George Kollitides

[Fburgtx]

I've been noticing over the last few months that there has been a big "push" for this guy to get elected to the NRA Board of Directors. In case you don't know, he is the head of Cerberus' gun division(Bushmaster/Remington/Marlin and DPMS).

The reason I brought this up is because I don't know exactly what to think of it. The last month or two, there's even been a big "ad" for these gun companies with his name and photo plastered on it in the NRA magazines. I seriously doubt that any other candidates have the kind of money necessary to advertise their candidacy in such a manner.

I don't want to jump to any conclusions here, so I'm posting this for the sake of discussion. Is this a good thing (pro "modern" rifles), or is this running the risk of "commercializing" the NRA Board too much??? I realize there have probably been gun CEO's on the board before, but I'm not aware of any who controlled such a large share of the market.

Please discuss.......

 

[BBQLS1]

With all the "The NRA doesn't care about black rifles." thoughts, It could definitely change the perspectives.

 

[akodo]

yep

let's say he is out to make the NRA board just to use it as a tool to push his black rifles. Not sure that is a good thing MORALLY, conflict of interest and all, but as far as the RKBA front, black rifles is what the banners will come for next.

If the NRA board fights harder because it will hurt their personal pocketbooks rather than for pure ethics reasons, well, fighting harder is what we need.

I'd be more worried about someone known as a maker of fancy double barreled shotguns getting in and saying 'well let's comprimise on the black rifle ban, as long as I can keep on selling my fancy duck guns, who cares!?'

 

[Kind of Blued]

I read the interview with him in the NRA American Rifleman magazine, and if he really can speak that eloquently, and with that much insight, he'd be an extremely bright guy, but it seemed like one of the most manufactured and "scripted" interviews I've ever read anywhere. Consequently, I spent all of that time analyzing what seemed like propoganda, figuring out what the NRA wanted me to think about him.

The way those interviews (as well as Gunny TV shows) are scripted is almost offensive to me, it's so watered-down. Nobody speaks like that anymore: "Gee Ronny, you sure did hit the nail on the head there!"

Anyway, that article, and the huge posters of him with some freshly-killed big game at SHOT Show are my only notices of the guy, and they were both "weird"...