That one particular head would be a good start.

Let's just say it out loud. Can LaPierre. He has probably been on the take since Day 1 and a good housecleaning is in order.

WLP used it as his personal piggy bank and a do nothing board mostly went along.
We need a strong well funded organization but it really went off the rails.

To late. They're done. The NYS AG will use Lapierre's inproprieties to eliminate or get control of the organization.

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Originally posted by bordeth:
Let's just say it out loud. Can LaPierre. He has probably been on the take since Day 1 and a good housecleaning is in order.

It is long past time for another “Cincinnati Rebellion” to take place.

I am beyond incensed at the way in which WLP and his fellow travelers have so wantonly abused the trust that so many people have placed in the NRA. I have disabled and fixed-income retired friends for which making a $20 monthly donation to the organization was a sacrifice. Then, learning that they were helping to buy designer suits for Wayne.

As with many of you I’ve given a fair amount of money over the years to the NRA with an expectation that there would be some sense that the organization had a fiduciary responsibility in their use of member donations; this does not appear to be the case in any way.

I’ve attempted in the recent past with letters and emails to the NRA expressing concerns which garnered responses that were little more than to tell me to not question and continue to send money.

No more.

The monthly magazines I receive now hit the trash can unread as do all requests for donations.

From my perspective the current leadership at the NRA has simply knitted the rope that our opponents will use in an effort to asphyxiate the Organization and its influence.

Silent

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Originally posted by BBMW:
To late. They're done. The NYS AG will use Lapierre's inproprieties to eliminate or get control of the organization.

And that would be a damned tragedy. I would hope most true gun owners would understand that and not just shrug their shoulders at what is an obvious targeted, politically motivated attack by a leftist AG.

Imagine the NY government getting access to the membership data for NRA.

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Originally posted by SigSAC:
Imagine the NY government getting access to the membership data for NRA.

Well, I wasn't planning on ever going to NY again. But something like this would guarantee I never go back there.

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Originally posted by Dakor:
Certainly part of the governance problem is the size of the Board. No board should be larger than 9 members and that’s pushing it. More than that in my professional opinion is simply a crowded honorary society (to themselves).

I’ve been involved with boards up to fifteen members that have been well run. I have trouble imagining more than that, but particularly where there is a lot of work for the board, nine may not be enough.
I will note that the organization with the fifteen member board did most of the work in committees. Each board member was expected to be on at least one committee, most were on two.

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Originally posted by Rick Lee:

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Originally posted by SigSAC:
Imagine the NY government getting access to the membership data for NRA.

Well, I wasn't planning on ever going to NY again. But something like this would guarantee I never go back there.

They might decide to publish that information. If they get control of it, there is nothing to keep them from doing so - or sharing with other governmental agencies. If that were to happen, who knows what they would do to lives and reputations if they push a scenario.

How does WLP continue to be untouchable? It's clear there is a vacuum of leadership that he has filled, surrounding himself with flunkeys and enablers, but at some point others in responsible positions need to step up and do what's right for the good of the organization. I guess Oliver North tried to be that guy but WLP still had too much support from the phony BOD at the time. I hate to say it, but it appears it's going to require outside legal intervention to oust him.

Because he's managed to fill the board with his cronies who don't care. Unless the board is flushed, an new non-WLP supporting members are installed, nothing will change from within. And if the NYS AG gets control, she'll just Nike the entire organization.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
How does WLP continue to be untouchable? It's clear there is a vacuum of leadership that he has filled, surrounding himself with flunkeys and enablers, but at some point others in responsible positions need to step up and do what's right for the good of the organization. I guess Oliver North tried to be that guy but WLP still had too much support from the phony BOD at the time. I hate to say it, but it appears it's going to require outside legal intervention to oust him.

A 76 member Board of Directors will do that. I'm sure deciding what's for lunch is one of the more difficult decisions they can make.

Just before canning Wayne, they need a high profile celebrity like Charlton Heston to get things back in order.

Wondering whom that could be....

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by BBMW:
To late. They're done. The NYS AG will use Lapierre's inproprieties to eliminate or get control of the organization.

And that would be a damned tragedy. I would hope most true gun owners would understand that and not just shrug their shoulders at what is an obvious targeted, politically motivated attack by a leftist AG.

Amazing how people will associate the NYAG getting control of the largest, most powerful gun lobby as a democrat and closing it down, killing off any work in DC as a good thing because - WLP.

just shows how people don't look at the big picture, right now it doesn't matter about WLP, it matters that the NRA survives, otherwise we've all lost a large voting block organization.

Soros, Moms Against Guns, Everytown, and others are funding this attack, today the amount of group think and group funding along with getting governments to help is the enemy.

Better focus on keeping the NRA afloat as priority one because the fucks in DC will abandon us as quickly as rats in a sinking ship...

I'll be the first to admit that I have not really followed this story at all. But let's see if I have a grasp on it.

The state of NY sues the NRA, with Attorney General Letitia James suing to dissolve the organization.

The NRA files for bankruptcy, so they can dissolve in NY and re-organize outside of NY.

The judge throws out the bankruptcy. Which means the AG of NY must have tried to stop the bankruptcy.

So the NRA wants to leave NY. And NY wants the NRA to leave. Both sides want the same thing. I'm not the smartest guy in the room, but these folks are idiots.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BBMW:
To late. They're done. The NYS AG will use Lapierre's inproprieties to eliminate or get control of the organization.

A member of the NRA BOD who is incensed with WLP and his Executive Assistant told me if the NY Atty Gen dissolves the NRA NY will get all of the NRA assets.....
He also stated their legal fees were 50 million to deal with current issues.

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So the NRA wants to leave NY. And NY wants the NRA to leave. Both sides want the same thing

Not even close to what the AG in NY wants.

They want the assets of the NRA in NY State coffers, the NRA shuttered, and it's memebers power in DC, Albany, and all state capitals neutered, .....

Every other organization who has had some power and success in the past lobbying against progressivism should be watching in horror as to what is playing out in NY state.

They will be next if this is allowed to succeed.

HK Ag

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Originally posted by Captain Morgan:
Just before canning Wayne, they need a high profile celebrity like Charlton Heston to get things back in order.

Wondering whom that could be....

James Woods?

Colion Noir?