Trying to introduce politics again?

I have never been a member that I know of, until today!

Still did not hear a real reason kind of like, I'm mad as h&^%$ and I'm not going to do a thing about it. Funny how the Antis think they will dig their heels in and not consider we have been doing that for years and this will be like any other time people will step up again. (Except a few)

I parted company with them years ago after what I felt was an anti law enforcement position against the ATF.
They spent more money trying to get me back than they had ever gotten from the dues I paid.
Some of lapeirre's statements seem to be aimed at raising money through paranoia and divisiveness. And money appears to be the goal above all else.

I suspect here will be talks of some changes to gun laws. Most of the country is demanding that something be done. We are better off if gun owners are represented and not left out of the discussion because of a failure to take part.

Good for you. You just funded Lapierre's million-dollar salary for a few days.

Jim

My mistake.

"According to its latest 990 tax form, LaPierre made $5,110,985 in annual compensation between Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nra-ceo-compensation-jump-4-million-article-1.2968552

What you say is not quite true. His annual salary is , and this is a quote,He also saw his salary rise to $1,090,515, and got a $150,000 bonus. So his salary is no what you claim.


National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre is making a killing.

The gun group leader saw a jump of more than $4 million in compensation between 2014 and 2015, according to a tax form obtained by the Washington Post.

The NRA also saw a spike of $26 million in revenue during that time, shooting its total gross revenue past $336 million, the documents show.

According to its latest 990 tax form, LaPierre made $5,110,985 in annual compensation between Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015.

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The year before, he made $985,885.

Most of LaPierre’s new cash stockpile came from payout of a $3.7 million retirement plan. He also saw his salary rise to $1,090,515, and got a $150,000 bonus.

“This is an employee funded deferred compensation plan and the $3.7 million distribution to Wayne LaPierre was required by federal law and properly reported,” NRA Executive Vice President Allan Cors said in a statement to the Post.

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The NRA only saw significant drops in its contributions, which fell from $103 million in 2014 to $95 million in 2015.

NRA's Wayne LaPierre joins Trump to push for Supreme Court pick
LaPierre’s loaded compensation is the biggest pay bump he has seen in years. Previous 990 forms show LaPierre's salary hover around $985,000 between 2012 and 2014, rising only several hundred dollars in that time.

The most recent tax forms cover the year before the NRA and LaPierre came under renewed scrutiny as a series of mass shootings besieged America, including attacks in Charleston, San Bernardino and Oregon’s Umpqua Community College. Many of the high-profile shootings led to spikes in gun sales and lobbying.

In 2016, the year of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history — Omar Mateen’s Pulse nightclub rampage in Orlando — Americans bought 27 million guns, an all-time high for one year.

LaPierre last week cozied up with President Trump at the White House as part of a conservative coalition supporting Trump’s right-leaning Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch

Deferred bonuses and retirement contributions are compensation too, in addition to salary.

$5.1 million.

Jim

If he walked on water to save some of these guys they would just complain that he could not swim! LOL

That is true, but it was a one time compensation. It is OK with me as log as he fights for my Constitutional rights, I am willing to pay my share of the compensation, I believe he deserves
.

If you're genuinely committed to the cause, why do you need more than a million bucks in salary?

HSUS does the same thing, paying almost a million bucks to its CEO (ex-CEO now).

Jim

Can't really answer that, Jim. I guess, sometimes, you can be committed to a cause but yet require, are in need of, a salary to preform. Maybe it seems excessive, but then, I have no idea what the costs of being a defender of the constitution are.

I don't join groups that negotiated compromises on gun rights in the past. It is indicative of future behavior.

If you think he does a lousy job of running the organization, say so.

Don't resort to class envy, it just makes you look whiny and petty.

Mike

What do suppose all those CEOs make in annual compensation. All the dollars that Delta and United cost travelers just this pass year makes Wayne's salary look small. I'm going to pay the NRA and help keep Wayne working, all those others that think they can influence the NRA are wasting their money.

Is there really that much difference in the envy level of one million to five million? If he were paid 1 million he could use the other four to pay legislator off to get a better compromise on the next go round.

Looks like you and Minnesota should of had the NRA on your side along time ago. Apparently you have this website confused with some fishing website, isn't that all Minnesota is good for, except for the Summer Nationals at St. Paul every year.

Those you mentioned are corporations, which survive by providing a service at a profit to shareholders. Not presidents of a non-profit.

The NRA is not different than any other lobby group in Washington, it's the pay to play game. That's why the US has one of the most corrupt governments in the world. By the way, did you see where Hillary took $48,000+ from pro gun groups.

As I said, I'm not a member but I am interested to know if members get a newsletter about upcoming compromises concerning guns or their owners before the general public is privy?