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Why Veterans Like Me are Leaving the NRA
Newsweek ^ | May 1, 2019 | Alonzo Neese

Posted on 08/07/2019 7:29:22 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

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To: Segovia

The big cases have been won by the Second Amendment Foundation, not the NRA.


41 posted on 08/07/2019 8:00:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: PGR88

5 million and democrats think the NRA runs the republicans. Funny. Part of the democrats mental illness.


42 posted on 08/07/2019 8:01:37 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: laweeks

Zackly !


43 posted on 08/07/2019 8:02:17 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Why Veterans Like Me are Leaving the NRA

I'm not a vet or a member of the NRA. But if I was I'd be more inclined to leave over this - NRA Planned To Buy $6 million Mansion for Wayne LaPierre - than anything to do with their defense of gun ownership.

44 posted on 08/07/2019 8:03:26 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

While the NRA is definitely having it’s internal problems, I believe this screed to be agitprop designed to sow discord and further discredit the NRA.


45 posted on 08/07/2019 8:03:33 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Vaquero

Seems to me that a independent audit should clear this up pronto..........


46 posted on 08/07/2019 8:03:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

This guy’s a plant. Alonzo Neese, the author is a current MA/MPA student with an MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School. He is also a member of the Truman National Security Project’s Defense Council.

The Truman Center is a liberal organization bound in global leadership by the US through diplomacy. As a marine officer, with roots in combat theaters, he should know above others that diplomacy with people that are going to break their word with the infidels is a given based upon their religious theologies. So he is either a plant for the liberal efforts to mainstream and normalize the sect of muslim, or a complete idiot that did not either understand or process the instructions of dealing with them and not trusting them at their word. If he had displayed this type of application downrange, he and many other marines would be gone. Another brainwashed tool for the fools.

rwood


47 posted on 08/07/2019 8:04:37 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Fine. They need to fix their problems and I am sure they will.

But they have also done a lot of good and we should support them, not abandon them.


48 posted on 08/07/2019 8:05:48 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
DO NOT LEAVE THE NRA. Don't donate any money to them, tell them why you are not donating, but KEEP YOUR MEMBERSHIP ACTIVE.

NRA's bylaws state that you must be a member for five continuous years in order to vote in the annual election of the Board of Directors. If you quit your membership then rejoin later, you loose your voting privileges.

The NRA needs to clean house, and that begins at the top with Wayne "Suits" LaPierre. They won't get any of my money (other than the minimum dues) until they do. But the NRA will need a membership that will vote in the right directors in order to make sure the house cleaning happens.

49 posted on 08/07/2019 8:07:31 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I realize it's Newsweek

Printed & published to demoralize Trump voters.

When will our side stop posting this swill, not to mention somewhat substantiate the leftist viewpoint?

50 posted on 08/07/2019 8:08:35 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Innovative

They get no more of my money for $6 million dollar houses and $10,000 suits for Wayne.
When he’s gone, I’ll consider re-joining.


51 posted on 08/07/2019 8:09:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Yo-Yo

Good points Yo


52 posted on 08/07/2019 8:09:14 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The writer is a member of Bloomburg’s anti-gun group so hardly a rank&file gun rights supporter. That said the NRA leadership’s milking of the organization for personal profit has hurt the NRA badly.


53 posted on 08/07/2019 8:10:48 AM PDT by nvcdl
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

New Squeak fake news.


54 posted on 08/07/2019 8:21:17 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

New Squeak fake news.


55 posted on 08/07/2019 8:21:27 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"shill for gun manufacturers..."

Right.........Alonzo is as real as global warming.

56 posted on 08/07/2019 8:25:17 AM PDT by matthew fuller ( Tagline suspended temporarily.)
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To: JamesP81

Substitute Planned Parenthood for NRA. Why is PP being allowed to skate from their messes, but NRA isn’t (not that it should)? Too much Leftist control and Deep State judges. This has to be fixed...


57 posted on 08/07/2019 8:27:30 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: bigdaddy45

And the latest is from 2018 where la pierre had the nra negotiating to buy a 6 million dollar mansion for him to live in.

Anyone who keeps giving money to a corrupt outfit like this deserves what happens.


58 posted on 08/07/2019 8:31:17 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Gun Grabber propaganda.

The NRA has a problem with a lack of transparency and obviously some in leadership enriching themselves rather than serving the cause.

That is it though. It is a gun rights organization. It’s purpose is to defend gun rights which necessarily means being a very active part of the political process. It is not and never has been a shill for gun manufacturers - that’s just the standard Gun Grabber lie. The vast majority of its funding has always come from its millions of members (like me) making small donations.


59 posted on 08/07/2019 8:36:22 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Every town for Bloomberg (probably paid) schill. All comments from this article are paid propaganda, i.e. worthless.

My 2¢

Ed


60 posted on 08/07/2019 8:37:00 AM PDT by simi_ed (Change the NRA)
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