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Sadly they aren’t many pro gun politicians it seems.
There is no such thing as a pro-gun politician, yes some may be less anti-gun than others, but boiled down they are all ANTI-GUN.
Sadly they aren’t many pro gun politicians it seems.
An internal audit is currently underway to find any and all irregularities within NRA and corrections being made if found. You can rest assured that compliance with all IRS regulations is carefully monitored by both NRA and IRS.
Does anyone here know whether NRA-ILA, which takes separate donations, is using all its separate donations for the activities for which we donate?
After doing some googling, Heres what I found.
From 2012 to 2016, the most recent numbers available, Washington is the state that has been the biggest recipient of NRA campaign contributions in efforts to elect pro 2A officials, with $203,000 in contributions during that time period.
https://www.kxly.com/news/report-nr...-in-washington-than-any-other-state/712974469
For that amount of money spent, Washington state has recently seen all semi-automatic rifles including .22lr semi auto rifles heavily restricted, mandatory universal background checks for all private sales implemented statewide, safe storage laws that criminalize victims of firearm thefts, red flag laws, and will see an upcoming magazine capacity restriction bill that will no doubt pass into law.
Wayne Lapierre's spending habits account for more than $274,000 in clothing FROM ONE RETAILER ALONE, another $267,000 in travel expenses.
https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/leaked-nra-documents-wayne-lapierre-lavish-spending/
Wayne Lapierre has spend almost 3x on personal expenses than the NRA has spent in Washington state in 4 years, its biggest recipient of NRA campaign contributions...And Washingtonians have seen no positive results. None. I remember seeing zero NRA presence or advertisements during the push for all this massive new gun control legislature that Washington has seen recently implemented.
I won't be spending another dime on the NRA until their priorities more closely align with mine and reflect a focus on the issues that I intend my contributions to go towards.
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After doing some googling, Heres what I found.
From 2012 to 2016, the most recent numbers available, Washington is the state that has been the biggest recipient of NRA campaign contributions in efforts to elect pro 2A officials, with $203,000 in contributions during that time period.
https://www.kxly.com/news/report-nr...-in-washington-than-any-other-state/712974469
For that amount of money spent, Washington state has recently seen all semi-automatic rifles including .22lr semi auto rifles heavily restricted, mandatory universal background checks for all private sales implemented statewide, safe storage laws that criminalize victims of firearm thefts, red flag laws, and will see an upcoming magazine capacity restriction bill that will no doubt pass into law.
Wayne Lapierre's spending habits account for more than $274,000 in clothing FROM ONE RETAILER ALONE, another $267,000 in travel expenses.
https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/leaked-nra-documents-wayne-lapierre-lavish-spending/
Wayne Lapierre has spend almost 3x on personal expenses than the NRA has spent in Washington state in 4 years, its biggest recipient of NRA campaign contributions...And Washingtonians have seen no positive results. None. I remember seeing zero NRA presence or advertisements during the push for all this massive new gun control legislature that Washington has seen recently implemented.
I won't be spending another dime on the NRA until their priorities more closely align with mine and reflect a focus on the issues that I intend my contributions to go towards.
NRA-ILA CONTRIBUTIONS: $873,071
Contributions to candidates: $711,654
Contributions to Leadership PACs: $41,250
Contributions to parties: $120,167
Contributions to 527 committees: $0
Contributions to outside spending groups: $0
Top Recipients
Recipient Total From Indivs From Orgs
National Republican Congressional Cmte $45,000 $0 $45,000
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $30,000 $0 $30,000
Republican National Cmte $16,752 $1,752 $15,000
Blackburn, Marsha $15,800 $5,900 $9,900
Cruz, Ted $9,900 $0 $9,900
Culberson, John $9,900 $0 $9,900
Faso, John $9,900 $0 $9,900
Hawley, Josh $9,900 $0 $9,900
Heller, Dean $9,900 $0 $9,900
Morrisey, Patrick $9,900 $0 $9,900
Peterson, Collin $9,900 $0 $9,900
Poliquin, Bruce $9,900 $0 $9,900
Renacci, Jim $9,900 $0 $9,900
Rosendale, Matt $9,900 $0 $9,900
Rothfus, Keith J $9,900 $0 $9,900
Ryan, Paul $9,900 $0 $9,900
Sessions, Pete $9,900 $0 $9,900
Stauber, Pete $9,900 $0 $9,900
Tenney, Claudia $9,900 $0 $9,900
Zeldin, Lee $9,900 $0 $9,900
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/nra-chris-cox-resigns.853047/page-6#post-11167076
NRA Spending Approached Half A Billion Dollars In 2016 entire article here:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nra-2016-spending_n_5a0dd3e6e4b0b17e5e14e636
The NRA Placed Big Bets on the 2016 Election, and Won Almost All of Them
OpenSecrets Blog and The Trace partnered on this story; it was published by both outlets. In North Carolina, the NRA spent $6.2 million on the incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Burr, the most it has ever invested in a down-ballot race. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The National Rifle Association took a historic gamble in 2016, and it paid off in a huge way. The gun rights group placed multimillion-dollar bets on Donald Trump and six Republican Senate candidates locked in highly competitive races. It poured $50.2 million, or 96 percent of its total outside spending, into these races, and lost only one — an open seat in Nevada, vacated by the Democratic Minority Leader, Harry Reid. That race cost the NRA roughly $2.5 million. The NRA’s big night came as a tidal wave of white voters without college degrees voted overwhelmingly for Trump, leading to one of the biggest election-night upsets in memory. The reasons why this demographic turned out in such high numbers for the GOP nominee will be parsed for years, and it is not at all clear how much of a factor his embrace of the NRA’s hardline position on gun rights played into the outcome. But the NRA’s investment, which was more than any other outside group, paid for a slew of ads that directly targeted the same voters who propelled Trump to victory. The organization’s radio and television spots sought to cast Hillary Clinton and the Democratic rivals of its preferred Senate candidates as an existential threat to the Second Amendment, and national security. It is a message that resonates in the gun belt, a swath of primarily Southern and Midwestern states where Trump achieved some of his most consequential victories. In October alone, according to the Center for Public Integrity, roughly one out of every 20 television ads in Pennsylvania was sponsored by the NRA. That same month, the group paid for one in nine ads in North Carolina, and one of every eight in Ohio. The ads imply that Clinton and Democrats would leave law-and-order abiding citizens defenseless. In one spot, a woman is alone in bed when a burglar breaks into her home. The narrator intones, “Don’t let Hillary leave you protected with nothing but a phone.” Trump won all three states, and the NRA’s preferred Senate candidates also swept to victory. The NRA’s largest 2016 outlay was the $30.3 million it spent in support of Trump. In North Carolina, the group spent $6.2 million on the incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr, the most it has ever invested in a down-ballot race. Burr won by about six percentage points. Elsewhere, the NRA helped elect Senators Marco Rubio in Florida; Roy Blunt in Missouri; Todd Young in Indiana; and Rob Portman in Ohio. It spent between $2 million and $3.2 million on each of those races. The numbers account for independent expenditures—unrestricted money spent on ads and other media, independent of official campaigns.
The 2016 election results represent a continuation of the NRA’s impressive success rate when making substantial investments in closely-contested races. Over the three prior election cycles, the group disbursed $1 million dollars or more toward 14 congressional races and achieved its desired outcome 11 times. To help Republicans win back the Senate in 2014, it spent $20.6 million dollars on five key races in the upper chamber, and in each of them, its preferred candidate won. This election cycle, the NRA spent more than $52 million—a number that will rise as final campaign finance figures are tallied — to carry on its effort to increase Republican control of government, a mission that has ramped up since the Citizen’s United decision in 2010, when the Supreme Court removed caps on independent expenditures. The sum is by far the greatest in the organization’s history, smashing its previous record, of $31.7 million, set in 2014. In federal elections, the NRA typically ranks among heavyweight outside spending groups. For the second cycle in a row, it has earned a place in the top ten. But 2016 was a unique year for the organization, owing to the fact that many super PACs, like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads GPS, which spent roughly $115 million to elect Mitt Romney in 2012, declined to back Trump. The NRA stepped in to fill the void, putting at least $30.3 million on the line to help elect the real estate mogul, more than any other outside group — including the leading Trump super PAC, which spent $20.3 million. By comparison, the gun rights group deployed about $12.5 million to help Romney in 2012. The close relationship between the NRA and Donald Trump began in May when the organization endorsed the candidate earlier than it had ever endorsed a Republican presidential contender. Trump appeared before thousands of people at the NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky, where he gleefully accepted the organization’s official support. “The Second Amendment is under threat like never before,” Trump told the crowd. “Crooked Hillary is the most anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment candidate ever to run for office.” In July, the NRA’s top lobbyist, Chris Cox, was given a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. He reminded attendees that the next president would fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and the new Justice could directly affect gun rights. “A Hillary Clinton Supreme Court means your right to own a firearm is gone,” he said. Before Election Day, polls suggested that the Senate, under Republican control since 2014, was up for grabs. Now in the position of defending the upper chamber, the NRA focused the majority of its resources on six toss-up seats, hoping to keep or flip them Republican. The House, under Republican control before the election, was not expected to change hands, and so it was not a priority for the NRA. All told, it sprinkled roughly $1 million over 48 races. The group made two substantial investments in Republican incumbent candidates — just under $215,000 in Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania and about $175,000 in Bruce Poliquin of Maine. Both candidates won.
[Graphics: Francesca Mirabile for The Trace. Photo: Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.com]
Researcher Anya Gelernt-Dunkle contributed to this post.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/20...the-2016-election-and-won-almost-all-of-them/
February 12, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill to Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines Read entire article here:
https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/...nsors-bill-to-ban-high-capacity-gun-magazines
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Sen. Cortez Masto Calls on Congress to Pass Gun Control Read entire article here:
https://www.kunr.org/post/sen-cortez-masto-calls-congress-pass-gun-control#stream/0
Wow: An internal audit. Smacks of John Gotti conducting an investigation of the Mafia.
It was the voters of King County who put those infringements in place. The NRA was outspent 10X by those who supported those infringements.
I repeat my previous question. Still think withholding NRA contributions will benefit our fight to retain 2A rights?
At my local gun shop, the owner recently told me that the representative for our district came in regularly. Buying lots of ammo, mags, gear, had custom rifles built (AR's) and was apparently a big spender and a seemingly outspoken advocate for gun rights. He voted "FOR" the mag ban, UBC, Bump stock Ban, 24 hr waiting period, etc...There is no such thing as a pro-gun politician, yes some may be less anti-gun than others, but boiled down they are all ANTI-GUN.
And just what else can they do?
Excellent thought. Start throwing punchesI'm an NRA Life Member but by myself I cannot influence the NRA to any degree. Like so many others I'm not contributing until the NRA house is in order. I noticed that the THR has 207,445 members and that's a significant number. Is there a likelihood that our Administrator can send a message to the NRA that our membership is withdrawing support unless there is a house cleaning?
My point exactly. For my NRA contributions, I have seen, WLP's wardrobe and vacation travel increase while my 2A rights have diminished. Not my idea of effective use of funds.
I think sending my contributions elsewhere to other advocacy groups will do a lot more to retain my 2A rights than sending it to the NRA.
Is there a likelihood that our Administrator can send a message to the NRA that our membership is withdrawing support unless there is a house cleaning?
Cox should have stayed and Wayne should have left. But Wayne is a master of Machiavellian infighting. In fact he's a lot better at that than in promoting the RKBA.Like him or not Chris Cox was likely the most politically influential, pro-gun individual of the last two decades..
I think sending my contributions elsewhere to other advocacy groups will do a lot more to retain my 2A rights than sending it to the NRA.
Is there a likelihood that our Administrator can send a message to the NRA that our membership is withdrawing support unless there is a house cleaning?
Who is celebrating? Most seem to think it’s a loss. In fact, some in the ILA wish to separate themselves from WLP corruption.
Again, I hate to say that some of you just don’t get the point that wanting to get rid of bad personnel is not attacking the organization itself. Why are you unable to understand this or so bound up in a cult of personality?
I am so glad my gun club makes it mandatory to be a NRA member. Thank God I do not have to listen to all the nonsense against the NRA at that club. Nice people that all get along, great range, great safety. If you do not like the NRA then fine, move on! Find something else to bash all day every day. Get on CNN, they would love to have you as a guest and listen to you bash the NRA. Form a Anti- NRA group, maybe CNN will help you fund it.
Again, I hate to say that some of you just don’t get the point that wanting to get rid of bad personnel is not attacking the organization itself. Why are you unable to understand this or so bound up in a cult of personality?