Wayne LaPierre announces resignation as NRA chief

ThePreBanMan said:
It's shameful what the NRA has become under Wayne. Loss of over 1/3 of its members, bankruptcy, support for red flag, bump stock bans, etc....
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More like HALF the membership left if you base it on the peak number of 6 Million members. o_O

And let's be honest: Of the 3 Million left, that was mostly all life members or greater who could not easily leave. :confused:
 
I expect nothing to change of this, it's simply Wayne got caught with his fingers in the cookie jar and even tho he has lots of friends on the Board, they all know well enough if Wayne doesn't go then the rest of the club goes with him. There's probably some clause in his contract where if he resigns he'll get money or some percent of future NRA funds and you can't get that money if the NRA gets gutted through this lawsuit in NY.

Why I expect nothing to change is because if the same board that has stuck with Wayne throughout all of this is there, then they'll keep the grift going as there's no incentive to change. If anything now that Wayne is gone there's going to be a rush of members coming back and more money for them to play with until 5 years from now the clueless dolts who make up the NRA membership realize it's just like when Wayne was the VP and leave again, but not until after they sent the NRA thousands over the last 5 years.
 
T-Unit said:
I expect nothing to change of this, it's simply Wayne got caught with his fingers in the cookie jar and even tho he has lots of friends on the Board, they all know well enough if Wayne doesn't go then the rest of the club goes with him. There's probably some clause in his contract where if he resigns he'll get money or some percent of future NRA funds and you can't get that money if the NRA gets gutted through this lawsuit in NY.

Why I expect nothing to change is because if the same board that has stuck with Wayne throughout all of this is there, then they'll keep the grift going as there's no incentive to change. If anything now that Wayne is gone there's going to be a rush of members coming back and more money for them to play with until 5 years from now the clueless dolts who make up the NRA membership realize it's just like when Wayne was the VP and leave again, but not until after they sent the NRA thousands over the last 5 years.
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I think you're on point on this one.
 
chris_1001 said:
I was tempted to join a club recently, but they required an NRA membership. I stopped renewing a few years back.

Now I might again if this effects some real change.

FYI, I’m a member of the other usual suspects GOAL, FPC, GOA, etc.
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A lot of clubs get support from the NRA.
 
Although I am a life member, I quit giving any additional funds until something changed.

I'd like to see more heads collected before I resume contributing.

I will wait and see who they appoint and what their priorities are (repeal the NFA) before sending any support.
 
T-Unit said:
I expect nothing to change of this, it's simply Wayne got caught with his fingers in the cookie jar and even tho he has lots of friends on the Board, they all know well enough if Wayne doesn't go then the rest of the club goes with him. There's probably some clause in his contract where if he resigns he'll get money or some percent of future NRA funds and you can't get that money if the NRA gets gutted through this lawsuit in NY.

Why I expect nothing to change is because if the same board that has stuck with Wayne throughout all of this is there, then they'll keep the grift going as there's no incentive to change. If anything now that Wayne is gone there's going to be a rush of members coming back and more money for them to play with until 5 years from now the clueless dolts who make up the NRA membership realize it's just like when Wayne was the VP and leave again, but not until after they sent the NRA thousands over the last 5 years.
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ThePreBanMan said:
I think you're on point on this one.
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I agree that he's 100% on point with this. How many board members does the NRA have anyway, something like 75? For quite some time membership has been dropping, directly related to that POS, yet not only did they do nothing to get him out, they fought and silenced anyone who dared to criticize him or question his mismanagement of members funds fir his personal gain. I realize it wasn't the entire board, but it was certainly a majority.

There needs to be a "coup" within the ranks of the NRA management and board, and quite honestly, I don't see any meaningful change for years to come.

The words "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" probably resonates with a lot of former members and members who won't renew. The words that can resonate to those shitbags who were complicit in Wayne's BS can be "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Personally, I hope Lapierre rots to shit in a prison cell, along with anyone who knowingly benefitted from his illegal activities, all of which undermined and betrayed its members and the 2A community.
 
VetteGirlMA said:
The NRA got too cozy with the republican party and endorsed some absolutely shitty candidates in the past. They dove into the abortion debate and places where they should have stayed out. Maybe with him gone instead of playing king maker they can go back to supporting rights. Let us voters figure out who to vote for. Support 2A rights or get out the way and let someone else do it.

To be honest, it's hard for me sitting here to think of any reason to cough up a nickel for an organization where the leadership are flying on private jets, 1st class hotel rooms, tiffany cufflinks, etc. Meanwhile they flood my inbox with junk email full of doom and gloom with a 'donate' button on the bottom.

I am also unsure if the NRA can recover at this point. They may have been damaged beyond repair. This is going to end up being like the James O'Keefe/Project Veritas fiasco where he burned down his own company because he was living large and basically sucking the life out of the company. Meanwhile he was bullshitting the world about how important 'his' organization was but the reality was simple: he was addicted to living large from the donations. I wouldn't be surprised if facing prison a guy like LaPierre wouldn't destroy what's left of the carcass of the NRA as his gotcha moment.
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Honestly the largesse wouldn't bother me if they were actually effective! They could buy Wayne strippers and blow on membership dollars and I wouldn't care.... if they were actually effective.... they haven't been effective in any meaningful way since the 90s other than donating money to legal cases that were already teed up to win by other people. 🤣
 
I’ve bought 5 lifetime memberships and am a benefactor member.. I believe I even tried to vote this guy out, although I did support him for a while two decades ago..
I don’t know what else I could’ve done to help the organization and they f***ed up royally for a long time
 
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Wayne LaPierre's job will not be down for breakfast?

Life Member here, and long time supporter of the NRA. Not going to lie, the last bunch of years have been tough, but I am in it for the long haul.
NRA's been broken for a while, and couldn't move on without Lapierre stepping aside. Hopefully there are better times ahead for gun owners.
 
drgrant said:
Honestly the largesse wouldn't bother me if they were actually effective! They could buy Wayne strippers and blow on membership dollars and I wouldn't care.... if they were actually effective.... they haven't been effective in any meaningful way since the 90s other than donating money to legal cases that were already teed up to win by other people. 🤣
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Damn straight. If GOA got NRA level of funding and got Hughes Amendment, Sporting Purposes Clause, and much of the NFA repealed, I'd be fine if Eric Pratt was posting videos of himself on OnlyFans plowing 18yo Taylor Swift fans and shooting up heroin IDGAF, he got something accomplished and people who do a good job after working hard deserve a reward.

Wayne deserves to be thrown in the hole, door slammed shut and then have his mouth taped shut and his hole slammed by an inmate named Payne La Rapière
 
MGnoob said:
I’ve bought 5 lifetime memberships and am a benefactor member.. I believe I even tried to vote this guy out, although I did support him for a while two decades ago..
I don’t know what else I could’ve done to help the organization and they f***ed up royally for a long time
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The Association is the sum of its parts and while it would be preferred to not have a corrupt bunch trying to seize power to enrich themselves, that's to be expected and should be resisted. The problem is the membership, at least a large majority of it, didn't want to hear it or believe it because they don't want to accept that they sent a group so much money over the years that it would betray them. Then there were those who just couldn't be bothered to look into what was going on and were oblivious.

You can't just blindly follow and send money off to an organization that says they're your friend. When you send money you expect a result, a change, an improvement. The NRA wasn't doing any of that and just like with Democrats and socialism, the NRA members thought if they just spent more money then they'd finally see a return on the investment.

It doesn't work that way and it definitely feels wrong, it feels disloyal to walk away from the NRA, but the reality is the NRA was disloyal to us for decades and became a Fifth Column for the Anti's.
 
T-Unit said:
The Association is the sum of its parts and while it would be preferred to not have a corrupt bunch trying to seize power to enrich themselves, that's to be expected and should be resisted. The problem is the membership, at least a large majority of it, didn't want to hear it or believe it because they don't want to accept that they sent a group so much money over the years that it would betray them. Then there were those who just couldn't be bothered to look into what was going on and were oblivious.

You can't just blindly follow and send money off to an organization that says they're your friend. When you send money you expect a result, a change, an improvement. The NRA wasn't doing any of that and just like with Democrats and socialism, the NRA members thought if they just spent more money then they'd finally see a return on the investment.

It doesn't work that way and it definitely feels wrong, it feels disloyal to walk away from the NRA, but the reality is the NRA was disloyal to us for decades and became a Fifth Column for the Anti's.
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I stopped sending the money 15 years ago. Wish I stopped 20 years ago I’d still have 10 more grand.

I expected to be corrupt but they’re legislative agenda sucked. They are always on the defensive it seemed I knew they were never do anything for me in Massachusetts, but that wasn’t the point.

Wish I gave that money to goal
 
67ray said:
NES skinflints: not another dime until Wayne is gone

[Wayne leaves]

NES skinflints: Well yes but we have to see what happens first
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In fairness though it doesn’t help that he appointed who he did the temporary fill his position, let’s see what the NRA really does.

It’s not like in the meantime, you can’t support any of the other 2a groups or donate to a local club with a youth shooting program.

The thing is there is several branches of the NRA. I’m just wondering if funds were getting misappropriated from one to the other and for unreasonable expenses
 
67ray said:
NES skinflints: not another dime until Wayne is gone

[Wayne leaves]

NES skinflints: Well yes but we have to see what happens first
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Wayne leaving was step 1 in the right direction, but the NRA could easily take 2 steps back. For all we know once this lawsuit by NY is over, good 'ole Wayne might come strutting back in with a $5000 suit with Gold buttons.

The NRA is not the beginning and the end of 2A organizations, there are others.
 

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