NRA: No ‘Member Relationship’ With Adam Or Nancy Lanza

[MADem]

137. Yes, they DO send "kickbacks" in the form of new member lists.

It's a symbiotic relationship. The instructors get paid by their suckers, er, students, to teach the course, and if they "host" the course, they get paid BY THE NRA to provide the facilities. That's right on the NRA website.

The trainers are required to declare/affirm the number of hours they teach each new sucker to the NRA HQ in Va. They have to tell them who they taught, so NRA can give the marks a little "certificate" (and file their name, address, phone number, email address, age marital status, employment, etc. in their files, for future sale to telemarketers, corporate assholes who send out slick promotional materials, and email spammers).

Good grief, it's not rocket science. It's Big Business. It's how the NRA Makes Their Money. The "training courses" are the way they develop a list of suckers to target. It's like a loss leader at a supermarket (paper towels on sale right next to the high end delicacies that are irresistible if you're even slightly hungry), this "Oh, we care so much about the gun community" line of horseshit that pays them Big Dividends down the line. These classes are their little seedling trays, a gift that keeps on giving once the crop comes in.

They target the suckers, er, students, for membership, for appeals for contributions to their lobbying arm (They're gunna take yer guns--donate a hunnerd bucks Right Effing Now to stop'em!!!!) and then they sell those names to corporate entities--one of the most valuable and expensive lists on the market--so they can target the marks to buy guns, ammo, clothing (stupid and not-so-stupid), peripheral gear, and other "special offers" that market research has determined have a nexus with gun ownership.

Take two steps back, and view the panorama. It's all there.