{"id":31199,"date":"2021-05-18T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31199"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:04:24","slug":"misplaced-priorities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31199","title":{"rendered":"Misplaced Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3871,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20210517\\\/nra-members-show-up-in-droves-to-oppose-federal-gun-control&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;:3872,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nrawatch.org\\\/filing\\\/nra-on-trial-day-4-summary-of-bankruptcy-trial&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nrawatch.org\\\/filing\\\/nra-on-trial-day-4-summary-of-bankruptcy-trial\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3873,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/news\\\/fact-checker\\\/wp\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/04\\\/the-kooky-tale-of-cocaine-mitch&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<p>The NRA-ILA posted yesterday that they plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20210517\/nra-members-show-up-in-droves-to-oppose-federal-gun-control\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>spend at least $2 million on fighting gun control<\/strong><\/a>. The post also dealt with Legislative Town Halls. This is all well and good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is until you think how much was spent elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nrawatch.org\/filing\/nra-on-trial-day-4-summary-of-bankruptcy-trial\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NRA has spent $8 million in legal fees<\/strong><\/a> to avoid paying former ILA Director Chris Cox the $2 million severance his contract called for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is on top of the approximately $10 million in legal fees spent on their abortive attempt at bankruptcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it might just be me but I&#8217;d sure as hell rather have seen $18 million spent on fighting gun control and protecting the Second Amendment than on legal shenanigans. Imagine if just a fraction of the money spent on Brewer, Attorneys and Counselors, had been spent in the Georgia run-off election. Instead of a 50-50 Senate with the Democrats running things, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2018\/05\/04\/the-kooky-tale-of-cocaine-mitch\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cocaine Mitch<\/strong><\/a> would still be running things and would have served as a bulwark against the anti-rights, anti-gun moves of the Biden Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I said in the headline, misplaced priorities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRA-ILA posted yesterday that they plan to spend at least $2 million on fighting gun control. 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