Blood Money: How the Gun Industry Bankrolls the NRA

[bayoubill]

http://www.vpc.org/studies/bloodmoney.pdf

The depth and breadth of gun industry financial support for the National Rifle Association makes clear that the self-proclaimed “America’s oldest civil rights organization” is, in fact, the gun industry’s most high-profile trade association. While the NRA works to portray itself as protecting the “freedoms” of its membership, it is, in fact protecting the gun industry’s freedom to manufacture virtually any gun or accessory it sees fit to produce. As NRA Board Member Pete Brownell, owner of Brownells, “the world’s largest supplier of firearms accessories and gunsmithing tools,” wrote on his website in his successful campaign to join the NRA's board:

Having [NRA] directors who intimately understand and work in leadership positions within the firearms industry ensures the NRA's focus is honed on the overall mission of the organization. These individuals bring a keen sense of the industry and of the bigger fight to the table.3​

that quote is from Brownell's statement to the 4+ million members of the NRA, asking them for their vote to put him on the board, of which there are several dozen members...


btw... nearly all of the several dozen board members of the NRA have absolutely no direct association with gun manufacturers...

notable names on the NRA board that you might recognize:

Tom Selleck... yep... the inestimable Mr. Mustache from TV and films...

Roy Innis... National Chairman, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and a a key leader of the 1960's Civil Rights movement... betcha never woulda guessed somebody like him would be on the NRA board...

Ted Nugent... crazy-ass has-been rocker...

R. Lee Ermey, USMC (Ret)... yep... you know who I'm talkin' about... no-nonsense Gunny...

Karl ("The Mailman") Malone... NBA superstar... how 'bout that...? another high-profile knee-grow on the NRA board... who'da thunk it...?

Bob Barr... former GOP loose cannon and, more recently, libertarian puzzlement...

 

[earlycuyler]

I wish they would leverage the blood money to get Colt to produce the Python again.

Only thing that has made any sense in all the gun threads. The Python was about the classiest wheel guns ever produced in the modern day.

 

[PredFan]

http://www.vpc.org/studies/bloodmoney.pdf

The depth and breadth of gun industry financial support for the National Rifle Association makes clear that the self-proclaimed “America’s oldest civil rights organization” is, in fact, the gun industry’s most high-profile trade association. While the NRA works to portray itself as protecting the “freedoms” of its membership, it is, in fact protecting the gun industry’s freedom to manufacture virtually any gun or accessory it sees fit to produce. As NRA Board Member Pete Brownell, owner of Brownells, “the world’s largest supplier of firearms accessories and gunsmithing tools,” wrote on his website in his successful campaign to join the NRA's board:

Having [NRA] directors who intimately understand and work in leadership positions within the firearms industry ensures the NRA's focus is honed on the overall mission of the organization. These individuals bring a keen sense of the industry and of the bigger fight to the table.3​

Yeah, the 4.2 million members paying $25 a year doesn't do it.

You stupid shit stain.

 

[PredFan]

Liberals should never be allowed to own weapons, it's that simple

Or a computer.

"da libs" invented computers, you right wing trolls support them with every post you make, thanks guys!

The military is liberal? Since when.

Dumbass.

 

[OKTexas]

http://www.vpc.org/studies/bloodmoney.pdf

The depth and breadth of gun industry financial support for the National Rifle Association makes clear that the self-proclaimed “America’s oldest civil rights organization” is, in fact, the gun industry’s most high-profile trade association. While the NRA works to portray itself as protecting the “freedoms” of its membership, it is, in fact protecting the gun industry’s freedom to manufacture virtually any gun or accessory it sees fit to produce. As NRA Board Member Pete Brownell, owner of Brownells, “the world’s largest supplier of firearms accessories and gunsmithing tools,” wrote on his website in his successful campaign to join the NRA's board:

Having [NRA] directors who intimately understand and work in leadership positions within the firearms industry ensures the NRA's focus is honed on the overall mission of the organization. These individuals bring a keen sense of the industry and of the bigger fight to the table.3​

Hell yeh, let's just shut the fucking doors on those evil gun makers, after all the don't really contribute anything to the country, right?

http://www.statisticbrain.com/firearm-industry-statistics/

Well, not so much, unless you think we can afford to throw away about 36,000 jobs and 11 billion in economic activity and all the associated taxes involved with that activity.

Nutman, why do you hate Americans who lawfully exercise their Constitutional rights?

 

[Mustang]

omg, at least the troll is posting about Courtney loves sexual outings..

That's Ted Nugent's cat scratch fever bitch.

 

[hazlnut]

I didn't think any of the gun cultists would read the piece, but we can always hope.

 

[g5000]

Liberals should never be allowed to own weapons, it's that simple

Or a computer.

Yes, I believe hazel should have to live by her own warped illogic and justify why she should have access to the internet.

 

[squinch]

"Blood Money" is a bit much. The NRA is primarily funded by "Tiny Little Dick Money."