NRA beset by infighting over whether it has strayed too far

[Judi Lynn]

Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press Updated 5:33 pm CDT, Wednesday, April 24, 2019

The National Rifle Association is used to battling forces that criticize its fiery and unbending efforts to protect gun rights. But as the group gathers for its annual convention this week, the NRA may be facing its toughest foe in decades: its own members.

NRA insiders and longtime observers describe an organization at war with itself over a central question: Has it strayed too far from its original mission of gun safety and outdoor shooting sports and become too political?

It is rare for the NRA to betray any hint of internal turmoil. But it erupted very publicly recently when the NRA sued its longtime public relations firm, Ackerman McQueen, accusing it of refusing to hand over financial records to account for its billings. In 2017 alone, the NRA paid the firm $40 million.

Ackerman McQueen has been by the NRA's side for two decades and has crafted its aggressive messaging, including the "From my cold dead hands" line uttered by actor Charlton Heston in 2000 as he vowed to resist any effort to take away his guns. The line became a rallying cry for gun owners around the country.

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[Crowman2009]

1. Probably hiring some who sold drugs for weapons, then gave said weapons to Iran had something...

...to do with it.

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[lagomorph777]

2. Thoughts and prayers. Putin's insurgents are struggling.

Maybe Mariia Butina can help them out.