I liked the NRA (past tense now). This shooting range reeks of another dirty Harry Reid real estate deal. The land value is close to $71,000 an acre for desert land and a fairly plain looking shooting range.
I am sure it was with TARP money. The NRA appears to have some involvemnet in this dirty deal.
I’ve always been ambivilent about the NRA. I first had my own membership card and American Rifleman subscription in 1968, I think. They did NOT fight GCA 1968 nearly as hard as they should have. It’s been pretty much all downhill since.