More NRA intrigue?

[David Conder]

lv we dont have theNRA who is going to fight for OUR GUN RIGHTS

 

[Emmett Dibble]

Not another dime except for base membership till people go to jail…

 

[Bill Rodolph]

I have been a staunch supporter of Friends of the NRA and chairman of our local committee and it really pains me to see the Foundation (which oversees FNRA) to now be accused of fraud, I don't know what to support now and should I resign my chairmanship?

 

[joshb]

They are certainly the best place to waste your money. I hate that my local club makes me maintain a membership.

Yup. My club in Pa. has the same requirement. The only good news is I sent a big check for a lifetime membership 20 years ago, so I’m covered. Even tho they don’t get a penny from me, I still have my lifetime card to show them.

 

[Kittitas George]

I have been a staunch supporter of Friends of the NRA and chairman of our local committee and it really pains me to see the Foundation (which oversees FNRA) to now be accused of fraud, I don't know what to support now and should I resign my chairmanship?

I'd bet a dollar to a dog turd more people than WLP should be prosecuted. There must have been board members and people in the financial sections of both the NRA and the charity wing that ignored their fiduciary responsibilities and committed crimes. You may enjoy watching WLP hunting elephants in Africa on your contributions. It appears WLP spent more time stealing money than learning to shoot. It can be found on YouTube, if hasn't been deleted.

 

[topclass2017]

Yup. My club in Pa. has the same requirement. The only good news is I sent a big check for a lifetime membership 20 years ago, so I’m covered. Even tho they don’t get a penny from me, I’m still have my lifetime card to show them.

Same here. I got a deeply discounted life membership or I would have left when Wayne's shenanigans hit the fan. I've been a member of 2 clubs that required nra membership although the current club only wants membership in any gun rights organization

 

[rwj]

Ask if your clubs requiring NRA membership will accept GOA as a alternative…

 

[M-61]

as they were/are the strongest lobby

“we’re” is the operative word.
“Are” I think their ship sailed.

 

[danny]

It's On,.. "Life Support" !
The Magazine is Now going Online ( No more Magazine in Paper, to Pass on to, the Kid's & grandkids ! )
Wayne and a Few "Others", belong, Broke and in prison, for WHAT they've Done to, OUR Organization !
( JMHO )

I have been tossing my magazine for a couple of years now. The magazine used to be great.

Danny

 

[Rickhem]

I joined the ranks of life members back in the early 1980s, and made those payments over time as money was tight back then. I shot a lot of NRA Bullseye, and membership was a requirement. The NRA also included insurance in your membership, and a lot of clubs used to require membership for that insurance. A club that i got more involved with used to carry secondary insurance, which was much more cost effective for us, but relied on the coverage that the NRA provided for primary coverage. That was the main reason for requirement to be an NRA member.

I got certified as a trainer in a bunch of their separate disciplines, and also got the Range Safety Officer certification, more due to my getting more involved with the admin and operations part of some clubs and organizations that I was a part of, but I'm not sure any of that really carries much weight these days. I still have an envelope full of NRA Award Points, probably over 100 points, from placing in competitions, and those are virtually worthless now.

I was not happy when the Shooting Sports USA magazine went away from an actual print magazine, and now it seems both Rifleman and Hunter are going digital. As a life member, I'm not sending them any money, but I still get all the mailings about joining the Golden Eagles and how prestigious that would be. I don't know if I'd join again now if I wasn't already a member. Hate to seem mercenary about it, but not sure they really offer something of value for the money they ask any more.

 

[ebb]

^^^^^ I understand what you mean! I used to get calls 3 or 4 times a week while I was at work, when I saw NRA i would ignore it then it was not tagged as NRA but a Washington DC number, then it was a local area code. The calls always came when I was up a ladder or doing something with both hands, this went on for years. Then I find it was all to recruit money for Wayne to steal. If they are suing each other the theft hasn't stopped. Value for the money or not they are criminals and I want them GONE.

 

[mike mccormick]

WLP belongs in jail, along with others. He stole about $5 MILLION, others had to know. One of the NRA financial people moved on to a 501 charitable wildlife organization, he must have known of the stealing at the NRA. I dropped my membership and contributions immediately. The NRA was supportive of law enforcement UNTIL WLP. The board should have been supportive of the New York prosecutor, she was trying to protect OUR MONEY. Some thing is wrong with the by-laws or the PEOPLE in charge when $5 MILLION can be misappropriated or stolen from an organization. When WLP is prosecuted, and the board is helping with the prosecution, I may consider them. I was a "life member", supporter and contributor for about 30 years.

5 million is less than he was taking in annual salary. You need to multiply it by 10 or 20

 

[bluealtered]

I learned many decades ago that when something is dead, you must bury it or it will simply continue to stink up everything around it.

 

[Woollybugger]

I didn't know the NRA still existed.

midway still try’s to collect a donation on every order.

 

[shoot4fun]

GOA, while it subscribes to many of the same practices used by NRA, has been acting faster and doing more real fighting for 2A than NRA. They were first to announces and provided much needed support to Congressman Andrew Clyde in removing the NFA tax from Suppressors and SBR's. They were first to announce suing over the registration part of those same items with NFA.
Now, if you don't know about their work, check out VCDL. No, I'm not a citizen of Virginia but this organization has my full support.
BTW, see my signature below.

 

[jnyfeler]

I think I might be impressed if they had originally gone after Wayne for misappropriation of funds...

And embezzlement. And re-written the by-laws to prevent a recurrence of Wayne's Criminal World. Till then, I'm not convinced that anything has changed.

Jeff

 

[WileyG]

If I had not bought a heavily discounted life membership a few decades ago, I would not be a member under any circumstances. While Wayne was robbing the vault they were quietly doing away with member perks. A few years ago I called and asked about perks that had been discontinued with no notice nor reason given. I got no explanation at all.

 

[urbanrifleman]

It is kind of interesting that the NRA basically completely collapsed and has become a defunct organization and absolutely no one was waiting in the wings to replace it.

 

[Kittitas George]

5 million is less than he was taking in annual salary. You need to multiply it by 10 or 20

My numbers maybe off, along with my memory, they are decades old. I dropped my 'life' membership in early 1990s? so the numbers are about that old. WLP's salary was about $1 Million, other 501 (c)3 non-profits, like the wildlife and ducks charities, was about $150 thousand, at the time. WLP's wife was also on the payroll, I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was over $100K. I would guess he also had a very big expense account. All board members and people in the financial section must have known of how the money was being used. If not they were incompetent or ignoring their fiduciary responsibility and 'stealing' a paycheck also. Any organization that is overseen by hand picked loyalist, short on honesty, integrity, ethics and selling FEAR, cannot be trusted. WLP is still living 'high on the hog' after stealing millions, because the present board has not tried to prosecute. The court has ruled he needs to return the stolen money. It was a 'civil case' not a 'criminal case'. If it was a criminal charge, he would probably be in jail.

 

[mike mccormick]

My numbers maybe off, along with my memory, they are decades old. I dropped my 'life' membership in early 1990s? so the numbers are about that old. WLP's salary was about $1 Million, other 501 (c)3 non-profits, like the wildlife and ducks charities, was about $150 thousand, at the time. WLP's wife was also on the payroll, I don't remember the exact numbers, but it was over $100K. I would guess he also had a very big expense account. All board members and people in the financial section must have known of how the money was being used. If not they were incompetent or ignoring their fiduciary responsibility and 'stealing' a paycheck also. Any organization that is overseen by hand picked loyalist, short on honesty, integrity, ethics and selling FEAR, cannot be trusted. WLP is still living 'high on the hog' after stealing millions, because the present board has not tried to prosecute. The court has ruled he needs to return the stolen money. It was a 'civil case' not a 'criminal case'. If it was a criminal charge, he would probably be in jail.

At the end, he was paid $6 million a year. Most of the board was complicit. It was rotten to its core. Despite professing to have changed, many of the same hogs are still at the trough.