NRA Leadership Troubles, What Next?

[tsm]

Still, some $18,000 per year for clothes buys a lot of shoes!

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

The NRA lawyer banking $97k PER DAY!

Allegedly.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/n...-nra-staff-while-draining-its-cash-allegedly/

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Wayne LaPierre, the NRA and NRA foundation are now facing a multi-million class action lawsuit alleging fraud in the solicitation of donations.

Text of lawsuit: https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DellAquila-Suit.pdf

 

[Kdf101]

I hope this whole thing doesn’t kill the NRA at, maybe the time we need them the most. Warts and all, they have been effective for the most part. The lefts wildest dream may come true. If they do go down, then a lot of the NRA hating gun owners will suddenly realize that there is no comparable organization to fill the breach. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[Restroyer]

I hope this whole thing doesn’t kill the NRA at, maybe the time we need them the most. Warts and all, they have been effective for the most part. The lefts wildest dream may come true. If they do go down, then a lot of the NRA hating gun owners will suddenly realize that there is no comparable organization to fill the breach. Hope I’m wrong.

Very well said. I agree. Horrible timing for this to happen.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Richard Childress, former first vice president of the NRA, has resigned from the board of directors.

Childress is the 6th NRA board member to resign this year.

 

[HKFaninCarmel]

Richard Childress, former first vice president of the NRA, has resigned from the board of directors.

Childress is the 6th NRA board member to resign this year.

This was predictable after the shakeup earlier this year. I'd say the board is in trouble, but that is old news. Meanwhile, Bloomberg is deploying assets and soccer moms to advocate for gun control and Wayne is in la-la land while Chris Cox is out.

I hate to bash the NRA, because they do have many amazing hard working people, but it is just a damn tragedy how far they've sunk. I think back to all of the deniers at NRAAM this year who thought the messy stories were fake news.

 

[Doublehelix]

Richard Childress, former first vice president of the NRA, has resigned from the board of directors.

Childress is the 6th NRA board member to resign this year.

This is really turning into a joke.

The problem as I see it is that LaPierre doesn't see the resignations as a sign that *he* is the problem, but instead thinks that they are cleaning house to get things back to normalcy and profitability (so he can buy his next mansion). The problem is that he needs to look in the mirror and see that it all starts with him. He needs to resign. As soon as possible.

 

[DNS]

The only pro-gun organization I ever hear mentioned by Trump or the news media is the nra. Hope it survives.

 

[Ggreen]

The only pro-gun organization I ever hear mentioned by Trump or the news media is the nra. Hope it survives.

Makes you wonder why it is advertised freely by gun controllers

 

[bwframe]

The other side sure does hate us. Almost as much as we hate ourselves...

 

[Vigilant]

A successful Class Action basically will put the NRA out of business. All the NRA haters better hope that the SAF, and GOA have big enough britches to carry on. I don’t think they do, but one can hope. WLP should have resigned, but it’s obvious he isn’t going to. Hopefully he and the NRA can fight back this latest round, as it may be their last. Thanks guys, when were done eating our own, what are we to eat?

 

[Expat]

Yahoo had an article mentioning GOA and NAGR as replacements but apparently they feel SFA is a more reasonable choice... makes me think they wouldn't be my choice.

 

[Ggreen]

A successful Class Action basically will put the NRA out of business. All the NRA haters better hope that the SAF, and GOA have big enough britches to carry on. I don’t think they do, but one can hope. WLP should have resigned, but it’s obvious he isn’t going to. Hopefully he and the NRA can fight back this latest round, as it may be their last. Thanks guys, when were done eating our own, what are we to eat?

NRA been eating itself. Should we accept reckless spending and business practices that jeopardize its status as a npo. Let alone its friendly stance towards gun control in recent decades... Not hardly. We let Wayne make the nra his personal bank account, and that is all our faults for not speaking sooner. Wounded Warriors survived after ousting its leadership and is easy more effective to its mission now. WLP and a number of board members are responsible for the nra's fall, not us.. NRA will likely reorganize and carry on, but the WLP stain will reduce its effectiveness.

 

[AMMO USER]

In this months NRA Mag.,Carolyn Meadows President is still backing Wayne.She says all this is spurred on by the anti gun media ,these destructive forces accuse Wayne of an ever changing litany of baseless offenses and claim he is mismaningtheassociation.

 

[harleymac1]

Just this week I have been thinking about what appears to be very little action lately by the NRA but many contacts from the GOA for me to contact my Senators and Pres Trump concerning Red Flag laws and other issues that are top tier right now. I received cards from the GOA addressed to Pres Trump and my state senators and was urged to fill them out and throw a stamp on them and get them in the mail. I would expect the same from NRA but mostly I see the usual "Join the NRA wine club" or "Win this truck" mail. We can only hope we can get the ship righted before it sinks.

 

[Leadeye]

I saw this in the AR yesterday. I'll just ask if it's true the NRA is paying him 200K per year for clothes. Regardless of all the other accusations and rumors if this one is true and accountable he needs to go, now. That's a ridiculous amount of money for a man to spend on clothes.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Yahoo had an article mentioning GOA and NAGR as replacements but apparently they feel SFA is a more reasonable choice... makes me think they wouldn't be my choice.

NAGR, I am starting to think they are working for the antis.

 

[Brad69]

So this situation is not good.

I know we have INGO members that think this Pepe Lapierre guy is a superstar IMO he strikes me as a cross between a used car salesmen and a TV preacher. He demands the finest in life with the NRA’s money and could very well cost the NRA it’s non profit status.
He allegedly hired a firm to search for a “safe” mansion for him to move into. He was worried about his safety after the Parkland shooting and wanted a Uber secured home.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...-chief-wayne-lapierre-search-personal-mansion

This was caught by accounting people after a $70,000 check was cut, strange that the vague “firm” that was hired is owned by the son of the CFO.

Lobbyist and the like minded people that surround them are no different than salesman and most are “snake oil “ types that don’t care what they are selling. Today the sell the NRA tomorrow sell planned Parenthood or whatever they are not heroes of a cause, it’s about the money.
This not only is how the NRA operation does it most large nonprofits are the same, people who care pay the dues and the “elite” decide how to spend the money and are always well compensated.

Greed and Power will be the downfall of the NRA !

Here is the house that Pepe “needed” for his safety!
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/luxe-texas-mansion-nra-nearly-bought-wayne-lapierre/


BTW

The NRA pays for “the kings” wife’s hair $10,000 +
https://theunitedstatesblues.com/nr...-on-hair-and-makeup-for-wayne-lapierres-wife/

$39,000 for a day of shopping in Beverly Hills!
https://thecrimereport.org/2019/05/13/nras-lapierre-billed-ad-agency-for-clothing-car-and-driver/


The list could go on forever Pepe has been there since 1991, your dues are going to a good cause.

 

[Punkinhead]

When the number of board of directors defections reached 6 I went looking and it turns out the NRA has 76 board members. Good grief, why so many? A dozen seems reasonable. Twenty would be explainable. 76 is ludicrous. The only reason I can come up with is that you can never get that many people to agree on anything - it'd be like herding cats, so Pepe can maintain a hold on his power and continue to milk the membership.