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Donations to the NRA tripled after the Parkland shooting
cnn.com ^ | 3/28/2018 | AJ Willingham

Posted on 03/28/2018 2:02:25 PM PDT by rktman

In the days and weeks following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the National Rifle Association saw a significant spike in donations. In fact, reports from the Federal Election Commission show donations to the NRA's Political Victory Fund tripled from January to February. In January, the NRA collected almost $248,000 in individual contributions. In February, they collected more than $779,000. It's no secret that interest in guns and gun sales -- as evidenced by anecdotes and manufacturing numbers -- have until recently gotten boosts from mass shootings. So it would stand to reason that donations to the NRA would get a bump as well.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida
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With the obligatory cnn video with various pro and antis present. And, the donations and member ships will keep rolling in too. Not to mention the voluntary contributions associated with the sale of every AR at the NRA discount sales stores all over the country. Oh, there aren't any? That's weird.
1 posted on 03/28/2018 2:02:25 PM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

How long before they demand mandatory background checks on NRA members and donors?


2 posted on 03/28/2018 2:05:54 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: rktman

I did not donate, but did buy a gun, not an AR but a nice little pistol. I did join the NRA.


3 posted on 03/28/2018 2:07:16 PM PDT by cotton (one way, one truth, the life.)
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To: cotton

Well, that’s kind of a donation. Kind of. But good on you for pickin’ up a dandy little pistol.


4 posted on 03/28/2018 2:10:19 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

The LEFT shoots themselves in the foot again. They never learn(and I hope they never do).

Every time they demonize law abiding Americans, they get unintended consequences.


5 posted on 03/28/2018 2:12:30 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: rktman

Make the fascist yoots unhappy. Support the NRA and our Second Amendment rights.

6 posted on 03/28/2018 2:14:18 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: outofsalt

Don’t laugh; when the Dems were shellacked in 1994 after the AWB was passed, Clinton publicly blamed the NRA and then sent IRS agents to NRA headquarters to repeatedly demand the NRA’s master membership list. Staff lawyers repeatedly told them to come back with a warrant or take a hike. It was a standoff that lasted until Clinton left office.


7 posted on 03/28/2018 2:15:18 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: rktman

I think we should take away the guns and arrest every single NRA member...who commits a mass shooting.


8 posted on 03/28/2018 2:16:01 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: rktman

Sucks to be CNN. Ha!


9 posted on 03/28/2018 2:19:02 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: elcid1970

Who’s laughing?! In California they went after the pro traditional marriage crowd. If I were running the NRA I would consider moving from Northern Virginia but, I’m only a life member.


10 posted on 03/28/2018 2:20:33 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

Boom


11 posted on 03/28/2018 2:25:36 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: rktman

12 posted on 03/28/2018 2:28:54 PM PDT by vikingrinn
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This is only the NRA-ILA, right? Not the NRA?


13 posted on 03/28/2018 2:29:02 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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This is only the NRA-ILA, right? Not the NRA?

Yes, I believe so. I don't think the NRA releases general fundraising or membership numbers, but they are required to by FEC rules for the funds dedicated directly to political action. One would imagine if the dedicated political action contributions were up this much, general membership fundraising would be up considerably more.

14 posted on 03/28/2018 2:42:09 PM PDT by apillar
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To: apillar

Thanks for the answer. I didn’t know.


15 posted on 03/28/2018 2:47:26 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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The donations didn’t triple after the shooting so much as they tripled after the left’s attacks on the NRA following the shooting.


16 posted on 03/28/2018 3:16:12 PM PDT by JoeRed
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To: elcid1970

“...and then sent IRS agents to NRA headquarters to repeatedly demand the NRA’s master membership list.”

If they can’t tell from the NRA cap and t-shirt I wear, or the NRA sticker on my car...all they have to do is ask me.


17 posted on 03/28/2018 4:19:31 PM PDT by moovova
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To: outofsalt

Life member here, too. The NRA has to stay close to the halls of power in D.C. though I have always heard that the physical layout of their headquarters including parking was designed with crowd control in mind, along with police access.

I used to live in Northern VA and it was a great place. Have friends there but the public sphere has gone hostile Third World.


18 posted on 03/28/2018 4:42:24 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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I joined last week


19 posted on 03/28/2018 5:25:35 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Ooh, that’s good!

CC


20 posted on 03/28/2018 5:37:15 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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