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Donations To The NRA Spiked After The Parkland School Shooting
NBC ^ | Mar 28, 2018 | Gabrielle Ware

Posted on 03/30/2018 10:39:53 PM PDT by Morgana

The NRA saw a major spike in donations following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

The shooting took place in February and left 17 people dead. That same month, NRA donations tripled from the month before. Federal Election Commission filings say the NRA received just under $248,000 in January. It received more than $779,000 in February.

The NRA has faced intense scrutiny since the shooting. It's not entirely clear if the donations are part of its supporters' response to that or part of a larger trend. History shows consumers display increased interest in guns and gun sales increase after mass shootings.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; browardcounty; davidhogg; donnydeutsch; florida; guns; joescarborough; lauraingraham; nra; parkland; scottisrael; secondamendment

1 posted on 03/30/2018 10:39:53 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Those who presume to think of themselves as ‘elites’ should ponder this very carefully.

They are not believed.

They are not trusted.

Their antics are anticipated.

They are expendable.


2 posted on 03/30/2018 10:49:28 PM PDT by Psalm 144 ("For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." - LBJ)
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To: Psalm 144
And they are dangerous. Don't ever doubt the Left will resort to anything underhanded or violent.
3 posted on 03/30/2018 11:14:26 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Morgana

It’s not entirely clear if the donations...

Here. Let me clarify things for you, NBC and the rest of the MSM. F*ck you.


4 posted on 03/31/2018 12:14:01 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Morgana

NBC bullshit re “the NRA has faced increased scrutiny since the shooting”.

What the hell does the NRA have to do with the Florida shooting? NOTHING.

Leave it to the Nothing But Crap network to smear a group that is located 1,000 miles away from the scene and whose members were not involved in the event.

As we also call NBC, the Nothing But Communism network as they always try to tear America down.

With them it’s shit in, red shit out!


5 posted on 03/31/2018 12:48:44 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

its not just donations to the NRA that have been spiking. Memberships have been spiking too. I joined two weeks ago in response to the Socialist gun grabbers.


6 posted on 03/31/2018 3:01:16 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

I let my membership lapse about 10 years ago. I rejoined right after the Parkland shooting.


7 posted on 03/31/2018 4:36:08 AM PDT by Russ
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To: FLT-bird

“.........donations to the NRA that have been spiking. Memberships have been spiking too......”.....

I have been a one year member of the NRA for several years, renewing on a annual basis. This year, for the first time ever, I have increased the length of my membership far beyond only a single year. If the NRA is “fighting” for my right to keep and bear arms, the least I can do is to provide some “support”. When the shooting starts, I will still have a weapon or two to join in.


8 posted on 03/31/2018 4:49:24 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Morgana

I recently joined the NRA and bought another AR. In your face Hogg you smug pretentious prick.


9 posted on 03/31/2018 5:11:49 AM PDT by LumberJack53213
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To: LumberJack53213

I spent a weekend in Miami with my progressive sister, mother and aunt. After going nearly 14 years without buying any firearms I rejoined the NRA and bought a new rifle. I felt compelled.


10 posted on 03/31/2018 5:35:33 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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To: Morgana

The left is anti-logic
And anti-sanity.
They are more than willing to exploit the vulnerable in order to advance their twisted agenda.
Which in the end is to gain power.


11 posted on 03/31/2018 5:39:36 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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To: LumberJack53213

Life member already. I’m thinking about buying my first AR-15 soon, though it’s another caliber to stock.


12 posted on 03/31/2018 5:43:26 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Could always get an AR 10 in .308


13 posted on 03/31/2018 5:53:41 AM PDT by LumberJack53213
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To: MichaelRDanger

I held off joining for years mostly due to my fear of being on a “list”. At this point I don’t care, a white middle age man who drives a 4x4 is already a target.


14 posted on 03/31/2018 6:01:18 AM PDT by LumberJack53213
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To: Morgana
The Establishment Left does not realize why people now equate them with the denizens of the fictional capital of Panem from the Hunger Games novel trilogy. Read the first novel, The Hunger Games, and you'll know EXACTLY what I mean describing them as amoral, indulgent, parochial and sanctimonious.
15 posted on 03/31/2018 6:18:31 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: FLT-bird

I renewed and got two sons and a friend to join.

I wasn’t lapsed, just up for renewal.


16 posted on 03/31/2018 6:25:47 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: LumberJack53213

Well, I do have some 7.62x51 around, but then I already have something to fire it with, too. That’s why I was thinking AR-15.


17 posted on 03/31/2018 6:19:19 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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