[EP152] - NRA is a nonprofit organisation...?

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Hi everyone!
Hope you're all well!

I found out yesterday that the NRA is a non-profit organisation, which means they don't pay taxes on the membership fees they charge. For your annual membership fee you get a monthly paper magazine, a cheap bag and the sound knowledge that you've contributed to the deaths of thousands of innocent people.

"In return for its favored tax-status, a charitable nonprofit promises the federal government that it will not engage in “political campaign activity” and if it does, IRS regulations mandate that the charitable nonprofit will lose its tax-exempt status..." Source

Clearly they are a political organisation... how on earth are they allowed to avoid paying taxes?

Not many people oppose a hunting rifle. I met a nice guy who told me that hunting is a really great experience for him... he becomes one with nature, and he and his wife enjoy the most organic meat. I don't oppose that at all.... nor to I oppose the culling of animals that have bred out of control.

I've spoken to a couple of responsible gun owners so take their ownership seriously, and absolutely do not support the sale of automatic or semi-automatic weapons.

To me it seems like the NRA doesn't represent most responsible gun owners... they are just a tool for weapon manufacturers to lobby the government... paid for by overzealous members. Guns "leak" into Canada, Mexico and Central America, all so the manufacturers can continue making outrageous profits and cause the deaths of innocent people and children all throughout the Americas.

The NRA has so much money to throw around, that America is now walking away from the Arms Trade Treaty. This is a huge deal... the Arms Trade Treaty doesn't disarm anyone... it merely provides a framework to ensure guns to make it onto the black market where they can't be traced. It doesn't even prevent anyone from selling guns to anyone else... again, it just provides a framework to stop guns falling into the black market. Why would America walk away from that?

It's hard to understand why the NRA wants guns to be as untraceable as possible... I can only imagine it's to help the manufacturers sell more guns to bad people...

Thanks for watching!