Posted on 06/26/2019 11:29:10 AM PDT by rdl6989
A high-ranking leader of the NRA has resigned amid growing turmoil in the gun group.
Chris Cox has stepped down from his post as the NRA’s chief lobbyist and principal political strategist for the Institute for Legislative Action – the lobbying arm for the NRA, according to Andrew Arulanandum, the NRA’s managing director for public affairs.
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With this resignation, that hope goes out the window.
Wayne LaPierre needs to go, now.
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He needs to leave before he destroys the NRA.
What exactly is he doing?
***amid tumultuous time for the gun group***
Not the first time. Remember The Cincinnati Revolt, back in 1977?
wayne lapierre is the target... NRA is the target. Not sure who is helping.
He has also been spending NRA money on expensive custom suits, private jets, and shopping sprees for "interns."
The problems with LaPierre came to a head at the annual NRA convention last month, when the President of the NRA, Oliver North, resigned in protest.
Our Second Amendment does not need this. Ollie North and now Cox?? WTF??
Too much ego
As I’ve said elsewhere...we’d better have an alternate plan to the NRA. We are about to be on our own.
It might be that we always were.
I wasn’t familiar with that.
Gun Owners of America.
I don’t give much of a damn about the NRA, I joined because it seemed to be the best way to show support for the 2nd amendment.
Not so sure about that now.
Wouldn't clean up his act when confronted by Ollie North and then Cox.
One of my gripes with the NRA always wanting money was that LaPierre always looked like he never wore the same suit twice. Really.
Excessive personal expense billed to NRA.
Wouldn’t clean up his act when confronted by Ollie North and then Cox.
So how do we get rid of him?
Rob Pincus: This is What NRA Members Can Do Now to #ChangeTheNRA
www.thetruthaboutguns.com/pincus-this-is-what-nra-members-can-do-now-to-changethenra/
By Rob Pincus
[ED: You may have seen our post regarding documents recently leaked which detail questionable spending by National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre as well as tens of millions of dollars in legal fees paid to an outside attorney. Rob Pincus posted the following on his Facebook page regarding an article by The Hill about the same documents.]
“NRA President Carolyn Meadows told the newspaper in a statement that the “entire board is fully aware of these issues. We have full confidence in Wayne LaPierre.”
“It is troubling and pathetic that some people would resort to leaking information to advance their agendas,” she added.”
Let me add that Carolyn Meadows as the President of the NRA is troubling and pathetic.
The lack of backbone being shown by most board members is ridiculous. There a very small number of them who are actively communicating and working with those of us outside the NRA structure to try to fix things. but most of them are either Old Guard who actually think all of this is okay or younger “industry professionals” who are afraid and probably in over their heads.
The position they took for career advancement or as a resume builder isn’t working out the way they thought it would. My suggestion: If you don’t want to risk your comfortable jobs and lifestyle, just step down and walk away.
What you can do:
1. Post calls for action on the social media of those board members you know. Make sure they are aware they can’t just pretend nothing is happening.
2. Pressure companies that are donating large amounts to the dysfunctional NRA to let them know that their money could be put to better use with other organizations such as SAF or the many state orgs that are fighting the good fight without bloated salaries & expense accounts.
3. Speak up as an American gun owner who isn’t represented by, or supportive of, the current NRA practices or strategies.
4. Share this information with other gun own
We do already. The Second Amendment Foundation has predominately been the group behind such landmark legal cases as McDonald v. Chicago. The NRA usually joined the suits started by SAF only when the cases looked promising.
Thanks for the info.
Sounds like they need a new board.
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