King Wayne

[Travlin]

Looks like the deposed king will finally have to pay back 4.4 million$$ that he ripped off from us hardworking members.

[bandit1250]

Looks like the deposed king will finally have to pay back 4.4 million$$ that he ripped off from us hardworking members.

Couldn't happen to a better crook.

[HenryFan]

The antics of these bozos will stain the NRA for a long time to come.

If no new Board of Directors is elected, what prevents similar antics by different officers happening again in the future?

I am not sure the patient is cured.

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

We all knew of the negatives for many years.

Glad to see it end.

Hopefully it will also be a lesson to the others.

Not only is it the money, but he will go down in shame.

[5shot]

I'm a life member but after the Col. Ollie North deal and also Chris Cox and Ted Nugent leaving I was getting reluctant to send any more money their way. Lately I'm more inclined to support GOA.

As gun owners one thing is certain....This is a really bad time in our history for this kind of thing to be happening.

[BigAl52]

As far as donations go it wont change a thing for me. The entire board needs to be replaced and there is way to much overhead in the form of wages for me to even think about donating.

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

Although Wayne sure had his negatives, in my opinion the NRA has done a whole lot of good all through the years. And now with him gone, which we all wanted, it should be better than ever in these later years. Would we be this privileged and free without the NRA? That said, if more changes are needed, they should be resolved.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

The board offered him a 17 million dollar consulting contract when this is over..........STILL THINK ONLY ONE CROOK IS GONE............Also lappy-air set himself up a golden parachute for when he ever left....Something to the tune of 6 million dollars

[The Wiz]

When I got back into shooting about 10 yrs ago my favorite gun shop was owned by a lady named Jeri. She lead me back into shooting, giving advice and recommendations. She was the one who said I should get a Henry .22 as a starter rifle. One of the first pieces of advice who not to join the NRA as they were a bunch of crooks. This from a gun shop owner for over 10 yrs. Turns out she knew some of the board members and had serve on some committees. She had a lot to say about the characters ruling the NRA. None of it good.

[bandit1250]

The board offered him a 17 million dollar consulting contract when this is over..........STILL THINK ONLY ONE CROOK IS GONE............Also lappy-air set himself up a golden parachute for when he ever left....Something to the tune of 6 million dollars

Crooks helping other crooks. Must have taken lessons from politicians. I dropped out a couple years back. I am going to join GOA.

[BrokenolMarine]

I joined the NRA as a Young Marine, but later upgraded to a life membership BECAUSE of the teaching they did and what they did for competitive shooting.

When I retired from the Military and went into LE and became a LE Firearms Instructor I attended NRA Instructors courses and was very impressed by the classes and the quality of the instructors. One was a former Secret Service Agent and another was a former SAS Sergeant Major. Both knew their material and conducted the classes without making themselves the center of attention. (We have all attended classes where the instructor constantly talked about themselves, and it leaned way to much toward bragging.) I have no problem with an instructor sharing an anecdote that illustrates a point in the lesson, ties in, but when they spend valuable classroom time bragging, you lost me.

In all my classes I handed out applications for the NRA but warned the students that they would try and get them to donate. I told them to ignore the dunning letters and enjoy the magazines, the opportunities for training, competition, and education. They could donate, and participate in the political side if they so chose.

I wrote letters or emails when "I" chose to.

I did eventually call NRA HQ and speak to a rep about the constant "Harassment" of new members and explained that I had students from my academy classes and my private CCW classes that joined, but didn't renew because the cards, letters, and more importantly the phone calls. When they asked NOT to be called any more they calls kept coming. The rep said he would pass that along. Nothing changed. I eventually told students NOT to put phone numbers on the apps.



I still enjoy the publications, I delete the dunning emails.
I hang up on the callers.
I write letters when I feel it's necessary, not because I'm told to.