08-07-2020, 01:10 PM
(08-07-2020, 12:53 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: You find the fraud disturbing or me thinking breaking the law to such a degree can warrant a legally authorized penalty?
If they've spent, as was suggested, decades committing fraud, that has weight as well.
I think you're misunderstanding me. If these guys committed the alleged acts then they absolutely deserve to be punished accordingly. As I said earlier, LaPierre has been an incredibly divisive figure within the NRA and millions of members would likely be happy to see him go. What I find utterly disturbing is using these actions to attempt to dissolve the organization as a whole. As I said in my first post in this thread, if that was the standard we'd have dissolved Congress long ago. Prosecute the criminals all day, that's your job and good on you for doing it properly. The minute she decided to attempt to dissolve the organization entirely she made this a political issue. Some may say this was inadvertent, I highly doubt this. She's intentionally using the fraud of some in upper management to attempt to destroy the organization.
Quote:I don't take anything from you personally. As I've said recently, I have nothing but respect for you. I know that lends a level of candor, and it was good faith ribbing on my part.
It's all good and thank you.
Quote:I am not blind to the optics here and the potential bias. If what is said is true, and the courts feel this is the best route, I would support it. It also may be for the best of those who is once sought to help, given the financial mess it is in due to litigation and fraud. Starting fresh or investing in another gun rights organization may be a better route than paying to solve what is happening at the NRA.
I addressed this earlier with my NATO comparison. IN this instance I don't agree. The NRA has become divisive because the left (yes I'm using that nebulous term) made it a priority to smear them and paint them as an organization that wants children to be killed. Rebranding is enabling and encouraging that type of strategy and I am 100% dead set against that.
