Notes from the Resistance
The former president and — legal challenges aside — presumed GOP contender for the office in November, knew just which buttons to push to stoke the boundless enthusiasm of the thousands of supporters. [More]
This is what we’ve got to work with. And work we must.
I left suddenly on Thursday because I’d just gotten my press credentials approved to hear Donald Trump speak at NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show and had to get to Harrisburg, PA.
I spent yesterday writing it up for Firearms News.
Toby Keith, a hit country crafter of pro-American anthems who both riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, has died. He was 62. [More]
NRA’s going to have to find another Democrat gun-grabber supporter to entertain the members…
Maybe Bill Engvall…?
This bill is actually worse than all the leaks about it. [More]
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.
Yet the NRA under LaPierre was instrumental in urging its members to give power to politicians they knew would end up working against them, and then either acted surprised when it happened or just ignored it when it did. [More]
Ever notice how those who say “Politics is the art of the possible” are always counseling appeasement instead of pushing envelopes to see what’s really possible…?
But at one point, he indicated that LaPierre — whose public persona was that of a populist firebrand — had concerns about the optics of using NRA funds for travel on a private jet. [More]
That someone was clandestinely recording this tells us much.
And if you don’t leave any openings, there won’t be any openings to take.
[Via Steve T]
SAF FILES SCOTUS AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF NRA 1st AMENDMENT SUIT [More]
It’s not just the Second Amendment Democrats hate.
The resignation of Wayne LaPierre on the eve of the trial in New York has generated letters to Judge Joel Cohen from both sides. In addition, the pre-trial memorandum containing the NRA’s trial brief seems to throw Wayne under the bus after three plus years of defending him. [More]
A lot more than Wayne will have to end up under those wheels if they ever hope to restore any credibility.
I’m hearing rumors that they may be looking to had the reins over to Lautenberg Bob. If they really want to kill it dead, I can’t think of a better way.
[Via Jess]
Voters paying attention could have seen Cheney’s malleable self-serving loyalties coming by the company she keeps. In 2009 she partnered with Bill Kristol to found Keep America Safe, a nonprofit advocate for Bush–Cheney national security positions. Kristol is the Never Trumper who has called Democrats “foolish” and “cowardly” for not demanding more infringements, declaring “I don’t think [Americans] have a right to semi-automatic, quasi-machine guns that can shoot a hundred bullets at a time,” and asserting the “lazy” white working class should be replaced by “new Americans.” [More]
Yet another reason why gun owners trusting NRA grades without doing their own due diligence so often end up feeling swindled and used…
Wayne LaPierre announces resignation as NRA chief – LaPierre’s resignation takes effect Jan. 31 [More]
I have to wonder what deal he cut to cover his legal costs and induce him to loosen his fingers.
School shootings increase NRA donations [More]
Not “prohibitionist feeding frenzies”…?
But never let that get in the way of “agenda science.”
[Via Antigone]
LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign [More]
And separate him from legal defense funds.
That’s why he’s been hanging on for dear life.
[Via Dan Gifford]
“[b]ased on questions received from the public, [the “public” was AmmoLand News’ David Codrea] [More]
I appreciate the editorial insert.
I never could get those folks to acknowledge my stuff on their own.
Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Fruit Hill, will introduce the Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention Orders bill, or CARR, in the 2024 legislative session… [More]
“Fruit Hill“…
Another Never Trumper Vichycon…
[Via Jess]
NRA Foundation Feeling The Legal Hurt, Too [More]
I’m wondering what the tax implications of funneling from a 501(c)3 to a 501(c)4 are and if anything could blow back on the donors…
Maybe it’s a dumb question, but if the tax code was easy to understand I wouldn’t have to ask it.
In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, the National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. [More]
So naturally, a Demanding Mom implies NRA is worse than KKK.
[Via Jess]
