{"id":16580,"date":"2018-08-03T16:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=16580"},"modified":"2018-08-03T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:05:28","slug":"the-nra-says-its-in-deep-financial-trouble-may-be-unable-to-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/the-nra-says-its-in-deep-financial-trouble-may-be-unable-to-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"The NRA Says It\u2019s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be \u2018Unable to Exist\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP_17117741289392.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Maybe they shouldn&#8217;t be so diametrically opposed to popular opinion and common sense regulations. Even many true gun enthusiasts are stepping back from the ludicrous and shameful platform in the face of so many tragedies. I&#8217;m personally a defender of the second amendment, but I cannot support the NRA and their campaign to make weapons manufacturers and dealers rich as our children are slaughtered, thanks to our unwillingness to ask a few simple questions&#8230;and check the answers&#8230;about ALL gun buyers. An intelligent nation would also mandate gun owners receive training, and take care to keep the privacy of gun owners intact from illegal searches and all snooping.<br \/>\nAll these things are possible if we WANT them to be&#8230;but the NRA does all they can to BLOCK every effort. No wonder they&#8217;re broke.<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;The NRA Says It\u2019s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be \u2018Unable to Exist\u2019&#8217; originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/nra-financial-trouble-706371\/\">https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/nra-financial-trouble-706371\/<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe they shouldn&#8217;t be so diametrically opposed to popular opinion and common sense regulations. Even many true gun enthusiasts are stepping back from the ludicrous and shameful platform in the face of so many tragedies. I&#8217;m personally a defender of the second amendment, but I cannot support the NRA and their campaign to make weapons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-16580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imho","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-opinion-3","category-sharedlink","category-jamie-gray","tag-editorial","tag-imho-blogger","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-link","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","tag-jamie-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16281,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/new-nra-president-says-gun-control-activists-are-civil-terrorists\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":0},"title":"New NRA president says gun control activists are &#8216;civil terrorists&#8217;","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I fully support the second amendment. The NRA, however is the \"civil terrorist\", a terrorist organization, that is holding America for ransom. It's not about freedom...for the NRA it's purely about profits. America is the World's leading arms dealer, and the NRA wants to keep it that way. Tight controls\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16097,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/thousands-on-gun-control-rally-sign-up-to-vote-for-first-time-we-will-vote-them-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":1},"title":"Thousands on gun control rally sign up to vote for first time: &#8216;We will vote them out&#8217;","date":"March 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Watch these fuckers...the SMART ones anyway...run for the exit from the #NRA Shitfest once they do the math. ALL those new voters going AGAINST you. It's gonna make a difference...especially as your older supporters start dying off, as dinosaurs do. The Article 'Thousands on gun control rally sign up to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17335,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/man-without-gun-licence-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-genitals\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":2},"title":"Man without gun licence accidentally shoots himself in genitals","date":"March 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Tell me again why the second amendment prevents requiring safety training when you purchase a deadly weapon? Your testicles could depend on knowing better than playing movie star with the pistol tucked into your belt (they'll tell ya to use a holster in safety class). How can the NRA be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16087,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/mass-rallies-on-us-gun-control-under-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":3},"title":"Mass rallies on US gun control under way","date":"March 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If Congress doesn't do something NOW, they'll be forced to hear us in November. #Resist #NeverAgain #GunControlNow #USCongress The Article 'Mass rallies on US gun control under way' originally appeared on https:\/\/droolindognews.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/mass-rallies-on-us-gun-control-under-way.html Jamie's comments are his own.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16127,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/parkland-shooting-survivors-have-no-souls-says-nra-board-member\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":4},"title":"Parkland shooting survivors &#8216;have no souls&#8217;, says NRA board member","date":"March 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's Assholes in The News award goes to, Turd Nugent...err, I mean Ted. It was a typo at first for realz. Rather than a spellcheck misstep, I decided it was a predestined subliminal correction. #Amen. The Article 'Parkland shooting survivors 'have no souls', says NRA board member' originally appeared on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16179,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/parkland-teacher-left-gun-in-public-toilet\/","url_meta":{"origin":16580,"position":5},"title":"Parkland teacher left gun in public toilet","date":"April 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"WTF dude!?! Who the fuck taught you the rules of handling weapons?! Nobody. You'd probably be the teacher who accidentally shot students, if you had that weapon in the school that day. You don't deserve to own a weapon. #NoGunForYou The Article 'Parkland teacher left gun in public toilet' originally\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}