{"id":30769,"date":"2020-10-29T23:59:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30769"},"modified":"2020-10-29T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:59:22","slug":"nra-secretarys-report-or-who-got-rich-on-members-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=30769","title":{"rendered":"NRA Secretary&#8217;s Report Or Who Got Rich On Members&#8217; Dues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4341,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/document\\\/482149575\\\/NRA-Secretary-Report-2020-Annual-Meeting#from_embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260417000741\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/document\\\/482149575\\\/NRA-Secretary-Report-2020-Annual-Meeting&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:15:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:15:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1164,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/user\\\/7885908\\\/jpr9954#from_embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.scribd.com\\\/user\\\/7885908\\\/John-Richardson&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>People elected to non-profit boards tend to be charged with raising money for the organization. Often, if it isn&#8217;t a direct membership organization, they are selected due to their deep pockets with an expectation that they will make substantial donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, there is the National Rifle Association where it seems some &#8211; and I emphasize it is only some &#8211; see service on the Board of Directors as a way to make money. As you can see from the embedded Secretary&#8217;s Report, some of the Directors were very well compensated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p  style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\">   <a title=\"View NRA Secretary Report 2020 Annual Meeting on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/482149575\/NRA-Secretary-Report-2020-Annual-Meeting#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRA Secretary Report 2020 Annual Meeting<\/a> by <a title=\"View jpr9954&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/7885908\/jpr9954#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jpr9954<\/a> on Scribd<\/p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"NRA Secretary Report 2020 Annual Meeting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/482149575\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-fCEKYKJgQvADpxtA2QDU\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.765704584040747\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_57075\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type = \"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = \"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking over this list, the one payment I have the least objection to is paying Bart Skelton for articles published in NRA publications. He is a gun writer so that kind of makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those listed as independent contractors &#8211; Dave Butz and Lance Olson &#8211; I would like to know what they did in exchange as &#8220;contractors&#8221;. Likewise, I can see paying David Keene&#8217;s travel and room expenses to speak at Friends of the NRA banquets but no other compensation should have been paid. He&#8217;s a Director and speaking at events should be part of the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payments to Cole McCulloch for use of a shooting facility he owns is a clear conflict of interest. This would be especially true if he was involved in any way in selecting the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, there is dear old Marion Hammer who would characterize me as the &#8220;enemy within&#8221; because I dare question her motives. You will notice it says she was paid for consulting services on issues &#8220;other than Florida&#8221;. This is because she failed to declare herself as a lobbyist for the NRA and ran afoul of Florida lobbying regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that Florida raised the age for all firearms purchases to 21 and imposed red flag laws, I&#8217;m not sure gun owners in other states want to end up like Florida. Being the heretic that I am, I think Marion&#8217;s primary job is to keep Wayne LaPierre in power for which he makes sure she is well compensated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People elected to non-profit boards tend to be charged with raising money for the organization. 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