tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3933772458679532620..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Where Does the NRA Get Its Money?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-68752392035595890942013-04-18T16:28:21.055+02:002013-04-18T16:28:21.055+02:00Sturm, Ruger & Company tied its donations dire...Sturm, Ruger & Company tied its donations directly to gun sales in a program called the “Million Gun Challenge.” Ruger promised to donate $1 to the NRA-ILA for each gun it sold over the course of a year, from May 2011 to May 2012. The “Million Gun Challenge” exceeded its goal and raised $1.25 million. This was common knowledg among gun owners who often chose Ruger products over other since they new a portion of their purchase would go to support an organization that they themselves support. DO corporations help the NRA? You bet. Would the NRA exist without the support of common citizens? Absolutely not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-4460818905517577342013-01-30T11:27:02.987+01:002013-01-30T11:27:02.987+01:00I always figured ,most of the corporate funding is...I always figured ,most of the corporate funding is passed around in attache cases with no paper trail. I could be wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-51038168179374312132013-01-30T03:20:13.513+01:002013-01-30T03:20:13.513+01:00Yearly membership in the NRA costs $25/year at the...Yearly membership in the NRA costs $25/year at the cheapest (I pay $35 a year). If there are 4 million members, then the members have contributed $700 million in the same period where companies have given $50 million.<br /><br />Looks like most funding comes from the people. Please don't blindly believe everything you read, folks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990497403735781252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-35427910825460866272013-01-30T03:17:05.103+01:002013-01-30T03:17:05.103+01:00If the NRA has 4 million members, and each pays th...If the NRA has 4 million members, and each pays the least amount of yearly dues ($25), then $100 million comes from yearly dues. Since 2005, companies gave up to $50 million, and members gave $700 million.<br /><br />Sounds to me like the majority of their funding comes from the people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990497403735781252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-46266297340556554172013-01-02T15:21:31.223+01:002013-01-02T15:21:31.223+01:00No need to read the rest of the article ... just p...No need to read the rest of the article ... just pay attention to portions important to Mikeb:<br /><br />"Dues still represent the lion's share of the NRA's income. In its 2010 tax return, available online, the NRA reported total revenue of $227.8 million, with $100.5 million coming from membership dues and $71.1 million from a catchall category, "Contributions, Gifts, Grants and Other Similar Amounts."<br />The NRA is hardly alone among membership organizations that seek out alliances with corporations whose interests parallel their own.<br /><br /><br />Read more: http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/NRA-gun-industry-aim-at-same-target-4154421.php#ixzz2GpOLAcCt"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606648012499886227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-36493345577604055152012-12-31T20:29:34.733+01:002012-12-31T20:29:34.733+01:00But the Brady Bunch is a disinterested and noble o...But the Brady Bunch is a disinterested and noble organization? The difference is that the Brady Bunch is pathetic and ineffective.<br /><br />How about the NAACP? How about the ACLU? The Ketchup Advisory Board? (O.K., that one's a joke.) Groups advocate a variety of causes. That's freedom.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-39316283999950784132012-12-31T13:22:39.590+01:002012-12-31T13:22:39.590+01:00He who pays the piper calls the tune. That's ...He who pays the piper calls the tune. That's what it has to do with the gun control debate. The NRA is a shill for the gun industry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-85889875147208006792012-12-30T23:04:35.676+01:002012-12-30T23:04:35.676+01:00It's about time that Ruger stepped up.It's about time that Ruger stepped up.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-72733324301013704002012-12-30T20:04:58.298+01:002012-12-30T20:04:58.298+01:00Oregonian, feeling jealous that your pathetic litt...Oregonian, feeling jealous that your pathetic little groups don't get the same level of funding? Switch to advocating something that Americans want, and you'll do better.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-59235900918509469412012-12-30T17:50:57.099+01:002012-12-30T17:50:57.099+01:00So?So?Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-42115215253128541202012-12-30T17:45:18.100+01:002012-12-30T17:45:18.100+01:00I asked for no proof, nor am I surprised. This is ...I asked for no proof, nor am I surprised. This is much ado about nothing. Find an issue related to gun control that means something for this is not it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-56060531315786672832012-12-30T13:51:22.331+01:002012-12-30T13:51:22.331+01:00The NRA gets it's money from the gun manufactu...The NRA gets it's money from the gun manufacturers, gun makers get their money from the American people, the American people get their money from their jobs, Barack said we didn't build that without the government, so our employers get their money from the government... Mystery solved, the government finances the NRA. Bill Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372322870114949570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-42400870500043839122012-12-30T10:41:14.507+01:002012-12-30T10:41:14.507+01:00Anonymous, this thread is about the NRA funding. ...Anonymous, this thread is about the NRA funding. If you continue to spam my blog with your repetitions nonsense that I've already answered I'll begin deleting your comments.<br /><br />Participate in the discussion by all means, but stop the spamming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-71282209143304470992012-12-30T10:04:55.075+01:002012-12-30T10:04:55.075+01:00Do it using the FBI Burrow of Justice or even CDC ...Do it using the FBI Burrow of Justice or even CDC just so long as it's UNbiased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-5141189519433945882012-12-30T10:03:57.501+01:002012-12-30T10:03:57.501+01:00Again I have shown more guns less crime why can...Again I have shown more guns less crime why can't you show more gun laws reduce crime. You can't show a crime that did not happen but you can show a drop in crime percent last I checked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-875417016116490612012-12-30T09:01:30.080+01:002012-12-30T09:01:30.080+01:00Tell me again why the NRA is considered a 501(C)(3...Tell me again why the NRA is considered a 501(C)(3) nonprofit? Someone please name for me ANY other C3 nonprofit organization (which pays no taxes, by the way) which has more than 50% of its "donations" made by industries that it lobbies for.<br /><br />The NRA should have its nonprofit status removed immediately.Baldr Odinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.com