{"id":12316,"date":"2019-11-02T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12316"},"modified":"2019-11-02T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T14:16:34","slug":"dan-boren-makes-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12316","title":{"rendered":"Dan Boren Makes Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5464,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.news9.com\\\/story\\\/41262891\\\/former-oklahoma-congressman-dan-boren-resigns-from-nra-board&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5465,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.newsweek.com\\\/dan-boren-national-rifle-association-1469333&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5466,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/document\\\/432146180\\\/NRA-Suit-Against-Ackerman-McQueen-in-Texas&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5467,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oklahoman.com\\\/article\\\/5643668\\\/dan-boren-tapped-for-first-united-bank-post&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-147431441-1\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'UA-147431441-1');\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p>There are times in life when you say, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired of taking this shit.&#8221; Dan Boren had to be there when he resigned from the NRA and NRA Board of Directors yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-Boren.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12318\"\/><figcaption>Leadership portrait of Dan Boren\r\rDate taken: August 8, 2013\r\rPhotographer: Marcy Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/41262891\/former-oklahoma-congressman-dan-boren-resigns-from-nra-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boren&#8217;s resignation<\/a> makes the eighth director to resign from the NRA Board of Directors since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom King, president of the NY State Rifle and Pistol Association and a NRA Board member, reportedly had filed an ethics complaint against Boren. Taken with a grain of salt given he is a LaPierre loyalist, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/dan-boren-national-rifle-association-1469333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Mr. Boren resigned in the face of an ethics complaint, which I filed, that cites troubling communications and serious allegations linking him to suspected extortion against the NRA and billing fraud by the NRA&#8217;s former vendor, Ackerman McQueen,&#8221; NRA board member Tom King told\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>\u00a0in a written statement. &#8220;Under these circumstances, this news is not surprising.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That was just the latest in actions aimed at Boren. In the case aimed at avoiding paying Oliver North&#8217;s legal bills, the NRA contended that Boren had somehow conspired with Col. North in the supposed &#8220;coup attempt&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/432146180\/NRA-Suit-Against-Ackerman-McQueen-in-Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRA&#8217;s Federal case against Ackerman McQueen<\/a>, they named him  a &#8220;non-party co-conspirator&#8221; along with Col. North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Mr. Boren entered into an agreement,\u00a0combination, and\/or conspiracy with the Defendants for the purpose of carrying out the fraudulent behavior, the attempt to de-railing the resulting NRA investigation, and the attempt to extort Mr. LaPierre and the NRA alleged herein.\u00a0In addition, there\u00a0exists a small\u00a0group comprising former vendors, professionals, and consultants of the NRA whose economic incentives, like AMc\u2019s, were challenged by the NRA investigation and, like Mr. Boren, joined the\u00a0agreement, combination, and\/or conspiracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>My sources told me after the NRA Annual Meeting, that in their opinion, Boren had hoped to act as an intermediary to try and salvage the multi-decades relationship between the NRA and AckMac. There was nothing unsavory about his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boren was named Oklahoma president and Chief Banking Officer of First United Bank on October 10th. From The <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoman.com\/article\/5643668\/dan-boren-tapped-for-first-united-bank-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoman<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Boren, 46, who has spent nearly seven years as president of corporate development for the Chickasaw Nation, will begin work in early January at First United. The bank is based in Durant and has locations in Oklahoma and Texas.<\/p><p><br>First United CEO Greg Massey said, \u201cI am excited to have Dan join our team. His passion for serving Oklahoma aligns perfectly with our purpose at First United.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Boren, a Blue Dog Democrat, served four terms in Congress representing a district in eastern Oklahoma from 2005 until 2013. According to The Oklahoman, he had been considering a run for governor of Oklahoma last year. They note he hasn&#8217;t ruled out running for office in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taken on the whole, I&#8217;d say the NRA really needed a man like Boren more than he needed them. As a Democrat, he gave them at least some semblance of being bi-partisan. As a Congressman, even though it is now former Congressman, he gave them a strong influence on Capitol Hill. When you add that to his role with a large Indian tribe and his new job in banking, he brought a lot to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did he get in return for what he gave the NRA? A pile of paranoid crap. I&#8217;m surprised he didn&#8217;t resign earlier. I sure as hell would have and done so with a clear conscience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times in life when you say, &#8220;I&#8217;m tired of taking this shit.&#8221; Dan Boren had to be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[178,12,4886,180,153,4885],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dan-boren","tag-nra-board-of-directors","tag-nra-turmoil","tag-nra-v-ackerman-mcqueen-et-al","tag-nra-v-oliver-north","tag-tom-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12319,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions\/12319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}