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Congressman Schneider goes after the NRA tax exempt status, but he has a problem himself.....
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On 2/6, Congressman Schneider escalated the attacks on the NRA’s tax exempt status.
Democratic Representative Brad Schneider of Illinois reiterated his call for an Internal Revenue Service investigation into the National Rifle Association, citing the Trace’s April 2019 investigation with The New Yorker. In a new report released on February 6, he compiled numerous allegations of self-dealing and financial misconduct at the gun rights nonprofit and concluded that “American taxpayers are subsidizing the NRA’s scheme.”
A member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Schneider last year requested documents from the NRA and its vendors as he sought more information on possible violations of its tax-exempt status. But he says the organization stonewalled his queries and blocked its former public relations firm, Ackerman McQueen, from cooperating.
Ok, fine (even though that whole thing with the New Yorker was an orchestrated hit job by Everytown). But what about Rep Schneider’s past dealings/influence over not for profits, specifically Everytown/Moms Demand Action?
So, the congressman contacted Moms Demand Action and asked them to contact public schools (taxpayer funded) in order to setup an event for him by using Everytown’s resources. The email that MDA sent states Schneider told them to do it. Schneider, on the other hand.....
On Saturday, I had the chance to meet and speak with students from more than a dozen area schools at a workshop program organized by Moms Demand Action. These young people are incredible. Their passion and energy are changing the debate on gun safety and setting an example for their elected leaders.
Uh, Congressman, MDA said YOU wanted them to organize it in 3/9/18 email. So which is it? Maybe this should be investigated further, as if you’re able to use a not for profit to setup events for your own purpose, that’s a huge no no in the 501C world.
It’s also interesting that Rep. Schneider is the one who spearheaded the investigation into the NRA in Congress two months after his little event in March.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @05:02PM (1 child)
Runaway still freaking out about guns.
I really wish you southern states had managed to secede, the entire world would be a better place if you'd gone all isolationists. Of course we'd have to shoulder the burden of millions of extra refugees, but being no a sociopath asshole that is a burden I'd happily bear to give so many their freedom.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @08:19PM
Consider the source: https://www.milf-at-arms.com/, [milf-at-arms.com] definitely an deplorable ammosexual cite!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday February 10 2020, @05:07PM (3 children)
Start with the NRA, and hopefully we can nail the DNC/GOP, and all other political parties, and of course the church, damn people have more gold than Fort Knox...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @05:18PM (2 children)
Runaway1947 - nono, not like that!
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @10:06PM (1 child)
Hello, Ari
You don't have to hide
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Monday February 10 2020, @11:44PM
I am not the AC you are seeking. Go back! You shall not pass! All your base belong to us! We are coming for Runaway's guns.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 10 2020, @06:53PM (4 children)
Conservative always demanding special treatment like the special little snowflakes they are.
Political organizations are not tax exempt. The NRA is a political organization.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Monday February 10 2020, @08:26PM (2 children)
Be careful where you draw that line. If the NRA is a political organization then so are Public Citizen and the ACLU (which I am not knocking, FYI).
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 10 2020, @08:42PM
ACLU is NOT tax exempt! [aclu.org] (although they do operate a separate tax exempt charitable organization)
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:37AM
Monkeyman is on the verge of making a point. The NRA has seen a lot of corruption in the past decade or so. Some of the stupid crap they have done kinda blurs the lines. I'm not really a fan of the NRA today. I'd like to have the NRA of the sixties and seventies back again.
Hail to the Nibbler in Chief.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @09:12PM
The NRA is not a political organization. The NRA-ILA (Institute for Legislative Action) is a political organization; that's the lobbying organization set up by the NRA. Funding and donations to the two are separate, as required by law (to the best of my knowledge).
However, the media and of course the Congress never make the distinction clear, so anyone's confusion is completely understandable.
That said, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the NRA itself really were engaged in financial misconduct of some sort. The leadership has been in place far too long and they're getting paid far too much. Favored contractors seem to always get any NRA business. Board members who try to make changes seem to get purged. Speaking as a Life member of the NRA, the place probably needs an enema.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 10 2020, @07:05PM
Most recently, they supported the bump stock ban. The NRA's history of supporting gun restrictions goes back almost a century.
GOA is a much better organization.