The Secret Footage of the N.R.A. Chief's Botched Elephant Hunt (Disturbing Content)
The Trace and The New Yorker obtained a copy of the footage, which has been hidden from public view for eight years. It shows that when guides tracked down an elephant for LaPierre, the N.R.A. chief proved to be a poor marksman. After LaPierres first shot wounded the elephant, guides brought him a short distance from the animal, which was lying on its side, immobilized. Firing from point-blank range, LaPierre shot the animal three times in the wrong place. Finally, a guide had the host of Under Wild Skies fire the shot that killed the elephant. Later that day, Susan LaPierre showed herself to be a better shot than her husband. After guides tracked down an elephant for her, Susan killed it, cut off its tail, and held it in the air. Victory! she shouted, laughing. Thats my elephant tail. Way cool.
For three decades, LaPierre has led the N.R.A.s fund-raising efforts by railing against out-of-touch élites and selling himself as an authentic champion of American self-reliance and the unfettered right to protect oneself with a gun. But the footage, as well as newly uncovered legal records, suggest that behind his carefully constructed Everyman image, LaPierre is a coddled executive who is clumsy with a firearm, and fearful of the violent political climate he has helped to create. The N.R.A. did not respond to requests for comment.
The N.R.A. is weathering an existential crisis, which began with revelations of rampant self-dealing first reported in 2019 and extends to an ongoing legal fight with the New York Attorney General and a humiliating bankruptcy trial. Now, the video and other materials offer a glimpse of the stage-managed, insular, and privileged life of the N.R.A.s top official.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-footage-of-nra-chief-wayne-lapierres-botched-elephant-hunt
Psychopaths.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)demmiblue
(36,841 posts)If you're going to shoot an elephant, use a goddamn camera.
The social binds between elephants are so strong, those two were missed....
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)and what does it say about people who kill majestic animals, or any animal, for a high or fun?
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)Any time the NRA is mentioned this video should be shown. Over and over.
Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)I wish that genetics could engineer themselves such that humans who do this sport killing immediately self-implode
cayugafalls
(5,640 posts)His wife is sicker than he is...
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)What a cowardly bunch and to kill an animal like that?
pfitz59
(10,363 posts)the elephant just stood there.... no sport at all
Earth-shine
(3,996 posts)Afraid of the gun.
Afraid of the outdoors.
Afraid of the elephant dying in front of him.
Afraid of being found out that he is afraid.
Look how they had to boost up his ego afterward. They had to tell him he shot a "big one" -- that he did good job.
Look how he smiles beaming with pride, but only after the father figures tell him he did good.
Kid Berwyn
(14,894 posts)Upbringing makes better people.