{"id":5786,"date":"2019-04-25T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T00:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2019-04-25T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T00:18:09","slug":"at-the-nra-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/at-the-nra-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"AT THE NRA CONFERENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2019\nannual NRA Conference opens tomorrow, Friday, in Indianapolis. There is much\ncontroversy in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The New Yorker wrote this hit piece (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/secrecy-self-dealing-and-greed-at-the-nra\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker <\/a><\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The New Yorker wrote this hit piece (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/secrecy-self-dealing-and-greed-at-the-nra\" target=\"_blank\">wrote this hit piece<\/a> on the NRA a few days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NRApistol.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NRApistol-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5787\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NRApistol-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NRApistol-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NRApistol.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as I\nsaw that it was informed by <em>The Trace, <\/em>an\norgan funded by the vehemently anti-gun Michael Bloomberg, I realized it needed\nto be taken with more than a grain of salt.&nbsp;\nThat seemed a little like someone doing a criminal investigation on a\nsitting President based on a file provided by a bitterly hateful political\nparty that wanted to destroy him\u2026ah, but when could <em>that <\/em>ever happen?&nbsp; With\nBloomberg dollars behind it, I figured it would be about as impartial and\nunbiased as me writing about the NRA from the supporting side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are a lot of strong NRA supporters whom I respect, and who have more inside knowledge of the organization than I.\u00a0 One of them is Jeff Knox, son of the late NRA firebrand Neal Knox.\u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"It is quoted here  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingsportsretailer.com\/news\/a-cheat-sheet-to-the-nras-recent-lawsuit-reported-turmoil\" target=\"_blank\">It is quoted here <\/a>by a pro-2A source I respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like\nit\u2019ll be an interesting three days.&nbsp; I\u2019ll\nkeep you posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your comments are invited as always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 annual NRA Conference opens tomorrow, Friday, in Indianapolis. There is much controversy in the air. The New Yorker wrote this hit piece on the NRA a few days ago. As soon as I saw that it was informed by The Trace, an organ funded by the vehemently anti-gun Michael Bloomberg, I realized it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5788,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}