Violence Policy Center: NRA Show Shows NRA As Industry Shill
Email blast from the Violence Policy Center re: the NRA's upcoming Annual Meeting (TTAG will be there):
Dear VPC Supporter,
Wayne LaPierre, Ted Nugent, and the rest of the NRA leadership will be in Indianapolis later...
You Wish Your “Grassroots” Organization Was as Big…
On Saturday night I was a guest of TTAG and Dan Zimmerman at a local event. His wife, my wife and other like-minded folk attended a Friends of the NRA dinner where hundreds of...
STL Friends of the NRA Rakes it In
Last night in suburban St. Louis, Dirk Diggler, Tim McNabb and I - along with wives and assorted friends - attended the Gateway Friends of the NRA dinner. The whole thing came off without...
Dear Wayne – Why I’m Not Joining the NRA
Wayne LaPierre
Executive Vice President
National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Dear Mr. LaPierre,
First and foremost I would like to thank you, the NRA and its members for defending our Nations Second Amendment rights. I...
Non-Incendiary Image of the Day: New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Supports Dr. Vivek Murthy...
"The NRA has launched a campaign against President Obama’s nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. Why?" New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV) asks, rhetorically. "Because he believes gun violence is a public health problem." Well...
And Gun Control Advocates Say WE’RE Nuts . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brwewb3WaaQ
Charleston, WV Mayor Danny Jones must be a fan of the Talking Heads. Specifically, the song Crosseyed and Painless, wherein the singer complains that "facts don't do what I want them to." In this soon-to-be-famous clip,...
Michael Bloomberg: I Can Outspend the NRA
You remember Katie Couric, right? She's the failed nightly news anchor and failed daytime talkshow host who's fallen out the bottom of the media machine and now has a "show" on yahoo.com. Her most...
Rob Pincus Runs for NRA Board of Directors
TTAG contributor and I.C.E. Training proprietor Rob Pincus is running for a seat on the National Rifle Association board of directors. As he details at his web site, Rob figures being elected would enable him "to...
NRA: Another Attempt at National Reciprocity Concealed Carry Act
NRA-ILA Press Release
The Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 (H.R. 2959) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah). The bill would allow any person...
NRA-ILA: “The Rule of Law is in Tatters in the ‘Constitution State'”
Make the jump for the best press release I've ever read by the NRA. Clearly, America's oldest civil rights organization is kicking things up a notch, responding to events more quickly and amping up...
Question of the Day: How Does the NRA Appeal to More Urbanites?
I responded to an email blast and attended an organizational meeting of the St. Louis area Friends of the NRA group last week. They're getting ready to put on their annual rubber chicken dinner...