Facebook Pages On NRA Problems

If you’d like some insider views of the mess, try Col. Willis Lee, director and former 1st Vice President, purged from the latter post for promising never to lie to the board. He likes to ask the question: if NRA insiders got the association into this incredible mess, why are they saying they are the

Use Of Private Jets Continuing?

At The Reload, Stephen Gutowski has a stunning report. He got the Brewer law firm to confirm that NRA president Charles Cotton has travelled with Bill Brewer on the law firm’s private jet(s). We don’t know if the jet(s) are owned by the firm or leased by it (typical cost: $7,000 per flight hour plus

Getting A Sense Of The Brewer Law Firm

Here’s some promotional footage, with no audio, dedicated to the Brewer law firm. It is created by a fancy PR firm. That’s a nice private jet, car, office, and cufflinks. Even hints that the car is chauffeured. https://www.luxurylloyd.com/brewer-attorneys (Tip to the creators: the word you want is “sow,” not “sew.”) A fine use of members’

NRA Museum Guns, A Knowledgable Reader Comments

A concerned reader sent us this: “The other day’s post about the museum collection was timely. But instead of listing pieces with Rock Island Auctions, it would seem that the NRA made the decision to market items with a smaller house, Lewis & Grant Auctions in Kentucky. No identification of any NRA/museum provenance was provided

NRA Board Election Results In

What a turnover! All the reformers got elected! 4 out of 5 running by petition, with no Nominating Committee endorsement! Three of the top five vote-getters, and all in the top 16. Of LaPierre’s cheerleaders, two out of three failed to get elected. Word has gotten around, entirely outside the official publications. ELECTED FOR THREE-YEAR

NRA Disposing Of Museum Collections?

Last year, we noted a Finance Committee resolution, changing the procedure for disposing of guns donated to the National Firearms Museum. Previously, all donations were reviewed by the Gun Collectors and Finance Committees, with funds “received from the disposition to be earmarked for museum purposes.” The 2023 resolution revoked this, and provided that the Executive

The View From Inside

Director Willis Lee links to a post by Apryl Marie Fogel, who left a radio show to hire on with NRA HQ, in a “dream job.” Then she found the reality: the job was a nightmare, “The supposed course corrections NRA members, board, and the court has heard so much about haven’t worked and can’t

NRA’s Continues To Decline Under Current “Leadership”

Just a month ago, we noted: “circulation of The American Rifleman, probably a good indication of membership levels, had fallen from 2.2 million to 1.5 million, as of 2022. A year later, June 2, it fell to 1.3 million. That’s an astonishing 41% decline, and suggests a truly disastrous loss of 2.25 million members.” According to the

Board Members Becoming Concerned?

Last month, we covered a letter from NRA director and businessman Bill Bachenberg to the other members of the board, reflecting his concerns about how the search for a new Executive Vice President was being conducted. “The free world is watching, we can’t let our members, America’s gun owners and manufacturers down at this critical

NRA: Marion Hammers’ Lucrative “Retirement Contract” Terminated

Only Guns And Money has the story, and the text. It’s rather hard to come up with sympathy. While Ms. Hammer did a LOT for NRA, she’s also had 2-3 sources of income from it, and received ten or twenty million dollars over the years. There’s a lot of members paying $45 dues from their