{"id":35819,"date":"2025-11-14T22:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35819"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:04:32","slug":"an-alternative-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35819","title":{"rendered":"An Alternative Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:213,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.everytown.org\\\/go\\\/324020?t=40&amp;akid=316171%2E10040599%2EyVHiPs&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/secure.actblue.com\\\/donate\\\/everytown-nra-birthday-2025?rd=1&amp;refcode=emne_20251114-nra-bday-nd-b&amp;source=emne_20251114-nra-bday-nd-b&amp;t=40&amp;utm_campaign=20251114-nra-bday-nd-b&amp;utm_medium=e&amp;utm_source=emne_20251114-nra-bday-nd-b&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:214,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nrapvf.org\\\/donate&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260207111353\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nrapvf.org\\\/donate\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:26:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 15:49:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 15:49:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:215,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nradefensefund.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260303073517\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nradefensefund.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:27:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 15:49:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 15:49:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The Everytown Gun Safety (sic) Action Fund &#8211; their PAC for supporting anti-rights candidates &#8211; is trying to use the 154th anniversary of the NRA&#8217;s founding to raise money. They are seeking $154,000 or $1,000 for each year the NRA has been around. This is according to an email I received from them this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><br>The NRA turns 154 years old this week. We&#8217;re raising $154,000 to keep holding them accountable.<\/strong><br><br>For decades, the NRA has pushed a dangerous\u00a0<em>guns everywhere<\/em>\u00a0agenda\u2014putting profits over people and leaving our communities to pay the price. Everytown has been the counterweight to their chaos, fighting back against their reckless rhetoric and the politicians who parrot it.<br><br><strong>So we&#8217;re raining on their birthday parade.<\/strong><br><br><strong>\u00a0Chip in to the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund today to help us hit our $154,000 goal and keep holding the gun lobby accountable, elect Gun Sense Candidates, educate the public, and mobilize our 11 million supporters.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/act.everytown.org\/go\/324020?t=40&amp;akid=316171%2E10040599%2EyVHiPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35822\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6.png 932w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6-768x844.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be honest. I wish the NRA was the all-powerful, big bad wolf that Bloomberg&#8217;s Everytown uses in money raising fear mongering. I really do. Reality says differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it would be easy to blame Tish James and the New York lawsuit for the NRA&#8217;s decline in political power, that would be a false narrative. I place the blame squarely on the heads of the grifters and those who enabled them along with the law firm who thought it was fine to rape and pillage the NRA&#8217;s coffers. The repugnance felt by many current and former members over their actions is certainly justified. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, all of the grifters are gone and most of their enablers as well. As my friend and former director Tim Knight has said, it is time to come back. Tim was one of the first directors who called out the problems and left when he was prevented from fulfilling his fiduciary duties. The people running the NRA today from the executive staff to the officers to the majority of the board are not those who almost ran it into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, some alternative suggestions on where to make donations to support gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, if you let your membership lapse, now is the time to <strong>rejoin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, the mid-term elections are less than one year away. The NRA-Political Victory Fund needs to replenish it funds in order to fight the good fight. You can donate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrapvf.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third, you can donate to the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund which helps support 2A litigation. Here is where you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nradefensefund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donate<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, you can just send a check made out to NRA-ILA. If you want to specify it is for litigation, put litigation in the memo field. That is what I&#8217;ve done. Send that check to NRA-ILA, attn John Commerford, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any or all of the above are a good way to tell Bloomberg and his minions who would take away your right to defend yourself and your family to go screw themselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Everytown Gun Safety (sic) Action Fund &#8211; their PAC for supporting anti-rights candidates &#8211; is trying to use&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":224,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5511,26],"class_list":["post-35819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-everytown","tag-nra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35819","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=35819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35823,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35819\/revisions\/35823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}