NRA being investigated for Russian collusion in 2016 election--what a hoot

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NRA being investigated for Russian collusion in 2016 election--what a hoot

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https://www.thetrace.org/2018/01/nra-russia-timeline/

The anti-gun organization "The Trace" is all over the breaking news that the FBI is investigating whether Putin slyly funneled millions of $$$ in 2016 through the NRA to help Trump win the election. Who knew that Wayne LaPierre, Chris Cox and the boyz at the NRA would engage in international espionage to further their pro-gun agenda? :wink:
April 2014 (Russians attended the annual NRA Convention)
Butina and Torshin (Russians) attend the NRA’s annual meeting in Indianapolis, where Butina is treated as a VIP. She presents a plaque to then-NRA president Jim Porter, and appears at one of the group’s events as a guest of David Keene. She is also asked to address attendees at the Ring of Freedom dinner, a special banquet that honors individuals who make high-dollar contributions to the NRA.

December 2015 (NRA Big-Wigs have a junket to Russia)
Torshin is appointed as a deputy governor of the Russian central bank. Meanwhile, the Right to Bear Arms hosts NRA figures in Russia for a second time. Those making the trip include Keene; NRA board member Pete Brownell (who is now serving as NRA president); Joe Gregory, head of the NRA program for donors who give $1 million or more; and NRA benefactor Dr. Arnold Goldschlager and his daughter, NRA Women’s Leadership Forum executive committee member Hilary Goldschalger. Also along for the junket is then-Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke, a controversial gun rights icon. While in Russia, Brownell and Keene are photographed with Dmitry Rogozin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia who is also an NRA supporter.

May 2016 (Russians attend another annual NRA Convention where Trump speaks and accepts NRA endorsement; and key Russian figure shares table with Donald Trump Jr.)
Paul Erickson, a veteran Republican operative and NRA member with access to both the group’s leaders and officials in the Russian government, emails Rick Dearborn, a Trump campaign advisor. Erickson is looking to facilitate a “first contact” meeting between the campaign and Torshin at the upcoming spring convention in Louisville, Kentucky, where Trump will be featured as a speaker and receive the NRA’s early endorsement for president. Erickson writes, “The Kremlin believes that the only possibility of a true reset in this relationship would be with a new Republican in the White House.” The meeting never takes place. But at the convention, which occurs later in the month, Torshin shares a dinner table with Donald Trump Jr.
According to The Trace, the Russians are undermining the USA by helping to promote gun rights in America. That there is some kind of wonder as a conspiracy theory. :shock:

...the FBI process
1. Do you own an AK-47? an AK-74?
2. Do you have commie ammo?
3. Speak Russian, comrade?
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time...and those are pretty good odds.
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Re: NRA being investigated for Russian collusion in 2016 election--what a hoot

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Pro gun agenda?

You mean like the NFA, GCA, FOPA, and the current bumpstock review with the ATF?

The 3 main anti-gun laws that I detest the most, they were instrumental in getting them passed.

The NRA can FOAD.
I don't care what your chart says
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