NRA: Re-vitalizing the organization to make it stronger for the RKBA

Should members of the 2A community work to revitalize the NRA or let them fade away into history?

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I’m a lifer and I appreciate what the NRA has done to preserve our 2A rights but I haven’t seen them do very much lately and I’m growing tired of buying new suits for Wayne.
The NRA is well aware of their problem but have taken no steps to rectify it. If the membership accepts that, it will never change.

I’ve made the NRA aware of my feelings but they don’t seem to care how I feel so long as I continue to donate.
So, I feel the best way to get their attention is to suspend contributions until we see some house cleaning and changes to the current bylaws that give the officers like WLP bulletproof status. Control of the organization needs to go back to the members. Until it does, I’m a member in name only.
 
wiscoaster said:
...Better to revitalize than to destroy and start over...
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Ordinarily, I would agree. One must take into account what the financial liabilities are with the NRA. How much debt? How much in legal fees? etc. Of course, I don't know those numbers but I suspect that they are not insignificant. All of the money required (from members/donors) to rescue NRA might be better spent on saving the 2A instead.

But I would agree that the NRA has good name recognition and reach. But little else.
 
I have been really disappointed with the perceived corruption in the NRA the 7-8 years. I know we cannot trust everything we hear with regards to what is happening with the NRA due to the morally bankrupt media we have in this nation, but I have to think that something is truly rotting in the ranks of the NRA administration.

I will also advocate that the NRA needs to be saved and not destroyed. They have their historical warts when it comes to defending the 2nd Amendment but they have done a tremendous amount in preserving rights and promoting lawful gun ownership, safety and teaching as well.

In my opinion there needs to be accountability in the book keeping and spending of the NRA, the cronyism that is seemingly rampant in the top and board of directors has to be quelled.

Never in my lifetime has there been a more clear and present danger to our 2A rights then what we will face starting January 20th. We need the NRA of old when there was true leadership and bold promotion of the 2A to rebuff the onslaught that a Biden/Harris/O'Rourke administration will attempt.
 
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Wayne is really a great speaker. If he would relinquish control but stay on in some public relations or lobbying post I think that would be OK with me. Find someone else to run the thing, set policies and agendas, make the big decisions, etc. They've had some good people rotate in and out of there over the years, but it seems they can't stomach how it's run and either leave or get run out. It's a good organization with a good mission, but it's been mismanaged, badly run, bad decisions, extravagant expenses, giving in to the enemy, internal strife, and on and on ...
 
Let's not wander into presidential politics, please.
 
The NRA is perceived as the big dog on the block (hence the lawsuit in NY; anyone think that wasn't part of the antis full court press?), and it has 5 million members.
We have to be careful we don't let ourselves be divided, and form a circular firing squad.
Am I uneasy about WLP? Well, yeah. Those cities that have been one-party politics forever have become deeply corrupt because the same people have been in power too long.
Wish Ollie North had succeeded, but he did not. We are where we are, and the 2nd Amendment is under attack like never before.
And the antis are more determined to beat the NRA than they are about public safety.
Let's not be divided, and work for change from within. It's even possible that, after a losing season, the head coach may hang up the jock, or at least pause for some self reflection.
We shall see.
Moon
 
I too am very dissapointed with the national NRA organization but will continue my membership. On the other hand, I am quite satisfied with the Illinois State Rifle Assn. which is affiliated with the NRA. All 2nd amendment groups need to support one another and stay on the same page.
 
I do not want to see the NRA fade away. There is something to be said when you are the oldest 2A foundation in the country. But when membership dues are paying more for WLP suits than activism, there needs to be changes. I refuse to be an NRA member while he is still on staff.
 
Putting protection of the 2A aside, if the NRA was a regular company would you invest your money in it given the recent track record of its leadership? I would imagine the the majority of we smart people would say no.
 
Shades of KMart & Sears, following on the corporation analogy, with this latest info.
 
I've always thought it was very shortsighted for the NRA to remain headquartered behind enemy lines. How much time has been wasted defending against corrupt New York politicians when they could've been making inroads in 2A advancement.

The anti-2a is and has been waging a war of attrition with the NRA, a few lawsuits here and there, sprinkled with some biased baseless media coverage and combine that with a local public administration that creates a hostile environment and it starts to divest serious resources from the task at hand.

Good decision to move to Texas if it goes through, NRA needs some serious regrouping ahead of what is to come and they need to put the Bloomberg/Cuomo shenanigans behind them so they can focus on their mission.
 
BreechFace said:
I've always thought it was very shortsighted for the NRA to remain headquartered behind enemy lines.
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Although incorporated in NY (recall the post Civil War history of founding) the headquarters has been in Virginia, near DC, for a LONG time. That gave close access to national politicians. At one time, Virginia was gun-friendly. However, in recent years that has also changed. I wonder if they are considering moving the headquarters to Texas, also?

Craig
 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ociation-files-bankruptcy-citing-n-y-politics

The National Rifle Association of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday with plans to regroup in Texas, citing opposition in New York.

The group intends to restructure and reincorporate, according to a statement on its website. The gun rights group said the filing will help it “exit what it believes is a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York,” according to the statement.

“The move will enable long-term, sustainable growth and ensure the NRA’s continued success as the nation’s leading advocate for constitutional freedom – free from the toxic political environment of New York,” the NRA said.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows entities to continue operating while working on a plan to repay creditors. The petition listed assets and liabilities of as much as $500 million each.
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Wonder if they move the faciities - that will cost a buck, museum, etc.
 
American Finn said:
Are we able to organize a revolt like they did in Cincinnati 1977
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That was tried at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis and we saw how it went so what would you do different that the President of the NRA and several members of the board did and failed to accomplish this goal?
 
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