{"id":12309,"date":"2019-11-01T11:44:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:44:56","slug":"jims-take-on-nra-v-ackmac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12309","title":{"rendered":"Jim&#8217;s Take On NRA v. AckMac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5470,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/a8c26746-ad1f-46d6-96dd-4205b06bca95&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/a8c26746-ad1f-46d6-96dd-4205b06bca95\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Jim Shepherd of The Outdoor Wires is one of the more astute observers of the firearms world. It doesn&#8217;t hurt that he helped Ted Turner found CNN. He, of course, doesn&#8217;t take credit for what CNN has become in the years since he left!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He devoted some of his column this morning to the Federal court battle between the NRA and Ackerman McQueen. Continuing the divorce theme, he said it would drive a divorce attorney to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\/features\/a8c26746-ad1f-46d6-96dd-4205b06bca95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim&#8217;s take:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Actually, it\u2019s more like the  Borgia family chronicles than litigation between two groups of adults.  Replace the \u201che said-she said\u201d with \u201cthe defendant alleges\u201d and you get the picture. Up is down, black is white, right is wrong, and inside is  outside-depending on which document you\u2019re reading.<\/p><p><br> Central to all this, as he  apparently insists on being in virtually every matter, is Wayne  LaPierre. The NRA characterizes him as the ceaselessly crusading  reformer, out to save the National Rifle Association from the Oklahoma  hordes determined to loot the treasury, burn the building and <em>at least<\/em>  savage the five million members. Ackerman McQueen draws a somewhat  different picture: that of a man obsessed with absolute control of  everyone and everything around him <em>except<\/em> his spending habits. There, he\u2019s more like a drunken sailor on a short shore leave.<\/p><p><br> It\u2019s ugly, it\u2019s personal, and it\u2019s likely going to get worse before it resolves itself. No one on either side looks good in this situation, and that\u2019s about as positive a  face as anyone can put on it. It\u2019s also about all I can tell you  without either speculating or presenting gossip as fact. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim&#8217;s correct: it&#8217;s ugly, it&#8217;s personal, and none of the participants looks good.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Shepherd of The Outdoor Wires is one of the more astute observers of the firearms world. 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