New gun group . . . SCAM?

[Ale-8(1)]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=b94436d1fded4a27b22e03c9caf4247a&ei=107
"A new gun rights group is launching a six-figure ad buy in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, focusing on the millions of Americans who became gun owners during and after the COVID pandemic.

Why it matters: The NRA — the longtime premier gun-rights group in the U.S. — cut its political spending from $54 million in 2016 to $29 million in 2020, according to OpenSecrets data. It has reserved $1.3 million in ad spending in 2024, according to AdImpact.

The Secure Our Freedom Alliance, a 501(c)4 organization, isn't looking to compete with existing firearm groups, but wants to fill what it sees as an urgent need to address gun owners this election cycle."


Just out. I've seen rumors it's a scam. Be careful. :unsure:

 

[DGW1949]

I did a google search and this is a copy of the first thing that came up:

"A new gun rights group is launching a six-figure ad buy in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, focusing on the millions of Americans who became gun owners during and after the COVID pandemic.
Why it matters: The NRA — the longtime premier gun-rights group in the U.S. — cut its political spending from $54 million in 2016 to $29 million in 2020, according to OpenSecrets data. It has reserved $1.3 million in ad spending in 2024, according to AdImpact.

• The Secure Our Freedom Alliance, a 501(c)4 organization, isn't looking to compete with existing firearm groups, but wants to fill what it sees as an urgent need to address gun owners this election cycle.
• By some estimates, post-pandemic, there are some 22 million new gun owners.

The big picture: The goal is to convince new gun owners, especially women and minorities, that their rights are under attack by the Biden administration and progressive politicians.

• "Our purpose is to win the hearts and minds of the American public to protect the right to self-defense," said Chris Cox, a senior adviser to the new group and the NRA's former political director and chief lobbyist.
• "Every American family has a right to protect themselves and their homes from violent criminals, and the right to choose the method of self-defense they deem best," he said.

Zoom in: The NRA, founded after the Civil War, declared bankruptcy in 2021 and tried to reincorporate in Texas.

• But its influence and its revenue has dwindled.
• Along with robust advertising and lobbying campaigns, the NRA's president, Wayne LaPierre, was also spending lavishly on clothing and travel, inviting a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) for improperly using charitable contributions.
• LaPierre resigned from the organization in January of this year. In February, he was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the group's money by a New York jury.

What they are saying: "Between now and November, NRA will be strategically targeting key states to reelect President Trump and stop Kamala Harris from taking her radical gun confiscation agenda to the Oval Office," said Doug Hamlin, NRA executive vice president and CEO, in a statement to Axios.

• "We will be engaging with our millions of members and gun owners to elect pro-freedom candidates up and down the ballot," he said."

You guys can make up your own minds as to how useful they might turn out to be. As for myself, I'm thinking not.

DGW

 

[gnappi]

Anytime an NPO is announced I think of how many multi millionairs will be created on their board.

 

[hittman]

Seems like that google search unearthed more anti-NRA rhetoric than pro-Secure our freedom info.

 

[JAYDAWG]

Here is their one video on youtube.
If they run this in key states, what's the scam?

https://www.youtube.com/@SecureOurFreedomAlliance/videos

 

[DGW1949]

I don't doubt that the entity in question is legit. In fact, I suspect that they are....To me though, the real question is "can they be effective".....I guess time will tell, but I have my doubts. I'd like to be wrong, but I just don't think so.

DGW

 

[KIR]

>It has reserved $1.3 million in ad spending in 2024, according to AdImpact.

I am suspicious in my old age about where exactly the money is going. Who owns the ad company? or who has any vested interest in it? Follow the money...

 

[DGW1949]

Seems like that google search unearthed more anti-NRA rhetoric than pro-Secure our freedom info.

I didn't take it as "anti NRA"....I took it as an explanation as to why their efforts are filling a void....And besides, I didn't see one thing about what was said that wasn't true....As my own thought on the NRA, politically speaking, my gut says that the recent damage to their reputation is going to be awful hard for them to overcome...so what the heck?, if someone else wants to buy some pro-gun air time, what's the harm?

DGW