NRA "looted into insolvency"?

[87jeep]

Falling just like "Rome"

Keep your powder dry!

Carry on

 

[smithers599]

Open letter from board member Buz Mills (owner of Gunsite):

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/07/nra-call-to-arms-gunsites-buzz-mills-speaks-out/?fbclid=IwAR0m5KBva_lBRB1KopwiMlCSytP6B6Cis8m7s_VQUkcIxXxkRvn2AVUlIKI#axzz5v4qJCA6C

Our current situation is the result of our own irresponsibility in not providing our staff and employees with adequate oversight and direction. While we have committees responsible for providing oversight, the reality is, they have not. I presented evidence of this abdication as demonstrated in previous Board of Directors meetings. There can be no doubt, the truth of the matter is spelled out in the minutes of these board and committee meetings.

This is a dangerous statement. The State of New York is likely to charge the individual members of the board with dereliction of duty, failure to provide oversight – and hold them individually responsible (financially). In other words, the State of New York will be asking the court to levy huge fines against the individual board members. It will be hard to argue “No, the malfeasance occurred despite our diligent oversight, not because of our abdication of our fiduciary duty” when one of the board members has admitted the abdication. I suspect Mills wrote this without consulting with a lawyer. Could prove to be a big mistake. On the other hand, I may be wrong. Popcorn at the ready…

ETA: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrecy-self-dealing-and-greed-at-the-nra

The memos urged the audit committee to “step up + fulfill its duties!,” but it’s not clear what the board has done to root out malfeasance. James Fishman, a co-author of “New York Nonprofit Law and Practice: With Tax Analysis,” a leading text on nonprofit law, told me, “[highlight=yellow]There is no such thing as a director who doesn’t direct. You’re responsible to make yourself aware of what’s going on. If the board doesn’t know, they’ve breached their duty of care, which is against the law in New York,” where the N.R.A. is chartered. According to Owens, the former I.R.S. official, New York State “could sanction board members, remove board members, disband the board, or close down the organization entirely.”[/highlight]

 

[Flash]

All of this should've been taken care of behind closed doors, not in front of the leftist media.

 

[shooter444]

Hey Flash,... Seems to me, some things are probably being done behind closed doors,... I expected the left would be going orgasmic with talk of the NRA having troubles? It sure is a lot more quiet than I expected.

NO?

 

[Flash]

It occurs to me that they might be behind some of what's going on with the NRA.

 

[shooter444]

Most likely,... the Deep State, goes very deep.

 

[smithers599]

Nobody from the left made them dip into the cookie jar. Corrupt people took over the organization and robbed us blind. We can't blame that on Russian Collusion, or George Soros, or the Fake News Media, or the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. The ones who did the stealing are the ones responsible, nobody else.

 

[harleypower69]

You nailed it Smithers - ever since they built that fancy headquarters on our dime they seem to have lost sight of their mission. Greedy bastards too busy lining up at the trough (just like the Congress critters) to do the peoples work.

 

[knockonit]

its been going on for years, lapu, has been using it as his personal bank system, along with a few others, the sure bamboozled the masses. no wonder the call for $$$$ has gotten worse,

gonna step away till they fix this, and even then will proabbly concentrate on local stuff.

nra has not been friends to AZ.

 

[brandyspaw]

I think the organization has been in a downward spiral since the eighties. It's been happening ever since they fired Neal Knox from the NRA and then continued to push out other hardliners who refused to compromise on gun laws and the 2nd amendment.

The decline continued on with the misuse of funds like paying for old Wayne's $200K wardrobe and other such shenanigans. As if he couldn't pay for his own designer suits with his salary. I'm a Life Member from way back but I've become very disillusioned by all this.

 

[shooter444]

I agree Waterdog,... money, leading to power,... corrupts! A periodic cleansing is inevitable and good thing!

 

[brandyspaw]

Its really getting interesting. I still don't think this will dislodge old Wayne and cat lady but things are definitely happening inside the NRA. This resignation letter was sent out by these 3 board members today:

August 1, 2019
President Carolyn Meadows
The National Rifle Association of America
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Secretary John Frazier
The National Rifle Association of America
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

The National Rifle Association of America Board of Directors
The National Rifle Association of America
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is with profound disappointment that each of us hereby tenders our resignation from the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, effective immediately.
We proudly agreed to serve as board members of the NRA because of our steadfast belief in the Association’s core mission of protecting the Second Amendment and its leadership’s commitment to serving its members with honesty, integrity and transparency. While our belief in the NRA’s mission remains as strong today as ever, our confidence in the NRA’s leadership has been shattered.

As Board members, we are duty bound to act with care and in the best interests of the NRA and its mission. Proper discharge of that duty compels us to speak up and take action when we become aware of matters within the Association that run counter to its mission, governing principles, policies, or the law. Over the past several months, there have been numerous, highly-publicized allegations of impropriety leveled against the Association and certain members of its executive leadership team. In exercising our oversight responsibilities as Board Members, we have sought information and requested certain actions be taken with respect to these allegations, only to be rebuffed at every turn. We had expected – or at least hoped— that the executive leadership team would recognize the seriousness of these allegations and work with us in a constructive and transparent manner to address our concerns and minimize any further harm to the Association. Instead, we have been stonewalled, accused of disloyalty, stripped of committee assignments and denied effective counsel necessary to properly discharge our responsibilities as Board members.

As a result of the foregoing, we are left with no other choice but to resign as members of the Board of Directors. In doing so, however, we hope that our action will serve as a catalyst for much needed reform within the NRA so that it can return its focus to the mission which we remain unwaveringly committed -- protecting the Constitution of the United States and especially, the Second Amendment.
Sincerely,

Esther Schneider
Sean Maloney
Timothy Knight

 

[storage_man]

ON the above, its either one of two things - 1 They really care and are totally frustrated, or 2 part of the problem and the first set rats leaving the sinking ship ?

 

[brandyspaw]

ON the above, its either one of two things - 1 They really care and are totally frustrated, or 2 part of the problem and the first set rats leaving the sinking ship ?

I think they've been unable to do anything further to remove old Wayne or all his cronies from the NRA. So since they were now powerless to do much more they wanted to absolve themselves from all the financial malfeasance. This has been unraveling for a while now and I think these directors felt they had no other options.

 

[shooter444]

Is not, WHISTLE BLOWING, an option?




Maybe in the future. ray:

 

[smithers599]

From the Wall Street Journal:

By Mark Maremont
Updated Aug. 6, 2019 11:27 pm ET
National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre was in discussions to have the group’s then-outside advertising agency help him buy a Dallas mansion last year for more than $5 million, but the deal fell through, according to people familiar with the matter.

The aborted house deal and conflicting explanations for why it fell apart are coming to the fore as the New York attorney general’s office is probing the NRA, including Mr. LaPierre’s dealings with the ad agency. The ad agency, Ackerman McQueen, recently turned over information about the contemplated house purchase to the AG’s office, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The discussions about the house purchase occurred early last year, shortly after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Mr. LaPierre was concerned about his security and was interested in another residence besides his publicly known address in northern Virginia, according to people familiar with the matter.

An NRA spokesman said the idea to buy the house was proposed by the late Angus McQueen, then co-CEO of the ad firm, as an investment that would be owned by senior Ackerman executives. “The deal was vetoed by the NRA after its full terms—including Ackerman’s intent to spend NRA money—became known to Wayne LaPierre,” said William A. Brewer III, an outside NRA attorney. “Not a cent of NRA money was ultimately spent. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue.”

That genesis of the discussions is disputed by others familiar with the transaction, who said the purchase was Mr. LaPierre’s idea and was to be funded by the NRA through a structure involving a limited-liability company. Ackerman was going to help manage the property, according to these people.

Mr. LaPierre and his wife, Susan, twice visited the mansion, in an exclusive golf community outside Dallas, according to one of these people, and also toured the golf club.

The LaPierres had the NRA cut a $70,000 check to Ackerman as earnest money for a contemplated offer, according to this person.

It was Mr. McQueen who pulled the plug on the arrangement, this person said, after learning more about the deal, including that Mr. LaPierre wanted a membership at the exclusive Vaquero golf club adjacent to the mansion. That made him doubt that security was the real aim, this person said.

Ackerman McQueen then returned the $70,000, this person said. Mr. McQueen died last month at age 74.

In a statement, Ackerman called the NRA’s allegation that Mr. McQueen was behind the mansion-purchase effort “blatantly false.”

“The truth is that Mr. LaPierre decided to proactively propose his plan to leave his current residence and purchase a new residence,” the agency said. “Acting outside the parties’ Services Agreement, Mr. LaPierre sought the involvement of Ackerman McQueen. Ackerman McQueen refused to proceed with this transaction. In fact, Mr. LaPierre’s actions in this regard led to Ackerman McQueen’s loss of faith in Mr. LaPierre’s decision-making.”

A spokeswoman for the New York AG’s office declined to comment on the real-estate issue.

The NRA’s board already was simmering with internal discontent about earlier revelations of expenses that Ackerman picked up for the NRA chief. According to leaked letters from Ackerman McQueen to the NRA, Mr. LaPierre charged more than $540,000 to the ad firm for clothing from a Beverly Hills, Calif., shop and for travel to Italy, Hungary, the Bahamas and other locales, some of it by private jet.

Mr. LaPierre and the NRA have said the travel and wardrobe costs were justified for NRA business reasons. The NRA reimbursed the ad firm for the travel costs, but not for the clothing.

The NRA’s then-president, Oliver North, left the NRA’s board after trying to get it to investigate the allegations that Mr. LaPierre may have mismanaged the nonprofit organization’s funds. Three other board members resigned last week after trying and failing to get the NRA’s board to launch an external investigation.

The NRA has said its board audit committee has fully vetted the transactions.

Until a falling-out earlier this year, the NRA, based in Fairfax, Va., and Oklahoma City-based Ackerman McQueen had a close relationship dating back more than 30 years. Messrs. LaPierre and McQueen talked almost every day, and sometimes several times a day, according to a 2002 deposition of Mr. McQueen.

The NRA sued Ackerman in April, claiming the ad firm was refusing to comply with demands to produce documentation backing up its bills to the NRA. The ad firm denied that allegation. The NRA has since terminated its contract with Ackerman and the two sides are locked in litigation.

Andrew Arulanandam, managing director of NRA public affairs, said in a statement that the allegation that the NRA was planning to fund the mansion purchase “is yet another example of Ackerman twisting the truth to promote a false narrative.”

The 10,000-square-foot mansion, in a Dallas suburb called Westlake, was priced at $6.2 million around the time the LaPierres were looking. It is a “French Country Estate” on a lake and has four bedrooms and nine baths—including “his and hers master baths”—according to the listing. It’s still on the market for $5.25 million.

The listing broker for the house, Jeff Watson, said that a couple from out of state looked at the house early last year, but he didn’t know their names and said they never put in a formal offer.

 

[Hunter]

Anyone on here remember congressman Sam Stieger? Maybe Stiegers Law? The NRA is the text book example of that law.

"When ever you create an organization around a movement or cause, sooner or later the organization becomes more important than the cause it was created for .

The NRA, for a long time now, is more concerned with fund raising that second amendment protections. They have no line in the sand and will sell you out. If you don't know this, you're not paying attention.

A progressive is progressing toward socialism

A conservative is conserving the last progressive victory.

You want to do something for you rights, stop sending your hard earned dollars to organizations, any organization, and start attending government functions where decisions are made. Could you imagine a city council meeting where a packed house of citizens stand up and say, "we will not obey, and if you send police to our homes we will resist.

 

[Flash]

I've been to a number of City Council and Board Of Supervisors meetings.

The powers that be have made their minds up before they arrive for the meetings and allowing people to say their piece is merely part of the bread and circuses show.

 

[shooter444]

I've been to a number of City Council and Board Of Supervisors meetings.

The powers that be have made their minds up before they arrive for the meetings and allowing people to say their piece is merely part of the bread and circuses show.

When Patriots attend these meetings, and verbally confront the city employees with EXACTLY what you have stated above,... 1) they will know that what they are doing is KNOWN! 2) it will enlighten those ignorant who are attending the meeting, to the facts as you have stated above!!!

All political changes are systematic and time consuming,... imo.