USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand News received a personal note from one industry member who’s been a staunch supporter of the NRA. A note that he asked to be shared.
With that, here’s the note – verbatim- received from MidwayUSA’s Larry Potterfield:
From the Desk of Larry Potterfield…
Logically, there’s a gag order on NRA Board members and staff. Things usually work that way, when you’re engaged in litigation and/or serious negotiations.
Being a long-time champion of the NRA, I’d like to speak in support of its Leadership.
If Results were the only measure of NRA Leadership; that ship has sailed hundreds of times in the last 30 years, with victory after victory at the state and national levels – and two national elections. The NRA might be the most successful advocacy group of all time.
If the measure were one of market positioning and operational capability to defend the 2nd amendment, the NRA Leadership has done an unbelievable job; the foremost guardian of the right to keep and bear arms.
If the measure were just the NRA people, the directors and staff (past and present); I personally know a great many of them. They are a great group of individuals that make even a greater team.
So my opinion on NRA Leadership, it’s pretty simple, NRA Round-Up is running 24-7 on the MidwayUSA website and I encourage all Freedom loving Americans to continue your unwavering support as well!
Larry Potterfield
CEO of MidwayUSA | NRA Benefactor
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/new-documents-raise-ethical-and-billing-concerns-about-the-nras-outside-counsel
Y’all seen this? How in the heck is the NRA still letting this sleaze, Bill Brewer, a libtard Democrat, bleed it dry??
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/new-documents-raise-ethical-and-billing-concerns-about-the-nras-outside-counsel
I ain’t donating a cent til Brewer is fired and LaPierre is sent home. Brewer started working for NRA in 2018 and has been behind this entire shitstorm, now overbilling every last dime we got left.
Get help. Gee, that’s the best I can do and the best advice I can give you.
@ Oldvet
I don’t know, the way some of the members love to project that any who disagree with them are leftists, it seems they are projecting something. Trickle down perhaps?
I have not read all of this. No time. Mr. Potterfield is an American success story. He has contributed MANY millions to the NRA. If I recall the number, it is in excess of $50 million. Where would WE be without his contributions? I think it is fair to say that we would be in a hell of a lot worse place than we are now. Of course, we are all entitled to our own opinions and can choose who we want to do business with. I think we have to sit back and look at this from a big… Read more »
@WLS
Finally…someone put a time-span to the whole wardrobe thing! Thank You!
I’ve never purchased a custom made suit, but I suspect a person could easily spend $5,000 on one. That doesn’t include shirts, ties, belts, shoes, or dry cleaning. $220,000 would buy 44 suits at $5000 each – spread over 15 years is 3 suits per year. Wayne probably wears out a suit every 2 months – LOL
You are correct, it’s nothing to get excited about.
@ Buster 2004 to 2017. Actually less than 15 years, and at least one of the trips was for just over 39K in one go. What you are again deceitfully ignoring is that if it is such a trivial amount as you would make it seem, why is a man who is already making over 1 million dollars a year, why is he trying to take money out of the membership instead of paying for them out of his own pocket? That is the problem, and that is something worth getting aggravated about. What you are doing is no different… Read more »
Wayne gets his clothing supplied because the (apparently) the elected BOD approved it. In a normal business environment, a clothing allowance would be one of the conditions of the compensation package. He likely has a hefty golden parachute, health insurance that would cost you or I $10,000 a month – all part of his compensation package.
Dig deeper, I’m certain you’ll find even more company-provided perks that will further twist your panties.
@ Buster Nice Sidestep yet again. You do realize I already talked about the fact that a lack of receipts for some of those expenses given to a new treasurer in 2018 is one of the things that brought this situation to a head right? Oh wait, yes, you are self proclaimed “Totally ignorant of what is going on in the NRA”. I forgot. That’s not the question. The Question is Why is Lapierre trying to pillage the membership for what you describe as a trivial expense when he makes far more than the membership he is deceiving to do… Read more »
For those curious, what I just caught buster with is the fact that an NRA treasurer did not rubberstamp the accounting Wayne gave them in 2018. So when Buster says “Well the board approved it”, that is a whole lot different from not even opening the books to see what you are approving. I think the democrats would say “You have to pass the law to find out whats in it.” In addition to Buster’s little attempt at bait and switch, he apparently forgot the entire point I was making was how much Wayne was being compensated, as I had… Read more »
“The Question is Why is Lapierre trying to pillage the membership for what you describe as a trivial expense when he makes far more than the membership he is deceiving to do it?” Without seeing his employment contract, I can only surmise he is receiving the compensation that the BOD authorized. I wouldn’t call that pillage. So far, all I’ve seen is a bunch of complaining, but no hard evidence. Until you SHOW me hard evidence – annual reports, payroll records, tax returns, internal memos – I’m taking your accusations of corruption with a healthy grain of salt. I find… Read more »
@Buster I have to love you shooting yourself in the foot yet again. Just a few minutes ago you were telling Charlie Foxtrot that Wayne might be a leased employee and that would explain the payments for the suits. Here let me quote you. “Are you 100% certain WLP is an employee of the NRA? Have you seen hard evidence such as FICA or FUTA reports? If A-M has an employee leasing division (and WLP is leased to NRA), it might explain the A-M/NRA wardrobe/payroll anomalies you mentioned.” So now, just a few minutes later you are back to claiming… Read more »
Wayne LaPierre can buy all the suits he wants at a Rodeo Drive store in Hollywood, from his $1M+ salary. Why was there even a need for Ackerman McQueen, a company that Wayne LaPierre is not an employee of, to pay for his suits? Why did Wayne LaPierre had an Ackerman McQueen company credit card in the first place? Who eventually paid for these suits, Ackerman McQueen or the NRA? Did Wayne LaPierre report this money as additional income and if so from whom, or as business expense reimbursement from his actual employer, the NRA? Why did the NRA route… Read more »
@CGGator Foxtrot.
Exactly what I have been asking of Buster for a few days now, yet he has not answered it in the slightest.
As to you still being a member of the NRA, no problem if that is what you choose. You are going about it the right way and not demanding anyone else stay in it with you, accepting it as your choice alone and standing by it. Thank you for doing it the right way, since that seems to be exceedingly rare here nowdays.
@TheRevelator
Apparently you have missed my answers and previous posts. I have stated numerous times the WLP needs to step down and there needs to be a full audit by an independent party. I have stated I am not sending any more money to NRA.
Re the wardrobe: some of you guys are about to blow a gasket because of the money spent on wardrobe and I’m simply pointing out that such things are normal business dealings and were (likely) a negotiated point between WLP and the BOD. Your gripe is with the BOD, not me, and not WLP.
@ Buster
Apparently you have missed my posts.
Nothing you say matters Buster, it is your actions that matter.
You can walk around telling everyone your a duck and blowing on a duckcall, but it doesn’t make it so. You have taken an active role in defending corrupt actions made by Wayne Lapierre and have attempted to downplay them. I’m not fooled by someone just because they hang an expensive suit. Understand?
@CGGator Foxtrot
Are you 100% certain WLP is an employee of the NRA? Have you seen hard evidence such as FICA or FUTA reports?
If A-M has an employee leasing division (and WLP is leased to NRA), it might explain the A-M/NRA wardrobe/payroll anomalies you mentioned.
@Buster You really cant help shooting yourself in the foot can you? LaPierre is currently the Chief Executive and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association. If Lapierre holds two jobs, one at the NRA(It would be separate, not leased), and the other at Ack-Mac that would further complicate the matters. Using the funds of one company to make a purchase, then trying to get money to cover the expenses of that other employer and hiding it as if it were an expense to the second company instead would be Fraud. You just had to open your mouth and… Read more »
Can you say with 100% certainty WLP is not a leased employee? Even a leased employee can hold a title.
@Buster Please remember, I know how this game works. Wayne Lapierre was working for the NRA since the 1980’s, becoming the Executive Director in 1991. Admittedly, Ack-Mac came in in the 80’s as well. So lets look at it. Definition: Workers who are officially employed by a professional employer organization, which is responsible for overseeing all HR-related functions, but who actually perform all work for your company. So what you are saying is that Wayne would have a contract through AckMack, not the NRA. That would mean Payroll, Retirement Plans, insurance, all gets funneled through to the leasing company and… Read more »
@Buster You’re a liar, and you cant seem to help sticking your own foot in your mouth. Lets look at the latest democrat tactic you are trying to pull. You are inventing a situation, a hypothetical “What if” Question, and then demanding that others provide proof it doesn’t exist when You never offered the proof that it did. After doing this, you try to take the place that your argument automatically wins without you having to provide any proof. Here is the problem. You are flip flopping back and forth so rapidly now, with less than 15 minutes in between… Read more »
I’m just asking questions trying to find out what you guys know. So far, your answer to a yes or no question is three or four paragraphs full of criticism – LOL.
You’re all butt-hurt because you can’t get everyone to participate in your lynch-mob mentality.
@Buster Third time posting this, since it didn’t get put up on the 30th. What you are doing is “Leading the question”, or trying to create a situation which leads the opponent into a bad situation. Ironic considering your own history of avoiding questions, especially since you still have not answered the question I posed to you. Hypocrisy much? What you just asked is the equivalent of me asking you if you have stopped beating your wife yet. Now you could say yes, but that means you were beating your wife. You could say no, and that would mean you… Read more »
You seem to be ignorant of the facts on purpose. Wayne LaPierre is the “CEO and Executive Vice President” of the NRA and listed as such in the NRA’s 990 tax form with a compensation. He is the highest Officer in the NRA organization and can not as such be a “leased employee”. What you are suggesting is absolute nonsense! Apart from the fact that it would be tax fraud to do this due to the NRA’s nonprofit tax status, it would also mean that Wayne LaPierre is no longer the “CEO and Executive Vice President”, since the NRA has… Read more »
He Wasn’t ignorant Charlie, he was intentionally lying.
That’s why I showed his flip flop, first to you talking about how he might be a leased employee(the lie he made up), and then shortly after I started questioning him further up the page he was talking about the NRA having pyroll and compensation packages.
He knew… That’s why I called him out for being a liar. Good show on your part as well
I see a lot of Strong opinion against NRA and Larry Potterfield. It almost seems as though there are, “Leftist” among us trying to sow contempt for both. Remember we are viewed as the enemy and if we pick at each other it makes it easier for us to be taken apart.
Right, those not blindly following the propaganda from the NRA politburo must be Bloomberg stooges. LOL. It is the current NRA leadership that is destroying the NRA from the inside. There is corruption and mismanagement going on at the NRA and there is no accountability and no transparency. Yet we, members, are supposed to stay quiet and continue to pay our dues? Our fight is for a stronger NRA, but since that conflicts with the current NRA leadership’s schemes to enrich themselves they are against it. Stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution: https://www.savethe2a.org/… Read more »
@CGGator Foxtrott
Interesting how he left just enough plausible deniability to claim he didn’t mean that all who disagree must be stooges, yet anyone with two eyes can clearly see he is trying to make that connection.
@Grid Management. Yes, it seems almost as if a left wing plant intent on trying to keep the leadership in the NRA that is helping pass an anti second amendment agenda has come here to ammoland with the name “Grid Management”. How about this, Instead of saying, “Hey, if some are trying to subvert us to the benefit of the left so we shouldn’t pick at each other, oh but by the way if you are standing against the NRA you must be a leftist” and demonstrating hypocrisy squared…….. Yes, that pause is where you are supposed to reread and… Read more »
Larry’s blind loyalty allows him to miss the writing on the wall. Wayne must go and the sooner the better.
folks, Larry is right. i expected to lose my Second Amendment ‘right’ by 1984, and only the NRA- WHICH IS US!, kept that from happening. the socialists HATE the NRA because it has been so effective.
any issues with the NRA can be worked out; anything else just helps our enemies!
Got your beer goggles on I see.
If you want to support a group that is working to help those same “Enemies” enact the same infringements, just at a much slower pace, you go right ahead and keep what you are smoking because the rest of us don’t want it. You do what you want, but don’t come crying to us because you wet yourself when We wont join you if your ship starts sinking.
It’s a thing called GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. That means when it comes to financial accounting, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. Still, even with “creative accounting”, I can’t see any CPA putting his license at risk by knowingly filing fraudulent tax returns. Every CPA I’ve ever known likes to sleep well at night – they are not risk takers. From what I can tell, the IRS has heaped a significant policing requirement onto CPA’s in recent years. They (CPA’s) have some skin in the game now that they didn’t have before, and they simply… Read more »
@ Buster
Sounds a lot like GM, government math..
No matter how you skin the cat, you still wind up with a skinned cat. Corrupt is corrupt, and wrong is wrong no matter which way you look at it. Its time to take your blinders off.
NRA You Have Been A GOOD RIDE for many Years, BUT You have Went LAME. So Until You STOP Negotiating Our Rights Away {NRA} Git Rid of Wayne LaPierre, Restructure The BoD Down to A Manageable Number, I’m going to grab a Fresh Ride out of the Corral and continue on. Git Your Sh*t Together.
Potterfield doesn’t care, he has made millions off the gun people. I don’t understand why he would want to put himself on the negative side of people who buy from him. He can’t whitewash this and close the blinds or minds of people who have seen their money misused. Maybe he is the same way.
I have a lot of respect for Larry Potterfield. I won’t boycott his business, but I won’t round up again either. The opinions of Larry (and others) who are “in the know” more so than the rest of us deserve a fair amount of consideration. I say that because Larry (in particular) now has his financial neck stuck waaaaayyyy out there.
Imagine the MidwayUSA bloodbath if the rumored managerial misdeeds turn out to be true and Larry had full knowledge of them?
Very well then, don’t. The rest of us will boycott him. Buster, You do what you want to do, and we will do the same. Personally, I love seeing you playing ignorant again. It is absolutely hilarious that someone who claims to have no idea what is going on or be totally in the dark thinks that their opinions or thoughts will matter to those of us who have been working to fix this problem a lot longer and are aware of what is going on. If Larry Potterfield wants to pull a “DICK’s move, then there are many of… Read more »
What you would really like is for anyone who may hold out hope for the NRA to quit posting – get rid of the anti-NRA dissenters completely! That way you could run down NRA with impunity and have your way.
In that respect, you’re no different than the man you despise – Wayne LaPierre.
@ Buster Nice try, no cigar. Been very vocal about this for the last 4 or 5 years here that the goal was to preferably save the NRA, but if the leadership wont go burn it down so they can do no more damage. And there is the third D. Thank you so much for practicing left wing tactics here for all to see. DENY- “I have no idea what is going on in the NRA, I’m completely ignorant on it so it might be good or bad. I will tell everyone else they have no idea either even though… Read more »
Going back to the 80s i purchased thousands of dollars in merchandise from mr potterfields company i took his side against brownells when they feuded,that stops today! After i finish this ill delete my wishlist and seek those products elsewhere.
Thanks for showing us where you stand larry.
What if we all send a message to Larry himself asking him to suspend all the roundup money, just hold on to it and no payout until Wayne has resigned?
The NRA roundup is already optional. It is recommended by default, but the option not to do it clearly exists. Holding on to the money would create legal and financial liabilities for Midway USA.
I’m well aware, I have bought from Midway in the past. Would seem like a simple thing to change the wording of the check box to say round up my order amount and pay the NRA when Wayne resigns.
It is not as simple as you think from an accounting and taxation perspective for Midway USA.
Oldvet, I don’t think you should boycott Midway. Larry was only expressing his opinion. I order from Midway and always round-up. His organization supports the Second Amendment and the NRA. I too am ticked off at the NRA, using the members money for their own greed. Well, they have been caught and hopefully we will see a different NRA in the near future. When Wayne LaPierre get’s up at his next NRA convention and says I am returning the $220,000 I spent on clothes back to the members, I think the problems will have solved. I will wait for the… Read more »
@Dick
You stated: “When Wayne LaPierre get’s up at his next NRA convention and says I am returning the $220,000 I spent on clothes back to the members, I think the problems will have solved.”
Does Wayne LaPierre have a legal obligation to return the money? Was the clothing purchase in breach of contract or illegal in some way?
$220K in ill-gotten goods is some serious, jail-time fraud, and no doubt multiple counts of fraud. And since he (likely) crossed state lines in the process, many (most probably) will be Federal crime.
Please share your info with us.
Ackerman McQueen paid for Wayne’s suits and flights. After all, they were charged to an Ackerman McQueen credit card. Why Wayne had such a credit card in the first place is likely part of the ongoing investigations.
If the NRA paid Ackerman McQueen for these expenses, then both engaged in fraud. If not, then Wayne and Ackerman McQueen committed fraud. In both cases, it would be tax fraud as the involved parties were required to report these expenses on their tax forms.
Thank you.
Ya…Wayne’s clothing has use outside the workplace, so I see no way he would not be required to report at least a portion of the clothing value as personal income – and perhaps he did.
501 C-3’s get special scrutiny from the IRS. Every CPA I’ve ever known and worked with would question clothing allowance/business expense deduction first thing – it’s an automatic red flag.
I also can’t see Wayne as having a clothing fetish – but stranger things have happened.
Just speaking my mind.
@ DICK Dick, With all due respect, what you or Larry Potterfield think does not matter in the slightest. Most of us here don’t want any of our hard earned dollars going to line the pockets of a group of people who lied to us for decades, who constantly betrayed us and got infringement after infringement passed violating the 2nd Amendment. We do not want any of our money going to them both directly from our wallets, or indirectly through the wallets of those we send our money too like Mr Potterfield. So yes, we will absolutely Boycott Larry. His… Read more »
I support the NRA and I support Midway.
Both are great for America.
MBeach222 is a shill Will.
Caught him on a different article a week ago. His statement there was no less determined in its lack of intelligence.
I’ve been wondering where Larry Potterfield stood as Potterfield appears to donate lots for the NRA annual meeting, giving WLP an opportunity to really suck up. Now we all know and all of Midway’s competitors should benefit.
That’s hit a low note.
Well Mr. Potterfield, not to be too impolite but who cares what you think? Is there some particular reason that you feel sending a personal note to Ammoland should create in the readership some kind of support for your position? You are one person, one opinion and one vote. It seems those who are demonstrating such devotion to the leadership of the NRA have forgotten that leadership serves at the pleasure of the membership (or at least is supposed to!) The membership doesn’t even need a reason to replace them and in my opinion the BOD has severely miss read… Read more »
For someone not wanting to be too impolite, you managed pretty well. Putting it another way, WHO cares what YOU think? It is not required to be disrespectful to post here. The last I checked, everyone’s opinion is welcome. As far as the “pennies” the donations from round up have amounted to MILLIONS – which does give him enough respect to at least be heard, even though I may not agree with him…. Some of that round up money came from me. He and his wife have personally donated huge amounts of money, prizes, and most important – their time.… Read more »
Thanks for the perspective Dave. You along with Larry and I get to have an opinion and you are welcome to yours. Doesn’t look to me there is much interest (by the leadership) in doing the hard work you suggest but it would certainly be welcome by many of us who feel disenfranchised by the boards apparent lack of concern about the issues within the organization. And I agree the round up has amounted to millions and some of it was mine as well, but I don’t think those of us who wanted to see systemic changes should just let… Read more »
@Dave C, I, for one, am a really rude, tactless person. You may have read my previous work. I don’t think AMIII was impolite or even meant to be. He did not use a single work that could not be said in church.
As to you, Larry, and Wayne, go on ahead without me. Survive or not machts nix. My donations are going to the GOA, SAF, and CCRKBA.
@Dave C So you are running on the Democrat party platform Dave C? By the same respect to your feelings on Austin Miller, Who cares what you think as well? So potterfield raised money for a group which has violated our trust, and now he is defending the leadership that has caused the problem and upset half the membership? Ok, so he raised money for them. Personally, I’d love to see him face to face and look right in his eyes to ask him some questions about his support for the second amendment. I wonder if he would prove to… Read more »
Not sure what internal investigation is being done to see if there was a misuse of members monies or inappropriate dealings as a board member. But the bottom line IF any of this is true not only should the offending party and or parties be removed but the rest of the board. If you claim you did not know as a board member with issues of misuse of members monies then you should of know and resign. When your representing millions of members and and responsible for and to millions of dollars and this “crap” happens then those at the… Read more »
The bylaws should read: (“No member of the Board of Directors are allowed to do business with the NRA or it’s affiliates.”) Period. That will fix a lot of problems.
“Logically, there’s a gag order on NRA Board members and staff. Things usually work that way, when you’re engaged in litigation and/or serious negotiations.” A gag order on the NRA Board…brilliant! I defy anyone to name a better a way of milking the cash-cow for another two or three (or twenty?) years than to get lawyers involved and invoke mandatory silence. Picture this legal advice: “WLP, you sue A-M. A-M, you sue WLP. We’ll string this out for years, meanwhile certain endowments will continue to pour in, and if they stop we’ll sue them for breach of contract. And when… Read more »
So, is Ammoland a dumping ground for everything NRA? It would sure seem like it is, considering this is the third open letter from some “big wig” supporting the current leadership on the NRA. That is unfortunate. I have no plans on supporting the NRA again. That ship has sailed…onto more productive waters.
The NRA can sink as far as I am concerned…good riddance.
I have purchased from Midway in the past and will in the future, but as with dealing with most businesses I don’t put all of my eggs in one basket. I have several businesses that I deal with for quality and pricing, today is a market for the educated consumer, this also tends to keep you out of the nonsense as stated in Mr Potterfield’s letter. What should be focused on is putting pressure on the BOD in the NRA to make these changes ASAP for the betterment of the NRA! Put it to a general membership vote then go… Read more »
Just is case you aren’t getting the message, NRA board of directors — No more donations until a change in leadership, and change in the board and full public audits. I am a Patriot Life member. I will give my money to better run 2A organizations, such as the Gun Owners of America.
Respectfully, we are not talking about past history. We are talking about the NRA’s current executive leadership and the failure of the Board of Directors to provide actual oversight of organization. The successes or failures of the past 30 years are irrelevant. What is happening right now with the NRA? Why is there so little transparency? Why does the NRA need to buy expensive Italian suits for WLP? Isn’t his compensation enough? Why no investigation into Ackerman McQueen and why no oversight of legal expenses. I dare say, sir, the NRA rank-and-file members know more about what’s going on than… Read more »
The decision to donate (roundup) to the NRA is optional at the Midway website; you can elect not to donate if you prefer. At the present time, I still donate to the NRA through the ‘Roundup’ simply because we still need the NRA, but not with all of the BS that is present. I am a member of several other organizations that fight for us on the federal and state level. While we boycott the NRA, we are doing what anti-gunners want done – destroying not only the NRA but an institution, a tradition – the more the better on… Read more »
Amen
Mr. Potterfield, I’m more of a moderate or middle of the road guy than many of the folks that post here. I love guns and shooting, though other than being a lifetime member, haven’t paid a lot of attention to the NRA until recently. Stories about trouble at the NRA started a few months ago in the general, non-firearms related media. At first I thought Col North was a rat. However, I started noticing stories which led me to see parallels between Wayne LaPierre’s actions and those of a dictator consolidating power to protect himself. I started digging deeper and… Read more »
I believe Larry Potterfield deserves all of our respect for his support of gun rights in the past and present. I have shopped at Midway and will again.
However right now the current leadership of the NRA is a handicap in our fight to defend the 2nd amendment and if we are going to be as effective as we need to be, as we must be in our fight, we do need new leadership.
It really isn’t about what is behind us but what lies ahead.
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Very well said Mr. Wilson. The ineptness, corruption and the many mistakes of the NRA’s BOD should not be placed on the entirety of the NRA. Most are just regular Joe’s and Jane’s like the rest of us. However, I will not renew my membership nor donate until the full leadership and BOD are disbanded and replaced with true 2A preservationists to protect the the full right to keep and bear arms. So many big losses far out shadow the little NRA wins here and there. Which have become fully expose and despised by former and current supporters. We must… Read more »
Mr. Larry Potterfield Wonder why I haven’t purchased from you and your company in years,giving money to crooks like those of Negotiating Rights Away is no virtue. Negotiating Rights Away has done more damage to the 2 nd. amendment than good,a short list of their degradation historically of the 2nd. amendment. History 1791: The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. The amendment reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” After That 1871: The National Rifle Association was… Read more »
Never was a big fan of Mr Potterfield and I can’t quit buying from him because I did that about 8 years ago when he tried to make shipping costs another profit generator. But I can encourage other sportsmen to buy elsewhere. This letter is totally pathetic given the current NRA Nightmare.
Well, looks like I will be writing a letter to MR Potterfield to express my extreme disappointment with him.
In addition to that, I will include a list of Several businesses which I will now rely on expressly since I will no longer ever shop at Midway USA. Of these Grafs, MidsouthShootersSupply, Natchez, and Brownells will be at the top of the list. I will also be using word of mouth to encourage as many as I can to stop doing business with Mr Potterfield.
Well said. Have followed the same strategy; haven’t missed Midway. Mr. Potterfield, though for different reasons, should review the results of the moves Dicks Sporting Goods made and the resulting sales and stock slump.
I live in Missouri and have always looked at Midway as they are a Missouri Company. This blind loyalty is just that BLIND! I too will be composing a letter also. I have spent several hundred dollars with Midway in the last 2 months. Will definately be looking at other vendors. At the very least Larry should offer their customers other choices for “round up” like GOA, SAF, FPC, etc……
Missouri here as well,been loyal to midway for decades! Boycotted brownells for trying to crush midway for daring to sell gunsmith supplys. Just cleared my wishlist! For a minute or 2 after reading larrys letter i was angry.
Now im just sad. Doesnt he get that wlp spit on him right. Along with the rest of us???
So, the NRA leadership decided to send Larry Potterfield in on a suicide mission. Wow! Desperate, really desperate.
It took a while in the past to convince Midway USA to make the NRA roundup optional. Now this? Haven’t you learned that lesson yet? No more Midway USA orders from me, since I am no longer welcomed as a customer.
So, is Midway USA now stopping the sale of Magpul magazines? It would be a consequential step, since the NRA leadership has called Magpul CEO Duane Liptak unprofessional and blackballed him on committee assignments.
Don’t forget, Duane Liptak has made several idiotic statements here on ammoland.
Unless he has seen the light and changed his ways, I wouldn’t look to him as a beacon of light. Then again, perhaps you are aware of him changing and have some information you could share that I am unaware of.
So, you are unaware of Duane Liptak being stripped of all but one of his NRA committee assignments?
@CGGator Foxtrot That could be for other reasons, but yes I was not fully aware he lost that many. My run in with Mr, Liptak had to do with something he wrote here at ammoland and was practicing personally that was wrong. I judge people y their actions, not their words. Without evidence of a turning point from Mr. Liptak my judgement does not sway so readily. Remember, Chris Cox also was just thrown under the Bus thanks to Wayne, and Cox was not a good guy. He was as tied into the betrayals that the NRA was engaging in… Read more »
I had my issues with Mr. Liptak as well after that AmmoLand article. As it turns out, he was asking the right questions recently and got punished for it.
I ordered ten Magpul AR 15 magazines yesterday. I did not order them from Midway, instead I ordered them from GunMag Warehouse. Not because of Potterfield’s support of WLP but because it cost me $14.00 less to do so. Had I ordered them from Midway I would not have checked the NRA Roundup box. You don’t throw good money after bad. At least that is what my parents taught me half a century ago.
So much for purchasing things on Midway USA.
“If Results were the only measure of NRA Leadership; that ship has sailed hundreds of times in the last 30 years”
Is Larry not aware LaPierre SCAMMED members into accepting the Hughes Amendment with a promise he would repeal it, followed by decades of inaction because, as he admitted openly in 2017, he actually supported the Hughes Amendment?
Denial, it’s not just a river in Egypt.
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