Opinion
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Here is what the NRA (National Rifle Association) needs right now! It needs a reboot at the top… the house needs to be clean.
The officers and the Board Members that have been trying to convince you that everything is okay (Meadows, Lee, et al), the old guard that prefer the status quo (Porter, Hammer, Printz, et al) and those newer Board Members who are either parroting the message or keeping their heads down (Rathner, Lightfoot, Colandro, et al) need to go.
Is there room for the latter group to speak up and change their colors? Maybe… but, that opportunity gets less and less likely each day that they don’t do it.
Meanwhile, people wonder if those of us who are so vocal about the PROBLEMS have any SOLUTIONS to offer. Well, yes… we do.
I spent an hour talking with Armed American Radio’s Mark Walters earlier this week going over the Five Points of NRA Reform that have been proposed by Savethe2a.org.
- 1. Make the Board Smaller
- 2. Put Term Limits in Place for Directors
- 3. Stringent Attendance Requirements for Directors
- 4. Engage Members in more than just Fundraising.
- 5. Narrow the Focus of the NRA’s messaging.
Learn more about the points and why they are important at the organizations website and LISTEN to this hour of radio:
About Rob Pincus
Rob Pincus has been educating people about defensive shooting and related personal defense topics for over two decades. He is the Executive Director of Personal Defense Network and the owner of I.C.E. Training Company. He has authored several books, produced over 100 training DVDs, appeared on several TV & Radio shows and trained military, law enforcement and armed individuals around the world. His advice focuses on efficiency and practicality based on his own experiences and continuing research of both real-world events and cutting edge training practices. www.icetraining.us
I go along with most of the suggestions. However i feel that the highly touted rating system must also weigh the anti freedom bills voted on by Congress senate goobernater president etc… i mean freedom is as freedom is. Yes the 2a is paramount unlike what whiney letspeeinfear’s i mean wayne lapiere has pushed in the past. Erpo, universal gun checks, firearm id cards, gca 34 68 86, hughes, silencers, bumpstocks, restrictions on normal magazines, one gun a month, caliber restrictions, magic bullet encryption, gun registration, politicians not sued under 18usc242 for deprivation of civil rights, money spent on ama… Read more »
This should apply to the government as well.
Great article, but why tie it to Rob Pincus, a johnny come lately, on the firearms training scene. Having attended several of Robs classes in order to learn what not to teach professional gun toters, I appreciate your trying to boost his credibility status. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work.
Is a president/read LaPierre/ have salary of$.1.400.000?
Also spending as much as he wants on anything he wants ?and all the time asking members for more donation.He don’t CARE about NRA ,but only himself.
I am not happy too . Yes ,I am unhappy with the 503 BAH, BLAH designation . That is what limits the NRA’s effectiveness to a greatdeal , and the NRA’S political influence, as well as all other ‘PRO 2 ND AMENDMENT OUTFITS .’ I read the criticisms of Wayne , LaPierre – the best and most faithful servant to the 2ND Amendment and The NRA membership- from the time I joined in 1968 to the present. I heard he spent money on fancy clothes, really good hotels, fancy food, limos – SO WHAT, I DON”T GIVE A SHIT, GIVE… Read more »
Just because a person wears $ 2000 suits and gets their picture taken with important people it does not make a leader. LaPierre should step down and leave so we can get back to work and take on the anti 2nd Amendment crowd.
KEEP IT SIMPLE! NRA 2020 NEEDS “STEAM”!
S – Smaller Board
T – Term limits
E – Engage with members
A – Attend 100% meetings/functions
M – Message simple points
I agree with all the article’s suggestions about what the NRA needs to do to clean house and get itself out of the mess that the current officers and board have created, EXCEPT for one small comment that appeared here and which I keep seeing. The one exception I have to take is with the “back to our roots” — Sorry, Rob, but the NRA was not formed to be a pro-2A or pro-RKBA organization and it has never been one, so there are not 2A/RKBA “roots” for us to go back to. Rob’s graphic states “The NRA was founded… Read more »
LaPierre, right/ Wrong, guilty /innocent, no longer matters. If he is truly a 2A advocate he needs to resign. Wrong, or Right he is now a distraction. If he truly is a 2A advocate he should realize this and do what is best for the organization.
Got a renewal in the mail but can not renew till a new leadership is in place. Not my fault, we can not win with this Tainted With his leader ship. Therefore not spending good money after bad.
First and foremost, LaPierre must be ousted! He controls who serves, who get elected, hell, he most likely is the one who shreds the ballots as they come in to NOT be counted. He controls every aspect of the NRA and all suggestions without first dumping LaPierre are wasted words and a waste of time.