Lt. Colonel Oliver North Poised to Become NRA President

[Bigfoot]

DALLAS – Lt. Colonel Oliver North, USMC (Ret.) will become President of the National Rifle Association of America
within a few weeks, a process the NRA Board of Directors initiated this morning.

Lt. Colonel Oliver North Poised to Become NRA President

“This is the most exciting news for our members since Charlton Heston became President of our Association,” said NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre. “Oliver North is a legendary warrior for American freedom, a gifted communicator and skilled leader. In these times, I can think of no one better suited to serve as our President.”

 

[Celt]

I don't know enough about his stance on the 2a. Is he a Wayne "lets compromise" LaPierre, or a Chris " ill give away members rights to play politics" Cox? Or is he another Charlton Heston?

 

[Catskillkid]

Oliver North is an entertaining and polarizing figure and while I'm sure he talks a good game on the 2nd Amendment I see him as being more of a political figure than one who is truly concerned about the 2nd Amendment. He has name recognition for those who those who were following politics during the Regan Administration, and die hard conservatives will probably like him. Personally, for me at least, I think this is a bad move on the part of the NRA.

Read up on the Iran-Contra Affair (Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia). Basically, North and others in the Regan Administration sold weapons to Iran and used the money to fund anti-communist guerillas in Nicaragua. Perhaps the meaning was well (to stop the spread of Communism in the western hemisphere) but selling weapons to Iran in exchange for money was probably not the smartest idea. And we've all seen (back then and now in Syria) how arming supposedly moderate militias goes (hint: today's allies tend to become tomorrow's enemies).

Whether deserved or not, North is going to be painted by the media as a gun runner and international arms trader which will be bad PR for the NRA. Having said that , the NRA could nominate a black, gay, Jewish Mexican who is gender nonconforming (or Hillary Clinton) and it would still be painted as an organization of baby killers so it probably doesn't matter who assumes the mantle of the NRA presidency. I really wish we could resurrect Charlton Heston but that ain't going to happen.

In the end, the NRA needs to stand up more than it has and fight tooth and nail to expand gun rights, especially in blue states like NY. Otherwise, it's just another money generating machine.

 

[ProgSpear]

NRA just announced their new president and they are very excited about it!

And the LA Times tried to be snarky about it... Oops.

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[tirwin1]

The NRA made a bad choice. The optics are bad on this, regardless of his stance on the 2A or his willingness to fight. They couldn't find someone without all his baggage? I agree they could pick a black lesbian feminist and it would not change their image one bit to the lefty crowd.

 

[Burzum]

I do not mind what Col. North did in theory, my problem is our Central American outreach was terrible; "stopping communism" in many of those countries meant giving money to super corrupt "governments," and actual death squads who murdered priests, journalists, clergy, and labor leaders.

What a surprise that peasants being utterly exploited and screwed over by US Multi-nationals in the Third World want to become organized labor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOPE label them "commies" and murder them---onward Christian soldier.

 

[Acer-m14]

When do you see the Prez of NRA speak .. i think never .. it's CEO Wayne ... from i hear its a do nothing position .. but NRA might start running guns now LOL ..
and how old is he now .. there still appointing FUDDs ..