NRA chief Wayne LaPierre received a 57 percent pay raise in 2018, tax filings show

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This is why I am no longer an NRA member because of crap like this. At a time when the organization is at its least effective position in decades he is getting a huge raise while the avg employee had their pension benefits frozen.

Wayne LaPierre, the embattled chief executive of the National Rifle Association, banked a 57 percent pay hike

November 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. EST

National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre, who pushed past scattered calls for his resignation earlier this year amid allegations of misspending, received a 57 percent pay raise in 2018 that boosted his overall compensation to $2.15 million, according to the nonprofit group’s latest tax filings.

LaPierre received a base salary of $1.3 million, plus a bonus of $455,000 and “other reportable compensation” of more than $427,000, the filings show. LaPierre also received an additional $73,793 in “retirement and other deferred compensation” and “nontaxable benefits” from the NRA and related entities, according to the filings, which the NRA provided to The Washington Post on Friday.

LaPierre’s pay increase comes at a time when the gun group has been under pressure to explain large payments to top executives, even as it has cut spending on firearms training and political activities and frozen pension benefits for employees.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...a9ef54-07cf-11ea-b388-434b5c1d7dd8_story.html
 
Sounds like every other CEO, be it a non profit or not. I don't know why they have kept him around as long as they have? I quit giving to the NRA years ago.
 
Sounds like every other CEO, be it a non profit or not. I don't know why they have kept him around as long as they have? I quit giving to the NRA years ago.
Hey there, easy on the stereotypes! For a few years I cut my pay by 80% (I was one of the lowest paid employees) and borrowed heavily to make payroll. I think the stereotype is probably accurate for executives at public entities, but us little guys are slugging it out in the trenches.
 
$2.15 million?

He’s a bargain. :mad:
 
If he had one ounce of integrity he would give every penny of it back. Obviously that's not going to happen. How he and his inner circle have managed to stay in power is beyond me. My range membership at DPRC requires NRA membership for insurance purposes, otherwise I would be out.

I did go ahead and join GOA a couple of months ago.
 
But meanwhile I have to play nice & not unload on the corrupt Judas’s at NRA... while they are betraying our 2A by letting the ignorant wretches who don’t know better, who think by sending their meager donations to NRA they are protecting our rights...:mad:

Every dollar spent on Wayne’s suits, is a dollar not spent on billboards or emails to folks.

NRA is a turd in a bowl at this point, if you don’t send to GOA or GRNC, just blow your cash on Nilla wafers & let the 2A die....:(
 
Haha yeah, I bought a life membership literally days before the story broke earlier this year. Just my luck.

For penance I renewed my lapsed GRNC membership.


Thank you. And I give you my word, I didn’t get dime of it. Only financial compensation I got is a guy at gunshow giving me free bottle of gun solvent...

You add up all my guns value, all my suits value, you still won’t break $10,000... :(
 
If he had one ounce of integrity he would give every penny of it back. Obviously that's not going to happen. How he and his inner circle have managed to stay in power is beyond me. My range membership at DPRC requires NRA membership for insurance purposes, otherwise I would be out.

Yep. That's the ONLY reason I renewed mine. I'm hoping DPRC will find another gun rights organization that we can subscribe to so we can dump the NRA.
Maybe @JimP42 knows something.
 
Yep. That's the ONLY reason I renewed mine. I'm hoping DPRC will find another gun rights organization that we can subscribe to so we can dump the NRA.
Maybe @JimP42 knows something.
I'm not sure that's something he could discuss in an open forum, at least not yet. It would be really good if they could, though.
 
Yep. That's the ONLY reason I renewed mine. I'm hoping DPRC will find another gun rights organization that we can subscribe to so we can dump the NRA.
Maybe @JimP42 knows something.
It's all about the liability insurance, which requires range members to be NRA members. Nobody else does range insurance, and if they did they probably would weasel word it so that they didn't have to pay out when it was needed. The NRA has been around a long time and hopefully will be around a lot longer, after they take out the trash (Wayne and cronies). I am just as ticked about the corruption and ineffectiveness of the NRA lately as anyone, but DPRC (and I assume most other gun clubs) would be out of business and all the property belong to the first successful lawsuit, real or trumped up, without that insurance. We did look for different/other insurance earlier this year. Lloyd's of London is it, at around double the already significant annual cost.
 
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It's all about the liability insurance, which requires range members to be NRA members. Nobody else does range insurance, and if they did they probably would weasel word it so that they didn't have to pay out when it was needed. The NRA has been around a long time and hopefully will be around a lot longer, after they take out the trash (Wayne and cronies). I am just as ticked about the corruption and ineffectiveness of the NRA lately as anyone, but DPRC (and I assume most other gun clubs) would be out of business and all the property belong to the first successful lawsuit, real or trumped up, without that insurance. We did look for different/other insurance earlier this year. Lloyd's of London is it, at around double the already significant annual cost.
Thank you.
 
Not a WLP apologist but some of his compensation was performance based and or a contract some of which was based on the organization growing their dues paying member base. Under his direction, the NRA accomplished that. Everything else he and his cronies did was way outta line. Make no mistake, the organization is feeling the backlash of its members who have stopped sending them money. From what I am hearing, the NRA could go bankrupt any day now. Not sure what the future would hold for the organization if that happened. I'm not renewing my membership unless I have to, to keep one of my club memberships. Another range/club that I was considering joining does require NRA membership but I think that is going to blow up in their face this year. The club/range that I have been a member of for 18 yrs now did at one time require NRA membership but does not anymore. That club used to get a fat check from the NRA every year for range development and ongoing shooting programs and training that was NRA recognized but I believe that has stopped as well.
 
Nobody should be in a position to earn two million dollars lobbying the government.

That’s a symptom of corruption, both in government and in lobbyists.

Maybe not. It could be like when you pay a doctor $10,000 for an hours' work, but your pain is gone. If someone had the contacts and influence to get major legislation passed, or blocked, I'd pay two million dollars for that. Two million to block an assault weapons ban or get suppressors off the NFA is a bargain. But paying millions and all you get are fund raising letters and bump stock bans, well, that's a problem.
 
Everytime you get something in the mail from the NRA asking for money and it includes a postage paid envelope, write in BIG RED letters "No money till Wayne is Gone!", place it in the postage paid envelope, and mail it back.

Been doing that since Oliver North left and have no plan of stopping.
 
NEA Life member since 99
Also a member of GOA
NRA will never see another dime from me.
 
I'm a member of both the NRA (Life) and the GOA. NRA puts out a pretty decent magazine. I figure between the magazine, the hotel ,car, and insurance discounts over the years they lost money on me.
 
If he had one ounce of integrity he would give every penny of it back. Obviously that's not going to happen. How he and his inner circle have managed to stay in power is beyond me. My range membership at DPRC requires NRA membership for insurance purposes, otherwise I would be out.

I did go ahead and join GOA a couple of months ago.
He runs off any competition early.
 
I am not an NRA member currently...probably have no desire to join anytime soon. But one thing I appreciate them for is that they are a large and vocal punching bag for the militant leftists who really know nothing about firearms. The real "workers" are the smaller local organizations that change local laws and ordinances and get things done in the states. So I say let the left have their Goliath to wail and scream at so they continue to ignore the work being done by all of the other groups actually accomplishing things.
 
Divide......... And Conquer...............

It seems many of you are falling into this trap. Believe or not to believe, its your choice, but be very careful what you read is not always exactly 100% true, just enough truth to "tell a big lie"...............

I don't really know all the in's and outs of this, nor do I really care. What I do care about is retaining our rights, and no one fights this fight better than the NRA, and has for so many years. No one has the clout the NRA has and its voting members. It's votes that counts to politicians, and the NRA represents a large voting block, this is ALL they care about.

NRA has been attacked from all angles the Left could come up with, and now, it seems that "Divide and Conquer" is the newest conquest. How do they do that? Discredit the leaders. Cut the head off the snake! Seems very familiar to me, seems that is ALL WE SEE on the news these days, Wayne is not the only one being attacked..........

I am a Life Member, have been for as long as I can remember. Also, Benefactor and Patron.........

When you watch the news and you watch Fake News, who is it they talk about when there is an opposing view to the latest greatest new law to prevent gun violence? Who do you see opposing this, who gets the press! Who gets the attention of the Left? The NRA, and its 5 million Voters, that is who! If they can somehow "Divide and Conquer", cut the head off the snake, then the rest will follow.......... No other organization can fight for your Second Amendment rights better, or stronger than the NRA.

Wayne has done one hell of a job keeping the crazies at bay. And has been doing so a long time. I am quite sure that we as firearms owners, shooters, hunters, would be looking at a completely different world had it not been for Wayne, and the NRA standing strong. Are they the very best we can do? Maybe, maybe not, but it is what we have, NRA is without doubt the strongest of any of these organizations, and the NRA still has the clout to do so, and get the attention of various politicians. Don't let your support for this waiver because of something you read on the internet, something you see in the Washington Post, CNN, or any news media. Divide and Conquer and Cut the head off the snake! Remember that, when you see this drivel.

I know many people abroad in many other countries around the world. None of them have and retain their firearms rights anymore. I know and have friends in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, where their rights have been cut to near none! In every single scenario, in every single case, each one of them WISHES to GOD, they had an organization as strong as our NRA. I have been told this personally, and that we best thank the heavens we have the NRA, They Did not. If they can even own a firearm, they have to get permission from their various Government Entity that controls that. In many cases, they cannot get or own one at all. Or at best, a fine "Single Shot".............

Be careful what you believe and what you decide you are going to do about it.

I am not going to argue about this or that concerning this matter, or right, wrong or in between. I am asking you if you support the Second, then you best support it all the way, and not be influenced by outside factors. Don't be like the chap who allows the so called Assault rifles to be banned, because he is a shotgun shooter, and only has side X side shotguns! Sooner or later, they come for all of them........ Don't be fooled....
 
I'm a member of both the NRA (Life) and the GOA. NRA puts out a pretty decent magazine. I figure between the magazine, the hotel ,car, and insurance discounts over the years they lost money on me.
I always read the magazine when it arrives, so I guess I agree that it's pretty decent...but...the last few issues have spent a lot of space trying to defend WLP. It's pretty ridiculous. And a good part of the rest of the magazine is devoted to ads. I mean both the things that look like ads, and then also the gear reviews and such. I'm not sure I'd miss the magazine if it stopped arriving. Life member here, though, so I guess it won't until the NRA kills it.
 
Wayne has done one hell of a job keeping the crazies at bay. And has been doing so a long time. I am quite sure that we as firearms owners, shooters, hunters, would be looking at a completely different world had it not been for Wayne, and the NRA standing strong. Are they the very best we can do? Maybe, maybe not, but it is what we have, NRA is without doubt the strongest of any of these organizations, and the NRA still has the clout to do so, and get the attention of various politicians. Don't let your support for this waiver because of something you read on the internet, something you see in the Washington Post, CNN, or any news media. Divide and Conquer and Cut the head off the snake! Remember that, when you see this drivel.
My support for the NRA is wavering because (a) Wayne isn't enough of a man to recognize his continued "leadership" is causing problems and (b) the board isn't tough-minded enough to do something about this. If NRA leadership cared about all the stuff you tell us they're doing, Wayne would be out. Wayne's still being there shows what we need to know about the priorities of the NRA bosses. This isn't the work of the media. It's the work of those corrupt or cowardly people in the NRA, starting with WLP.

Once the GOA filed their bumpstock lawsuit, by the way, I could easily see which organization was actually interested in the 2nd amendment. It wasn't the NRA. That's when I joined GOA. That same day.
 
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Divide......... And Conquer...............

It seems many of you are falling into this trap. Believe or not to believe, its your choice, but be very careful what you read is not always exactly 100% true, just enough truth to "tell a big lie"...............

I don't really know all the in's and outs of this, nor do I really care. What I do care about is retaining our rights, and no one fights this fight better than the NRA, and has for so many years. No one has the clout the NRA has and its voting members. It's votes that counts to politicians, and the NRA represents a large voting block, this is ALL they care about.

NRA has been attacked from all angles the Left could come up with, and now, it seems that "Divide and Conquer" is the newest conquest. How do they do that? Discredit the leaders. Cut the head off the snake! Seems very familiar to me, seems that is ALL WE SEE on the news these days, Wayne is not the only one being attacked..........

I am a Life Member, have been for as long as I can remember. Also, Benefactor and Patron.........

When you watch the news and you watch Fake News, who is it they talk about when there is an opposing view to the latest greatest new law to prevent gun violence? Who do you see opposing this, who gets the press! Who gets the attention of the Left? The NRA, and its 5 million Voters, that is who! If they can somehow "Divide and Conquer", cut the head off the snake, then the rest will follow.......... No other organization can fight for your Second Amendment rights better, or stronger than the NRA.

Wayne has done one hell of a job keeping the crazies at bay. And has been doing so a long time. I am quite sure that we as firearms owners, shooters, hunters, would be looking at a completely different world had it not been for Wayne, and the NRA standing strong. Are they the very best we can do? Maybe, maybe not, but it is what we have, NRA is without doubt the strongest of any of these organizations, and the NRA still has the clout to do so, and get the attention of various politicians. Don't let your support for this waiver because of something you read on the internet, something you see in the Washington Post, CNN, or any news media. Divide and Conquer and Cut the head off the snake! Remember that, when you see this drivel.

I know many people abroad in many other countries around the world. None of them have and retain their firearms rights anymore. I know and have friends in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, where their rights have been cut to near none! In every single scenario, in every single case, each one of them WISHES to GOD, they had an organization as strong as our NRA. I have been told this personally, and that we best thank the heavens we have the NRA, They Did not. If they can even own a firearm, they have to get permission from their various Government Entity that controls that. In many cases, they cannot get or own one at all. Or at best, a fine "Single Shot".............

Be careful what you believe and what you decide you are going to do about it.

I am not going to argue about this or that concerning this matter, or right, wrong or in between. I am asking you if you support the Second, then you best support it all the way, and not be influenced by outside factors. Don't be like the chap who allows the so called Assault rifles to be banned, because he is a shotgun shooter, and only has side X side shotguns! Sooner or later, they come for all of them........ Don't be fooled....

The “attacks” aren’t coming from the left, they are coming from NRA board members that I respect a lot more than WLP and who feel strongly enough about it to resign over it.

And in many cases the NRA compromises instead of just saying HELL NO to more infringements so the NRA _is_ “that dude” you speak of above.
 
The “attacks” aren’t coming from the left, they are coming from NRA board members that I respect a lot more than WLP and who feel strongly enough about it to resign over it.

And in many cases the NRA compromises instead of just saying HELL NO to more infringements so the NRA _is_ “that dude” you speak of above.

The NRA is the outfit that has control of most all training that we as firearms users require. I do not see any way that we can can change that.

I agree that other gun rights organizations are doing a better job standing up and saying Hell No! IF I am going to part with my money to help protect our firearm rights, it will go to a organization that is doing or trying to do something that I support.

I was employed by an organization that the head person is the one that took the blame for what happened in the organization even if it was untrue. The appearance of the leader doing something wrong even if they did not do it, should not be tolerated. That leader needs to go and be replaced with one that will be transparent with all dealings.
 
The NRA is the outfit that has control of most all training that we as firearms users require. I do not see any way that we can can change that.
I've been wondering about this issue for a little while now. In NC, unless something has changed since the last time I looked, to become a concealed carry instructor, you must take the NRA Basic Pistol course, and then take the NRA Basic Pistol Instructor course. (Plus an NCDOJ course on law.) Why is the state in bed with the NRA like that? There are clearly other instructor training programs at least as good as the NRA's. Just to pick two--the USCCA has an instructor training program, and Project Appleseed is finally on the verge of getting their Patriot Pistol course up and running. It takes a lot more time and experience to become an Appleseed instructor than it takes to become an NRA Basic Pistol instructor, and I think it takes at least as much time to become a USCCA instructor as to become an NRA instructor. Why shouldn't those instructor training programs be recognized by the state? The only answer I can think of, besides cronyism, is simplicity. The lawmakers feel like they've gone ahead and put a well-vetted course in place and now they don't have to think about it anymore. But that's BS. Maybe it's time for an attempt to get our state legislators to fix this.

(Yes, I agree, having a state-mandated concealed carry course requirement is a violation of the Constitution, and instead of trying to fix the program to get concealed carry instructors established, we should be attacking the whole permitting process. I get it. Yep. But in the meantime, until that happens--and as a realist I'm not holding my breath--maybe we could try to get the NRA's monopoly broken up.)
 
I've been wondering about this issue for a little while now. In NC, unless something has changed since the last time I looked, to become a concealed carry instructor, you must take the NRA Basic Pistol course, and then take the NRA Basic Pistol Instructor course. (Plus an NCDOJ course on law.) Why is the state in bed with the NRA like that? There are clearly other instructor training programs at least as good as the NRA's. Just to pick two--the USCCA has an instructor training program, and Project Appleseed is finally on the verge of getting their Patriot Pistol course up and running. It takes a lot more time and experience to become an Appleseed instructor than it takes to become an NRA Basic Pistol instructor, and I think it takes at least as much time to become a USCCA instructor as to become an NRA instructor. Why shouldn't those instructor training programs be recognized by the state? The only answer I can think of, besides cronyism, is simplicity. The lawmakers feel like they've gone ahead and put a well-vetted course in place and now they don't have to think about it anymore. But that's BS. Maybe it's time for an attempt to get our state legislators to fix this.

(Yes, I agree, having a state-mandated concealed carry course requirement is a violation of the Constitution, and instead of trying to fix the program to get concealed carry instructors established, we should be attacking the whole permitting process. I get it. Yep. But in the meantime, until that happens--and as a realist I'm not holding my breath--maybe we could try to get the NRA's monopoly broken up.)

I am all for getting other "recognized" training approved.

IMHO, the NRA has most of it now because they have been doing it for the longest time.
 
FNRA & all these business like brownells who travel on the NRA’s dime to drum up business in other countries. I’m pretty sure there are several investigations going on currently into the NRA and their partners. I just hope they swamp cannot protect them & they are all indicted.
 
I think if we all ban together we can crush and demolish the NRA. Then, if we dig deep enough we can probably find some malfeasance with the likes of GAO and other 2nd Amendment organizations and crush them too. Remember the old saying...follow the money. :D
 
The NRA is the outfit that has control of most all training that we as firearms users require. I do not see any way that we can can change that.

I agree that other gun rights organizations are doing a better job standing up and saying Hell No! IF I am going to part with my money to help protect our firearm rights, it will go to a organization that is doing or trying to do something that I support.

I was employed by an organization that the head person is the one that took the blame for what happened in the organization even if it was untrue. The appearance of the leader doing something wrong even if they did not do it, should not be tolerated. That leader needs to go and be replaced with one that will be transparent with all dealings.
Absolutely they need to clean house and get back to business, and you are correct that WLP should step down because he can't lead an effective NRA at this point, even if he didn't do anything wrong (which I do not believe for a minute).
 
I think if we all ban together we can crush and demolish the NRA. Then, if we dig deep enough we can probably find some malfeasance with the likes of GAO and other 2nd Amendment organizations and crush them too. Remember the old saying...follow the money. :D

Who is "GAO"?
 
They're so irrelevant that I forgot their acronym. GOA. I'm a member too. For what little they do.
 
I don't really know all the in's and outs of this, nor do I really care.

That right there is the problem. Since you are uninformed about the issues at hand, it really disqualifies you from being able to provide an informed opinion.

This is exactly how Wayne stays in power. Enough people blindly remain loyal to the NRA leadership to keep it going. The NRA is trading on a reputation they formed over many years. But they are no longer the organization they used to be.

Throughout the course of history, corruption, avarice, nepotism, and downright evil has been allowed to flourish precisely because people refused to believe anything negative about someone who paid lip service to their ideals.

I find it interesting that you “don’t know” what is going on but insist that it is drivel. That’s a bold strategy.

2A activist like myself are not happy about this turn of events. I don’t want an NRA that is corrupt and uses membership money like it’s their own personal piggy bank. We don’t want a weakened NRA. We want an NRA that is strong and dedicated to precisely the cause for which we write the check.

The breakdown between what the NRA spends on lobbying and what it spends on Wayne’s compensation is interesting. Wayne now earns 2.15 million a year. The total amount spent on lobbying by the NRA in a year is 4.8 million.

Just a few years ago (2015-2016) the yearly lobbying expenditures totaled 2.9 million. Let that sink in a minute. If you want to understand an organization’s priorities, look at how they spend their money.

Wayne needs to go. The sooner he’s gone the sooner the NRA can get back to being the organization we all need it to be.
 
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