{"id":1286,"date":"2015-07-09T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/07\/09\/a-must-read\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:25:40","slug":"a-must-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"A Must Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10398,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/08\\\/the-state-of-gun-control-finances&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/08\\\/the-state-of-gun-control-finances&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10399,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/530\\\/530116130\\\/530116130_201212_990O.pdf?_ga=1.139183603.1983406398.1300481157&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241107064823\\\/http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/530\\\/530116130\\\/530116130_201212_990O.pdf?_ga=1.139183603.1983406398.1300481157&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 21:26:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 21:26:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10400,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/530\\\/530116130\\\/530116130_201312_990O.pdf?_ga=1.95969756.1983406398.1300481157&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;:10401,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/521\\\/521710886\\\/521710886_201312_990.pdf?_ga=1.95511260.1983406398.1300481157&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231120041026\\\/https:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/521\\\/521710886\\\/521710886_201312_990.pdf?_ga=1.95511260.1983406398.1300481157&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 21:26:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 21:26:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagunblog.com\/2015\/07\/08\/the-state-of-gun-control-finances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sebastian at Shall Not Be Questioned has a blog post up<\/a> analyzing the finances of the gun prohibitionists. The Form 990s have been posted and he has dug into them. They definitely had an influx of cash post-Newtown.<\/p>\n<p>However, he ends with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div style=\"background: rgb(232, 225, 196); border: 0px; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\nBecause in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/530\/530116130\/530116130_201212_990O.pdf?_ga=1.139183603.1983406398.1300481157\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2012<\/a>, NRA\u2019s revenues went from 219MM to 256MM, and in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/530\/530116130\/530116130_201312_990O.pdf?_ga=1.95969756.1983406398.1300481157\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013<\/a>&nbsp;they went to $348MM. Get that? Between 2011 and 2013, NRA\u2019s revenue increased by 129MM. That\u2019s<strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">more than 3x<\/strong>&nbsp;the amount of every other gun control group\u2019s revenue increase from 2011 to 2013&nbsp;<strong style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">combined<\/strong>. And that\u2019s just NRA proper. The NRA Foundation went from 29MM to 43MM from 2011 to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/530\/530116130\/530116130_201312_990O.pdf?_ga=1.95969756.1983406398.1300481157\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2012<\/a>, then dropping slightly to 41MM in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/521\/521710886\/521710886_201312_990.pdf?_ga=1.95511260.1983406398.1300481157\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013<\/a>,&nbsp;I suspect because people wanted to donate to the political arm since that\u2019s where the threats were coming from.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgb(232, 225, 196); border: 0px; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\nThe President\u2019s and Bloomberg ginning up of gun control post-Sandy Hook has made NRA much stronger proportionally than the gun control movement. That\u2019s because of people out there like you.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We are doing a lot better than the media would credit us with but we can still do better. This is a fight where we can&#8217;t slack off because our opponents and their media lapdogs certainly won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian at Shall Not Be Questioned has a blog post up analyzing the finances of the gun prohibitionists. 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