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To All Concerned:

I have been contacted via the PM section of the board regarding an older thread about the NRAF stores. The person in question stated that he is a writer for Bloomberg News and is researching a story about the NRAF store....the person joined on 24 Nov 2011 - so they are not a long time person posting here nor as a member of the press should they be trusted.

I am just alerting all to the potential for them fishing for topics and/or statements for them to twist regarding our sport and/or organizations.

They also stated that they are from Washington DC - 'nuf said on that one.

They are watching and looking for dirt.

I spoke with him to see what he is up to. Based on the questions is was asking, he is trying to write an article that the NRA is misusing NRA Foundation Funds, or at least, not distributing them the way the NRA says it is (50% local, 50% national).

He targeted those of us who commented on the NRA Grant Store thread on this site a while back. The thread where we complained about the NRA Grant Store being thrown on us without warning while it was going through the bumps of getting started. He thinks the NRA is making money off grant moneys being spent at the store. He also said he had crunched the numbers and the NRA was not distributing 50% to the states based on the tax records.

I tried to get him to call the NRA, but he said they had decided not to talk to him about this. He attended a Friends banquet recently, obviously for research purposes.

But, to make this even better, first read this article he wrote:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-1 ... gress.html

and then read this one:

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-f ... -license-1

When I asked him about this, he said based on how he read how the law was written, he had fulfilled the requirement, and then later said he misread it. For someone who uses the written word to make his living writing anti-gun articles, that's a pretty bad excuse.

I've forwarded notes on my conversation with him to the NRA folks who need to know.

Soupy44

Great job! Thanks for going the extra mile.

Come see us in the woods.
Jack

I was also contacted. I choose not to respond, as is my usual policy with such questions from people I don't know or know anything about. That being said, it would be interesting to know if the Foundation is distributing funds as per any legal requirements or as per how they publically state they are making distributions. It is a great program and has helped many clubs in my state.