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Spell that out for me please.
Not one red cent to the NRA until he's gone.
not to argue with anyone on NES but when you look at the ratio of money spent on their "mission" (lobbying, training, matches etc) versus income, they still spend more than all of the other organizations combined (size does matter). They are still the 600 lb gorilla in the room. some people have made up their minds based on the personna of one guy, a bit analogous to "anybody but Trump" group of "republicans" and "conservatives". Just MHO.
The membership has been too complacent, even with allowing the most recent bylaws changes to protect incumbent board members. The NRA needed a straight up member rebellion at an annual meeting to right the ship and unfortunately the CCP virus prevented that from occurring. Imagine if the FPC, GOA, or SAF had the NRA's resources. Leadership matters and the NRA doesn't have any. They are like the GOPe leadership, pissing in the faces of the party and the people below them are too cowardly to kick the rot out of the leadership.
Love him or hate him, Trump could not serve for more than 8 years. At this point LaPierre has been in his position for 30 and has an apparently unbreakable stranglehold on the organization, even in bankruptcy. I still have hope for a post-LaPierre NRA, but the people who don't haven't reached that conclusion solely because of LaPierre. I have no idea where you came up with that insulting and inaccurate idea. They object first and foremost to the NRA's unpredictable and unprincipled approach to the question of what to lobby for when the anti-gunners are on the march. You might characterize it as a "pragmatic" way of deciding what to do, but you just never really know what the NRA is going to be willing to give in to next.
Wayne's a major problem and he needs to go but it's not just Wayne. They've supported and still support gun control. No pro-gun organization should be supporting gun control. Supporting Criminal control and supporting the RKBA is what they should have been doing and should be doing.
Perhaps you are right on the mark, but imagine what the NRA could do if it was a 1200 lb gorilla? The path to a bigger, bolder, more effective NRA begins with dumping Dirty Wayne, prosecuting those who embezzled funds and/or resources, and installing leadership with a 2A backbone. If the NRA's mission were pure, this would have already happened and I'd be an active member as opposed to a long time ex-member. Their revenue would grow by millions, yet somehow they don't care.
I was at the 70's meeting in Cincy when the old guard (fudds extrodinaire) were tossed out and Harlon Carter et al took control. It lasted until Carter's untimely death. Wayne was a force in the late 80's and early 90's calling out the congress critters, and was probably responsible in part for the sunset clause in the AWB that the critters put through. I wish that there was a similar members' revolt as the Cincy meeting.
My club required it, I got my I’d number and since then it has expired and I’m still deleting “Last chance for a free gift” emails, they don’t stop
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