{"id":31339,"date":"2021-06-30T21:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31339"},"modified":"2021-06-30T21:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:58:57","slug":"nra-has-me-shaking-my-head-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31339","title":{"rendered":"NRA Has Me Shaking My Head Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraam.org&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;:3716,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/activeselfprotection.com\\\/our-owner-and-founder-john-correia&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/activeselfprotection.com\\\/our-owner-and-founder-john-correia\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3717,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/activeselfprotection.com&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;:3718,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCsE_m2z1NrvF2ImeNWh84mw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260404075049\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCsE_m2z1NrvF2ImeNWh84mw&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 16:23:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 01:46:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 08:22:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 08:22:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3719,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=Wln5pZpg-6Y&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;:3720,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/JohnPCorreia\\\/posts\\\/1731628350374303&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/login\\\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJohnPCorreia%2Fposts%2F1731628350374303&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NRA Annual Meeting<\/strong> <\/a>is little more than two months away. They are finalizing their speakers and seminar presenters as they should. One of the seminar presenters is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/activeselfprotection.com\/our-owner-and-founder-john-correia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/activeselfprotection.com\/our-owner-and-founder-john-correia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/activeselfprotection.com\/our-owner-and-founder-john-correia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Correia<\/a><\/strong> who is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/activeselfprotection.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trainer<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsE_m2z1NrvF2ImeNWh84mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-defense analyst<\/a><\/strong>, and all around nice guy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsE_m2z1NrvF2ImeNWh84mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong> has 2.42 million subscribers with millions and millions of views. If you click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wln5pZpg-6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>, you can see his introduction to his channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John is putting on six classroom seminars over the course of the NRA Annual Meeting weekend. These are free to Annual Meeting attendees. In a state that will be going permitless carry just in time for the Annual Meeting, seminars on the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;t&#8217;s of protecting yourself and loved ones would seem to be critical to me. His training is evidence-based and is real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-nraam_logo_midway_color-final-375wide.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-nraam_logo_midway_color-final-375wide.png 450w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-nraam_logo_midway_color-final-375wide-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-nraam_logo_midway_color-final-375wide-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John is not getting paid to present these seminars. However, presenters such as John have gotten their travel expenses compensated for in the past as well they should. I know my good friend David Yamane had his hotel and travel expenses covered when he spoke at the National Firearms Law Seminar back in 2019 in Indianapolis. I know because David told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnPCorreia\/posts\/1731628350374303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post from John today on Facebook<\/a><\/strong> that just had me shaking my head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Just a single point of data, but it is true. I was asked by the NRA to kind of headline a training push at NRAAM this year, and so asked to do 6 classroom seminars over the weekend. I agreed and all I asked in return was two coach plane tickets and a pro-rata share of the Airbnb I am renting for ASP staff for the weekend. <\/p><p>They initially agreed but yesterday emailed to tell me that they no longer can offer any reimbursement for speakers travel or any honorarium. <\/p><p>I guess that failed bankruptcy filing and making sure WLP has a nice jet to fly on and new suits costs too much to think about the people who will actually help your constituents at your conference.<\/p><p>Le sigh. We will still be there, and I will still do a seminar every day because it will help the attendees and the overall RKBA. But as a benefactor patriot whateverthehell level life member I am right now, it\u2019s frustrating to see the organization miss the mark so often.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>John wasn&#8217;t asking for a private Gulfstream charter with a suite at the Four Seasons. He was asking for coach tickets and a pro-rata share of his Airbnb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think Wayne flies coach and stays at an Airbnb to save on the NRA&#8217;s expenses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you listened to just a few minutes of his rambling testimony during the abortive bankruptcy trial you know the answer to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I can say &#8211; as many of us have said over and over &#8211; WTF NRA?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRA Annual Meeting is little more than two months away. 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