05-05-2019, 03:59 PM
I am a long time Life member and a big supporter of the NRA Whittington Center. If I were in charge, all NRA facilities in Washington and Virginia would be closed and the entire operation moved to the Whittington Center and Raton New Mexico. It would save millions of dollars being wasted running a gun owner's organization in unfriendly political climate.
I have met many of the more famous NRA people, Jeff Cooper, Joe Foss, Harlen Carter and Charlton Hesston. On 3 occasions I have shook hands with Wayne Lapierre. IMHO, he is snooty and has nothing in common with gun owners like me and his handshake was a cold dead fish.
I see him in expensive clothes but have never seen him shoot a competition. I have tried to ask his personal staff questions and was ignored. Fine. I still participate in all things Whittington Center, but do not give a dime to the mothership anymore. My bet is that most of the upper echelon of the NRA Mgmt have never even been to Whittington Center. Their loss. It is a incredible facility that could provide rank and file NRA members who foot the bills a better deal on operating cost for the organization and garner much more respect from members if their mgmt. participated instead of hide in DC
I have met many of the more famous NRA people, Jeff Cooper, Joe Foss, Harlen Carter and Charlton Hesston. On 3 occasions I have shook hands with Wayne Lapierre. IMHO, he is snooty and has nothing in common with gun owners like me and his handshake was a cold dead fish.
I see him in expensive clothes but have never seen him shoot a competition. I have tried to ask his personal staff questions and was ignored. Fine. I still participate in all things Whittington Center, but do not give a dime to the mothership anymore. My bet is that most of the upper echelon of the NRA Mgmt have never even been to Whittington Center. Their loss. It is a incredible facility that could provide rank and file NRA members who foot the bills a better deal on operating cost for the organization and garner much more respect from members if their mgmt. participated instead of hide in DC