NAGR Nags—But Doesn’t Beg
On the one hand, the DISCLOSE Act is really, really bad bill. Mandatory public disclosure of all campaign contributions above $600 and various other election ad-related provisions would have a chilling effect on said...
How Do You Defend the NRA’s DISCLOSE Act Exemption? Like This . . .
Virginia Democratic representative Tom Perriello is busy defending the National Rifle Association (NRA) from critics on both sides of the ideological divide. On one side, groups who support the DISCLOSE Act's campaign ad transparency...
NRA on the DISCLOSE ACT: Nobody Here But Us Chickens.
As a newly-minted Life Member of the NRA, I called the NRA-ILA to get some kind of explanation of their position on the DISCLOSE ACT. Their response was a mixed bag. Turns out the...
NRA: “Campaign Ad Disclosure Law Imposes Onerous Restrictions on Political Speech”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al-_ccxQijU
As TTAG has reported, the National Rifle Association (NRA) negotiated an exemption from a forthcoming campaign ad disclosure legislation. H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act "Requires any person making independent expenditures exceeding $10,000 to:...
NRA Life Membership: But wait! You also get…
When I was at the NRA Annual Meeting last month, I went ahead and sprung for a Life Membership. Personally, I like the NRA. Mostly. I believe that they serve a useful function, and...
NRA Wrap-up: The Other Side Sounds [A Bit] Off
Since I'm trapped in a long metal cylinder busy defying gravity, and some fools thought it would be a good idea to give everybody with a computer access to free WiFi for the durration,...
2010 NRA ConFab: Final Observations
As I get ready for my trip back to the real world, I thought I'd share a couple of observations about the NRA show. Keep in mind, this is my first NRA National Convention,...
NRA Airgun Range: Bull’s Eye!
With all this talk about guns at the NRA, you'd think that everybody'd be walking around armed, locked and loaded. You'd be wrong. For reasons cited previously, there were no functioning weapons allowed on...
Better Ted [Nugent] Than Dead
What better way to wrap up the three-day NRA extravaganza, than with the Motor City Madman himself, Ted Nugent. Yep. The Nuge was all over the NRA confab - speaking, signing books, more speaking,...
NRA versus Brady Campaign: Compare & Contrast
The NRA show just wrapped up this afternoon. It was a three-day event - a trade show/seminars/celebration of values. The average attendee spent a couple of hundred dollars to attend the show, including tickets...