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Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« on: April 29, 2019, 11:13:04 pm »
Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
By Zack Budryk - 04/29/19 07:02 PM EDT

Wayne LaPierre reportedly defeated a leadership challenge to win re-election as the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) CEO Monday.

Over the weekend, retired Col. Oliver North announced Saturday he would not be running for re-election to his role as NRA president amid a failed attempt to force LaPierre out of leadership. LaPierre claimed North had tried to extort him into resigning under threat of releasing information about alleged financial improprieties within the organization, as well as allegations that LaPierre charged thousands of dollars in wardrobe purchases to his expense account.

President Trump, who addressed the NRA convention Friday, had earlier Monday urged the group on Twitter to “get its act together quickly [and] stop the internal fighting.”

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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2019, 11:47:54 pm »
Seems like the NRA is never going to get rid of that guy.
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2019, 11:15:01 am »
To think...

Of all the external threats to the NRA's existence, the biggest threat they face is their own unwillingness to purge bad faith figures in their own midst.
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2019, 11:20:43 am »
I am a lifetime member, but there are days I want to drive there and smack some heads together.
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2019, 11:21:41 am »
What gun right will they help give away next?

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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2019, 02:10:03 pm »
What gun right will they help give away next?

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Hard to say. How much money do you have?
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2019, 04:56:38 pm »
This to me smacks of a type of election you'd hear about in Saddam's Iraq.

Not four days ago some of these same people that voted to keep Wayne in power were ready to march with LTC North to kick Wayne out.

Now suddenly they fall in line to cast a vote to keep Way as the EVP?


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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2019, 04:59:00 pm »
Seems like the NRA is never going to get rid of that guy.

That's truer than you think Pete.  He's got it in writing that when he retires he still gets his current salary ($1.4 million) in addition to exclusive speaking engagements and other perks from the NRA.
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2019, 05:51:10 pm »
To get an idea of the depth and breadth of the theft, corruption, and abuse that has been going on at the NRA for the past 25-plus years, you need to read the entire article in The New Yorker, but here are some highlights:

Remember that 1.4 million dollars being paid to Wayne LaPierre? At some point, a clause was added to his employment contract guaranteeing him payment as a speaker and consultant after he retires from NRA, at the full base salary he is being paid as Executive Vice President.

Multiple NRA executives have left the organization and walked into $600,000 and $700,000 dollars a year consulting contracts for NRA.

Wives, children, and other relatives of NRA executives and NRA contractors have routinely crisscrossed between the NRA and various vendors, drawing exorbitant salaries.

Key vendors – like Ackerman McQueen – have been routinely paid on invoices that were incomplete or unspecific, and NRA employees questioning such payments were retaliated against.


https://www.ammoland.com/2019/04/nras-dirty-laundry-exposed-as-pro-gun-group-cleans-house/#axzz5mbOOJALh
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« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2019, 09:27:55 pm »
To hell with the NRA!

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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2019, 11:18:47 am »
The problem for people like me as i see it is that in order to be an instructor I need to be a member. It is the ONLY certification that is recognized by various groups such as the BSA, and every municipal authority recognizes the NRA certification for the CCW permit.
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2019, 02:12:40 pm »
The problem for people like me as i see it is that in order to be an instructor I need to be a member. It is the ONLY certification that is recognized by various groups such as the BSA, and every municipal authority recognizes the NRA certification for the CCW permit.

Do they not recognize certs from other organizations like USCCA?
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2019, 02:32:43 pm »
Do they not recognize certs from other organizations like USCCA?

The rifle range where I am a member requires membership in the NRA, just to get on the waiting list to join.
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2019, 03:32:08 pm »
Do they not recognize certs from other organizations like USCCA?
The states I have been associated with only recognize NRA. NYS, SC, NC, Va., Mass, Maryland.
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Re: Wayne LaPierre wins reelection at NRA amid leadership crisis
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2019, 03:51:07 pm »
To hell with the NRA!

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