by NRA EVP Doug Hamlin was interviewed yesterday on Bearing Arms’ Cam and Company. The interview below with Hamlin ends at about the 21 minute mark and then goes into other topics. As Cam points out, Doug Hamlin came from the then-Publications Division and so he probably knows it better than most.
I would also like to point out the prior to the Brewer-instigated war with AckMac that Cam & Company was a NRA production. I would love to see it brought back in house.
In the video Hamlin explains the cuts in NRA Media and discusses the internal restructuring. The backdrop to all of this is the 2026 mid-term elections. Traditionally, the party in the White House tends to fare poorly in the mid-terms. The Republican majority is so thin in the House that every effort needs to be made to preserve it if we want to see progress on gun rights. More money and personnel will be coming to NRA-ILA. It needs to be used wisely as the old days of just throwing more money at the issue are over.
It appears Doug Hamlin left out a critical part in his interview and perhaps you should comment on my statement below?
One critical issue that seems to be omitted from the NRA’s press releases is whether the organization’s top thirty highest-paid employees took any salary reductions prior to announcing staff furloughs. If no such pay cuts occurred at the executive level, then the decision to furlough employees was both premature and inappropriate. Leadership should always share in the sacrifice before asking rank-and-file employees to bear the burden.
Frankly, I just don’t know the answer to your question. I know there were voluntary pay cuts during the Covid furloughs but I don’t know how many were involved.
I can’t help but wonder who/how many are gone from Publications… sigh