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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Well, since it appears that His Royal Majesty wouldn't GTFO if his life depended on it, that's what we'll have to do. | |||
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I'll use the Red Key |
If he cares for the NRA then he better resign soon or his arrogance will bring it all down. Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. | |||
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| I started with nothing, and still have most of it  |
Good grief, how many more facts do you need? "While not every Democrat is a horse thief, every horse thief is a Democrat." HORACE GREELEY | |||
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| Uppity Helot |
I heavily suspect the latter and generally doubt the former. | |||
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Who else? |
Just returned the latest solicitation with a note saying not another dime until Wayne is gone. Another poster said they don't read the returned solicitations. Who cares? But they can't help but notice the notable decrease in membership renewals, donations and cash flow. Tell me they don't monitor THAT. | |||
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Member |
Not another dime from me until an outside third party accounting is completed and report issued. Until that time I will support organizations that support and defend the 2nd without all the internal drama. Let me help you out. Which way did you come in? | |||
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| Member |
Show me the facts. Not accusations, not suppositions, the facts. I don't care for the man but again, facts. | |||
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| I started with nothing, and still have most of it |
Plenty of facts in this very thread, and he has not denied them: "New documents published online indicate NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre billed more than $542,000 in travel, shopping and rent to the non-profit’s advertising agency Ackerman McQueen... The documents published Saturday by the Wall Street Journal show LaPierre billed Ackerman McQueen $39,000 for one day of shopping at a Beverly Hills clothing boutique, $18,300 for a car and driver in Europe and had the agency cover $13,800 in rent for a summer intern..." And there is more. Have you heard Wayne refute any of this? "While not every Democrat is a horse thief, every horse thief is a Democrat." HORACE GREELEY | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Werll, the fact is that LaPierre is damaged goods and a huge distraction at the worst possible time. Would it be in the American gun owner's interest to have LaPierre remain in his position, no matter what he's guilty of? All this NRA infighting is compromising the strength of the NRA and if LaPierre truly cared about fighting for our Second Amendment rights, he'd resign and get out of the way for untainted leadership. But, here we are, still. This thread started in April and he's still there. He hurts us while he protects himself. At this point, I don't particularly care if he's done everything of which he's been accused. His guilt or innocence is almost a moot point, actually, given the turmoil surrounding all of this. A true leader would recognize what is happening and would step down because it would be best, but not this shit head. | |||
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The Joy Maker |
Even if he is innocent of all these things, he ought to step aside while an investigation takes place, at the least. He's a liability, and his continued presence at the top of the ladder in the NRA only hurts us. If he really cares about the Second Amendment and fighting for our rights, he'd fuck off for a while, but it just sounds like he's trying to ride the gravy train as long as possible, and fuck you, and fuck me, and fuck every last one of us. 
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| Member |
LaPierre has treated the NRA as his personal fiefdom, time to have him voted out. He's doesn't bring any value to position, just complications. | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
More noise - and I guess we'll see whether Cuomo Sr. claims it signifies anything.
Even if we take everything LaPierre and the NRA's other spokespeople said at face value, what was the purpose of all of this convoluted shit in the first place? Which, in turn, supports the point that's been made here before - right or wrong, the NRA needs a good house-cleaning and LaPierre needs to just quietly ride off into the sunset for the sake the the Second Amendment. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Really?!?! C'mon man, resign already! "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| I started with nothing, and still have most of it |
Emphasis added. If the bold part were true, then why was his employer the NRA not paying for it instead of hiding it on the Ackerman McQueen books? They are not supposed to be paying his salary and expenses. "While not every Democrat is a horse thief, every horse thief is a Democrat." HORACE GREELEY | |||
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| Save an Elephant Kill a Poacher  |
Dictionary; "arrogant" = Wayne Lapierre 'I am the danger'...Hiesenberg NRA Certified Pistol Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Life Member | |||
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| Lead slingin' Parrot Head  |
In addition to all the previously mentioned criticisms of La Pierre and some of the NRA leadership, it seems to me that the NRA maintaining an organizational presence in New York exposes them to further investigations and probing by a hostile government apparatus hell bent on their destruction. As frustrating and disappointing as these NRA and La Pierre expenditures are, in the end the members are better off with them coming to light...but only if NRA leadership is willing to take corrective action. There are numerous examples of various gun, ammo, and gear manufacturers abandoning states that are hostile to the 2nd amendment and relocating to friendly states. I understand why the NRA headquarters are located so close to Washington D.C. but I don't understand why they maintain a presence in New York and thus leave themselves vulnerable there. The NRA leadership needs to do a no Bull Shit assessment, figure out where the failures in leadership, organization, and financial expenditures are, and take action to correct the problems RTFN! We need the NRA more than ever right now and I don't believe many members believe that they are fully capable of their mission and defending the 2A while distracted by these internal issues. | |||
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God will always provide |
I do not visit any other gun forum for quite some time now. But I imagine all of them have a similar thread going. How the NRA cannot know how this impacts all of American gun owners is beyond me. Also: +++LINK+++ A board member of the National Rifle Association called for the organization to clean “its own house” and part ways with CEO Wayne LaPierre in a statement on Wednesday. Retired Lt. Col. Allen West announced that he is withdrawing support of LaPierre, who also serves as executive vice president, and had previously urged him to resign before the group’s annual meeting in Indianapolis late last month. “There is a cabal of cronyism operating within the NRA and that exists within the Board of Directors,” West wrote. “It must cease, and I do not care if I draw their angst.” | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
West has had his ups and downs in politics but when he's right, he's right. | |||
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Political Cynic |
I think we as NRA members need to do a write-in campaign to the NRA hq itself and not to its fundraising arm enough is enough [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Interesting article on the front page of today's NYT. The upshot is that LaPierre is supposed to have survived a coup attempt by a very small handful of NRA insiders. No mention of what the membership actually thinks. | |||
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