Unfortunately, LaPierre's departure is unlikely to change the momentum of the NRA organization, which has since the 1970s shifted away non-partisan activities when it was "mainly focused on...
The lawsuit alleges that LaPierre diverted millions of dollars away from the group’s charitable mission for his personal use of private jets, expensive meals, travel consultants, private security, and trips to the Bahamas for him and his family.
The attorney general claims LaPierre spent more than $500,000 of the NRA’s assets to fly himself and his family members to the Bahamas. From May 2015 to April 2019, the NRA incurred over $1 million in expenses for private flights in which LaPierre was not a passenger, according to the lawsuit.
Unfortunately, LaPierre's departure is unlikely to change the momentum of the NRA organization, which has since the 1970s shifted away non-partisan activities when it was "mainly focused on sportsmen, hunters, and target shooters, and downplayed gun control issues. During the 1970s, it became increasingly aligned with the Republican Party. After 1977, the organization expanded its membership by focusing heavily on political issues and forming coalitions with conservative politicians." (quote from Wikipedia.
I'll use this article on LaPierre's departure to keep the spotlight on the NRA's nefarious activities: other sections of the Wikipedia article worth reading include those on NRA History, its Lobbying and Political Activity, and Criticism. Preaching to the choir here on Tildes of course, but for anyone not aware of it, the NRA represents one of the core challenges facing American society today, namely powerful industry-funded lobbyist groups opposing sensible and otherwise popular regulation. Note the parts of the Wikipedia entry related to the NRA's relationship with firearms manufacturers.
In a country with such pervasive guns, teaching safe handling is by far the best way to reduce gun accidents. The NRA went a long way to reducing accidental gun deaths, it's such a shame they went...
In a country with such pervasive guns, teaching safe handling is by far the best way to reduce gun accidents. The NRA went a long way to reducing accidental gun deaths, it's such a shame they went down the wrong path.
They may have prevented some gun accidents but they sure helped keep the gun intentional number higher by fighting against every attempt at regulation.
In a country with such pervasive guns, teaching safe handling is by far the best way to reduce gun accidents.
They may have prevented some gun accidents but they sure helped keep the gun intentional number higher by fighting against every attempt at regulation.
Like I said, that didn't used to be the case. The NSSF is closer to the modern equivalent, but sadly is more corporate. The focus used to be on properly handling and securing firearms, and they...
Like I said, that didn't used to be the case.
The NSSF is closer to the modern equivalent, but sadly is more corporate.
The focus used to be on properly handling and securing firearms, and they did make a marked reduction in accidental and suicide deaths.
You'll notice those numbers started rising in the 1990s as the NRA went really hard into the propaganda instead of safety.
Unfortunately, LaPierre's departure is unlikely to change the momentum of the NRA organization, which has since the 1970s shifted away non-partisan activities when it was "mainly focused on sportsmen, hunters, and target shooters, and downplayed gun control issues. During the 1970s, it became increasingly aligned with the Republican Party. After 1977, the organization expanded its membership by focusing heavily on political issues and forming coalitions with conservative politicians." (quote from Wikipedia.
I'll use this article on LaPierre's departure to keep the spotlight on the NRA's nefarious activities: other sections of the Wikipedia article worth reading include those on NRA History, its Lobbying and Political Activity, and Criticism. Preaching to the choir here on Tildes of course, but for anyone not aware of it, the NRA represents one of the core challenges facing American society today, namely powerful industry-funded lobbyist groups opposing sensible and otherwise popular regulation. Note the parts of the Wikipedia entry related to the NRA's relationship with firearms manufacturers.
In a country with such pervasive guns, teaching safe handling is by far the best way to reduce gun accidents. The NRA went a long way to reducing accidental gun deaths, it's such a shame they went down the wrong path.
They may have prevented some gun accidents but they sure helped keep the gun intentional number higher by fighting against every attempt at regulation.
Like I said, that didn't used to be the case.
The NSSF is closer to the modern equivalent, but sadly is more corporate.
The focus used to be on properly handling and securing firearms, and they did make a marked reduction in accidental and suicide deaths.
You'll notice those numbers started rising in the 1990s as the NRA went really hard into the propaganda instead of safety.