they act like the work for the Trump campaign instead of for all gun owners regardless of their other political leanings. Guns aren't just for conservatives.
 
EIB0879 said:
With that said, I don't know if now is the right time to ditch him. Coming up on 2020 elections and I don't think an amateur should be at the helm.
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My thoughts as well. The opposition is more funded and organized than ever. The NRA comes off as unsophisticated both from a PR standpoint and an operational one. I need to see evidence that they have a strategy for the next 10 years and so far I haven’t.
 
Been an NRA member for about 60 years. Donated heavily until a few years ago: No more. La Pierre took the NRA into political trash outside its charter.

Yep, La Pierre needs to go. However, Oliver North is the wrong guy to lead the NRA.
 
Many major corporations change CEO’s every 5 years. Even sooner if they do not meet the goals of the Board of Directors. Changing CEO’s brings in fresh blood with new ideas and energy. They take a hard core look at finances, business contracts and other executives, etc.

NRATV has never made a lot of sense to me. It is expensive and very risky. Consider how many TV programs are cancelled every season because they do not attract enough viewers.

Jeff Knox does not carry any weight with me. He is clearly trying to rehab his Fathers role and promoting a return to getting out of politics.

I don’t believe the NRA can do anything to change the opinions of the Haters and the general anti-NRA attitude by the Administrators and Moderators on THR. However I do believe if one of the Socialists gets elected as President several RINOs in the Senate will support massive gun control laws.

We are only four votes from seeing the end of the friendly gun laws we currently enjoy,
 
I haven't renewed my NRA membership since they basically turned a blind eye to safety or at least the perceived safety as far as the general public goes. IMHO, under LaPierre's leadership, he has allowed anti-gun activists and outlets to frame the narrative on the mass shootings that have taken place over the last few years. I'm a big supporter of the 2A. As a poster here on THR, I obviously respect the rights of gun owners and don't view them as evil weapons that willfully "go off" and kill people. Knowing many of you, I obviously don't view gun owners as inherently dangerous and view those of us who dutifully carry something to protect ourselves and/or others as potential first line defenders in a bad situation, rare as that may be.

However, his socially conservative standings paired with his basically Laissez-faire handling of murdered kids, totally turned me off the organization that I always viewed as education first and foremost. Going hardnosed when people are grieving doesn't win you any favors with those not totally on board your cause at any cost. I would bet that most gun owners are like me, not single issue voters. Furthermore, if they are single issue voters, then I would be willing to guess that gun rights isn't that the top of their needs. I am not saying that 2A issues should be ignored. I am not saying that those of you who are single voter on gun rights protection are wrong. I respect that conviction. What I am saying that many, many gun owners own guns for protection or hunting or hobby out of sheer convenience. They do not live the "gun life" nor see the 2A as the real protector of all other rights. I think the NRA would be wise to concentrate its efforts into making sure that they remain a bulwark against 2A rights erosion by coming across as an association to the average American that did not look like a lobbying firm for manufacturers or a powerful group pushing agendas beyond the scope of what the NRA set out to do politically.

I do not deny that LaPierre has been effective at having a hand in increasing gun ownership. However, just upping the numbers shouldn't be the driving factor unless own gun manufacturer stock. There is, in my opinion, a societal duty to make sure that the 2A is viewed not only as fundamental right of free men but that with the right comes the great responsibility of keeping people safe. Not only from terrors domestic and foreign, but from the mishandling and misuse of guns by people who should not have access to them.

Long story short, I'd love for the NRA to behave like the old Boy Scouts manual I had back 30 years ago. Putting firearms in the hands of young shooters and teaching them the right and wrong ways and hammering the importance of responsibility. I think new leadership at the NRA could bring back shooting as an American tradition if they acted apolitically and focused on education and safety. I think someone with an actual soul would be able to reach out and offer earnest promise and support when shooting tragedies happen. LaPierre lacks that quality.
 
jdc1244 said:
…concepts of liberty (being able to make your own choices concerning yourself and your family), property rights, laws against illegal search and seizure…

And that’s one of the many problems with the NRA: it has abandoned its original mission of firearms and firearms training and instead immersed itself in all things politics, supporting candidates for public office hostile toward one making his own choices concerning oneself and his family.

NRA apologists will argue, of course, that comprehensive political involvement is necessary to oppose the enactment of new firearm regulatory measures and defend the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment, but how can one in good faith support candidates for public office who defend the Second Amendment right while opposing other rights and protected liberties, advocating for more government interfering in citizens private lives.
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Years ago when the NFA of 1933, the Gun Control Acts of 1938 and '68 were being passed, the N. R. A. was really doing nothing much in the political pressure arena, and it's members complained.
So the N. R. A. Got into the wider political game, and the ILA came along ....
Now decades later, people are complaining the N. R. A. is TOO political.:what:
What is an organization to do when IT JUST CANNOT WIN?? ?

I don't know what other rights that we supposedly possess that the N. R. A. is trying to oppress. I will not claim they are not doing it, but I sure haven't seen it for myself.

One reason why the organization is so into politics is it is politicians who are making laws, and while republicans are not always 2A friendly, most of the most severe antigun laws are coming from/being proposed by left wing Democrats like Eric Swalwell, Diane Feinstein, and the several contenders for the Democrat presidential candidate.

I do not always support the NRA. They are, like it or not, the velociraptor in the bunny-rabbit fight, and accomplish a lot. I also give money to the GOA, and other pro 2A organizations .... but, yes, I give $$$ to the NRA.

In the midst of nacent democratic socialism, extreme gun grabber proposals (re.: Eric Swalwell) we must not allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good!

Please.....?????
 
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Fiv3r said:
I think the NRA would be wise to concentrate its efforts into making sure that they remain a bulwark against 2A rights erosion by coming across as an association to the average American that did not look like a lobbying firm for manufacturers or a powerful group pushing agendas beyond the scope of what the NRA set out to do politically.
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Fiv3r said:
I do not deny that LaPierre has been effective at having a hand in increasing gun ownership. However, just upping the numbers shouldn't be the driving factor unless own gun manufacturer stock.
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In politics numbers matter. Or rather the number of voters that support a particular issue matters most.


Fiv3r said:
I think new leadership at the NRA could bring back shooting as an American tradition if they acted apolitically and focused on education and safety.
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This comment is confusing. You state "I think the NRA would be wise to concentrate its efforts into making sure that they remain a bulwark against 2A rights erosion" but you want them to get out of politics. If the NRA folds as so many folks (including some on THR) are hoping will happen what organization will fill their shoes and represent conservative gun owners in Washington, D.C. that believe the 2A should not be restricted?

How can the NRA focus on educating young people with the Liberals in control of Public Education?

Bloomberg and the Socialists are only one vote from achieving their dream of eliminating legally owned guns in America. With the election of any of the Socialists I foresee that three RINOs in Congress will embrace their anti-gun policies.
 
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