NRA Leadership
NRA’s head lobbyist on Glenn Beck
GLENN: So, last week when I told you there was a bill, there was this bill going through the house, it was going to make people soldiers, for instance, that, you know, had post-traumatic stress syndrome, they were never going to be able to get a gun again, and word was that it would go all the way down to people who had been diagnosed with A.D.D.. So I called Wayne La Pierre on the air. He said, no, Glenn, this is great. Then what happens? Then I get an avalanche of people who are N.R.A. members who are saying that that’s not true and that the N.R.A. is not doing their job, and from people who say, I’ve been a lifelong member of the N.R.A., blah, blah, blah, but they’re selling us out. The problem is, we don’t know who to trust anymore. Continue reading
NRA’s Hoplophobic President
Cartoon by Scott Beiser Continue reading
LaPierre endorses trigger locks and closing gunshow “loophole”
Mr. LaPIERRE: We have always felt, and I feel, that owning a gun is a
responsibility. And the fact that you have young children in the house, you’d
better lock up your guns, and you’d better make them inaccessible. And if
you’re criminally negligent, you should be charged and we support that. Continue reading
Heston, for the Record
On May 3rd of last year, actor Charlton Heston was elected to the board of directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA) during its national convention in Seattle. Two days later, the 76-member board voted to make Heston NRA first vice president over incumbent Neal Knox, a former NRA chief lobbyist who heads the Maryland-based Firearms Coalition. The Associated Press reported at the time, “Heston’s election ran against a long tradition of two, one-year terms for each of the top three officers, with the second vice president moving up to first vice president, and then to president.” Continue reading
NRA accepts blame for Columbine, supports Gun Free Schools (for adults, too)
NRA accepts blame for Columbine, supports Gun Free Schools (for adults, too) Continue reading