Please, don’t pick up our bad habits. Do what we’ve been too afraid to do, restrict access to guns. Not everyone is a hunter. At least, not a hunter of animals. And no one, hunter or not, needs a machine gun.
Would it be fair to include those in Gaza being killed by American made bullets and bombs? We/You are all concerned about assistance Hamas gets from.. Iran?. But 2000 (and counting) are dead in Gaza because of considerable assistance from Israeli allies. No question but the Hamas attack was brutal.. but on the other hand, they do have a case for resentment.
This notion that the USA is the only country were this happens, many don’t report them in the way the US media does, wanna bet there are more “mass” shootings in Mexico ?
“Compounding the NRA’s dire financial situation is the organization’s persistent legal battles that continue to cost millions. The audit shows a nearly $12.4 million settlement payment, linked to a legal battle the NRA fought with its former PR firm.
In all, the NRA spent nearly $43.8 million on administrative “legal, audit, and taxes,” which is down from the nearly $46.8 million it spent in 2021, but still far higher than the $4.3 million it spent on the same costs in 2017, when its overall revenue was more than $319 million.
Put another way, legal expenses went from about 1 percent of the NRA’s overall spending in 2017 to about 20 percent in 2021 and 2022, while its total revenue dropped by nearly 42 percent over the same period."
Since 1991, CEO and EVP Wayne LaPierre has been the face of the NRA. He is well-known as a flint-hearted, expense glutton, most famous for his sociopathic lie, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
His profligate lifestyle was presented in stark relief as the NRA tried to move its bankruptcy case from New York to Texas. Federal Judge (Northern District of Texas) Harlin Hale denied the request, ruling that the effort was made in bad faith.
The 11-day hearing revealed LaPierre’s eye-watering compensation and exorbitant corporate spending on expensive suits, chartered jet flights, and a traveling “glam squad” for his wife.
In January 2021, the NRA declared bankruptcy. The organization was desperate to shield its dwindling assets after NY AG Letitia James (of Trump fraud fame) brought a civil lawsuit against it in August 2020. In the suit, James alleged fraud, financial misconduct, and misuse of charitable funds. She called for the NRA’s dissolution due to chronic fraudulent management.
It is interesting to watch the Republicans walk the thin line between constantly reminding us that we live in a world where the Democrats have made it very dangerous to live and disallowing any control of the guns their (R’s) sponsors want to sell us.
Patjade 7 months ago
One of the things the US exports these days.
GOGOPOWERANGERS 7 months ago
Perhaps.. perhaps .. perhaps
Hello Everyone 7 months ago
The worst kind of Cultural Appropriation!
Victory 7 months ago
Stop calling them mass shootings.
They’re mass murders.
The Nodding Head 7 months ago
Just about every day in the USA. Most are noted only locally.
DC Swamp 7 months ago
A busy weekend in Chicago.
nednewbie 7 months ago
Another American import! :-D
ladykat 7 months ago
A note to the citizens of the U.S. (and yes, some of them are good friends!): it’s not all about you!
Wendy Emlinger Premium Member 7 months ago
Please, don’t pick up our bad habits. Do what we’ve been too afraid to do, restrict access to guns. Not everyone is a hunter. At least, not a hunter of animals. And no one, hunter or not, needs a machine gun.
Alberta Oil Premium Member 7 months ago
Would it be fair to include those in Gaza being killed by American made bullets and bombs? We/You are all concerned about assistance Hamas gets from.. Iran?. But 2000 (and counting) are dead in Gaza because of considerable assistance from Israeli allies. No question but the Hamas attack was brutal.. but on the other hand, they do have a case for resentment.
lsnrchrd.1 Premium Member 7 months ago
A United States of Armament Manufacturer export.
leonardonyc 7 months ago
This notion that the USA is the only country were this happens, many don’t report them in the way the US media does, wanna bet there are more “mass” shootings in Mexico ?
Radish the wordsmith 7 months ago
Republicans refuse to do anything about the mass murder guns that kill more children than disease does.
Radish the wordsmith 7 months ago
The NRA is hemorrhaging cash
“Compounding the NRA’s dire financial situation is the organization’s persistent legal battles that continue to cost millions. The audit shows a nearly $12.4 million settlement payment, linked to a legal battle the NRA fought with its former PR firm.
In all, the NRA spent nearly $43.8 million on administrative “legal, audit, and taxes,” which is down from the nearly $46.8 million it spent in 2021, but still far higher than the $4.3 million it spent on the same costs in 2017, when its overall revenue was more than $319 million.
Put another way, legal expenses went from about 1 percent of the NRA’s overall spending in 2017 to about 20 percent in 2021 and 2022, while its total revenue dropped by nearly 42 percent over the same period."
Since 1991, CEO and EVP Wayne LaPierre has been the face of the NRA. He is well-known as a flint-hearted, expense glutton, most famous for his sociopathic lie, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
His profligate lifestyle was presented in stark relief as the NRA tried to move its bankruptcy case from New York to Texas. Federal Judge (Northern District of Texas) Harlin Hale denied the request, ruling that the effort was made in bad faith.
The 11-day hearing revealed LaPierre’s eye-watering compensation and exorbitant corporate spending on expensive suits, chartered jet flights, and a traveling “glam squad” for his wife.
In January 2021, the NRA declared bankruptcy. The organization was desperate to shield its dwindling assets after NY AG Letitia James (of Trump fraud fame) brought a civil lawsuit against it in August 2020. In the suit, James alleged fraud, financial misconduct, and misuse of charitable funds. She called for the NRA’s dissolution due to chronic fraudulent management.
GiantShetlandPony 7 months ago
When all you want is to be famous, but don’t care about how. This is what happens.
Mainesailah Premium Member 6 months ago
It is interesting to watch the Republicans walk the thin line between constantly reminding us that we live in a world where the Democrats have made it very dangerous to live and disallowing any control of the guns their (R’s) sponsors want to sell us.