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Wayne Gets Punked At Meeting Of Members

June 1, 2022 by 1 Comment

I was one of only about a hundred people that sat through the whole NRA Meeting of Members from beginning to end. I say that not to pat myself on the back but to say I saw what I’m about to show in real time.

The first resolution considered was to commend Wayne LaPierre for his leadership of the NRA past, present, and future. It was submitted by a Charles Beers (spelling?) from upstate New York. While there were people that opposed it, the Friends of Wayne including board members planned to use the discussion of it to run out the clock and to condemn anyone who had not drunk the purple Kool-Aid.

Jeff Knox was ruled out of order when he pointed out the bylaws forbid awards but Charles Cotton and the parliamentarian decided a resolution commending Wayne was not an award.

Here is where it gets interesting. So interesting in fact that it made the Washington Post, Newsweek, and many other publications.

As Stephen Gutowski of The Reload reported on Twitter at the time:

NRA member Jason Selvig says he’s tired of the left wing media spreading misinformation about LaPierre. Says he gets wrongly blamed for mass shootings. He says thought and prayers could stop shootings. He starts loudly chanting thoughts and prayers. Seems like some kind of stunt.

Well, it turns out it was a stunt. I will admit I thought the guy was a little strange. However, after listening to almost an hour of praise of Wayne nothing really seemed that strange.

Jason Selvig is one half of the comedy duo The Good Liars. They tend to poke fun at conservatives.

The video below that has been posted on Twitter has been watched over 8 million times.

While I may vehemently disagree with Mr. Selvig’s politics, I am enough of “an enemy within” and a “son of a bitch traitor” to enjoy the fact that Wayne got punked. I only wish the video contained the end where he was trying to get everyone to chant “thoughts and prayers”.

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Skipping The NRA Board Meeting

May 30, 2022 by 5 Comments

When I made my travel plans to attend the NRA Annual Meeting, I scheduled my return flight for later on Monday afternoon so that I could attend the NRA Board of Directors meeting. It is scheduled to start at 9am or about a half hour from now.

After having attended the travesty that was the Meeting of Members for the entire time, I came to the conclusion that attending the Board of Directors meeting would be a waste of my time. Moreover, it would just raise my blood pressure and who needs that.

While there will be a move to nominate Lt.Col. Allen West to be CEO and EVP, I have every expectation it will go nowhere. The majority of the Board of Directors are like the disciples of the Rev. Jim Jones of Jonestown infamy. They have drunk the purple Kool-Aid and plan to go down with Wayne LaPierre. So what if the NRA perishes like the People’s Temple at the same time.

I will have more on the Meeting of Members, the Leadership Forum, the resolutions, the exhibition, and more in following posts.

Also, in case you didn’t read it elsewhere, Isaac Demerest won the election for 76th Director against Frank Tait. While I didn’t see the “volunteers” on Friday, they were certainly out in force on Saturday morning. Of the tens of thousands who could have voted, only 564 people could be bothered. The final tally was Demerest, 350, and Tait, 214. Given the age composition of the board, I still would not be surprised if Frank ended up on it before the year is out.

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Off To Tucson For NRA Meeting

October 23, 2020 by

I leave in a few minutes for the airport to head to Tucson, Arizona. I will be attending the NRA Meeting of Members and plan to attend the NRA Board of Directors meeting while it is in open session. I fully expect that it will go to executive session fairly quickly in a replay of Indianapolis.

My friends at Save the Second put together this nice time table.

I will be introducing a resolution dealing with succession planning. I am pitching it as necessary with Wayne’s age and the impact of COVID-19 on the elderly. Wish me luck on that.

I’ll have my report on how the meeting goes up by Sunday morning. (I hope!)

Remember, if you are a NRA member, life or annual, and are in Tucson area, you are eligible to vote for the 76th Director. I am 100% behind Frank Tait. I get the feeling from reading Facebook posts by some NRA Directors that the establishment candidate is Jim Wallace, executive director of Massachusetts’ GOAL. Jim is an OK guy but we need Frank Tait to start the process of change.