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13. NRA Agreed to Buy $6.5M Dallas Mansion for CEO Wayne LaPierre in Wake of Parkland Mass Shooting: WSJ

Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:55 AM

Aug 2020

NRA Agreed to Buy $6.5M Dallas Mansion for CEO Wayne LaPierre in Wake of Parkland Mass Shooting: WSJ

The National Rifle Association previously agreed to pay $6.5 million to buy a mansion for CEO Wayne LaPierre, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

A top NRA executive, then-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Wilson H. Phillips Jr., signed a document in May 2018 promising the gun lobby would contribute $6.5 million for 99% ownership of a company formed to buy a Dallas mansion for LaPierre, according to a copy of the document reviewed by the Journal. The NRA and its then-outside advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, told the Journal that the planning to buy the home started in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting, when LaPierre had concerns about his safety. The deal ultimately fell through.

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Summary of the worst of the alleged NRA abuses. Wowza [View all] soothsayer Aug 2020 OP

My jaw has dropped.... K&R secondwind Aug 2020 #1

The NRA has always been very secretive Chainfire Aug 2020 #2

I wonder if Joe/Jill SixGun knows and if so, cares? Probably not because...gunz CurtEastPoint Aug 2020 #3

Whoda thunk people who turn a blind eye to school shootings... Girard442 Aug 2020 #4

Exactly this. hunter Aug 2020 #37

Funneling 'expenses' through the ad agency C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #5

Before everyone gets whipped up in a celebratory lather melm00se Aug 2020 #6

This isn't a courtroom, and DU isn't a jury. kcr Aug 2020 #45

No it's not but I have been melm00se Aug 2020 #46

They are all grifters and thieves malaise Aug 2020 #7

Gunz, God, and Graft,... the NRA living very large on membership fees. magicarpet Aug 2020 #8

How much are those NRA dues? Cracklin Charlie Aug 2020 #9

$35? soothsayer Aug 2020 #11

Probably from donations from the gun industry. Aristus Aug 2020 #12

$45 At The Bottom ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #38

Tish James said all of the assets have been drained there's no money left soothsayer Aug 2020 #10

NRA Agreed to Buy $6.5M Dallas Mansion for CEO Wayne LaPierre in Wake of Parkland Mass Shooting: WSJ UpInArms Aug 2020 #13

This seems to be what set the wheels in motion louis-t Aug 2020 #19

Holy Moley! Alliepoo Aug 2020 #14

Wow! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #15

K&R! nt B Stieg Aug 2020 #16

They should gather a few thousand NRA members and louis-t Aug 2020 #17

A grifter is gonna grift RainCaster Aug 2020 #18

Great racket while it lasted. Live high on the hog with masses of willing marks to keep the Cognitive_Resonance Aug 2020 #20

But, what does the NRA actually DO for it's members? solara Aug 2020 #21

They stopped Obama from taking their guns away IronLionZion Aug 2020 #25

Hee hee solara Aug 2020 #28

I Thought Of That Earlier! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #39

It started months ago before the pandemic IronLionZion Aug 2020 #40

One Trick Ponies! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #41

I wonder Traildogbob Aug 2020 #22

will Russians be invoked? Bondor Aug 2020 #23

That's what I was wondering as well poli-junkie Aug 2020 #33

Not shocked at all. KG Aug 2020 #24

Do you think NRA members will donate less or more after this revelation? IronLionZion Aug 2020 #26

And, the death of children by firearms is the price of freedom. Mouthing that NCjack Aug 2020 #27

Nothing to see here billh58 Aug 2020 #29

Wow! Ollie North as a good guy. The world is crazy. Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #30

Tish James said when she won in Novemeber 2018, she would be investigating the NRA. 2-years later iluvtennis Aug 2020 #31

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #32

You'll enjoy this I think soothsayer Aug 2020 #35

Good links about NRA keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #36

That's quite the party fund they had there. Yoiks. nt crickets Aug 2020 #34

Donny's very finest Blue Owl Aug 2020 #42

Wow. Xolodno Aug 2020 #43

The guns of August Chrisdutch Aug 2020 #44

WTH kind of travel consultant makes $13.5 million Mersky Aug 2020 #47