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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3196164" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Pardon the pedantry for a moment, but the NRA engages in very limited lobbying. As explained at <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/03/08/ask-the-taxgirl-is-the-nra-a-charity/" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/03/08/ask-the-taxgirl-is-the-nra-a-charity/</a>, it's a 501(c)4 (yes, 4; tax-exempt, but your donations are not tax-deductible) organization, which can do very limited lobbying. The work the NRA does in that capacity is related to its educational and public safety mission.</p><p></p><p>There are two other organizations, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) that are explicitly political, and are not tax-exempt (there's also the NRA Foundation, which <em>is</em> a 501(c)3). If you follow the subtleties, I don't see anything whatsoever wrong or hypocritical with supporting the NRA's educational mission (including participating as an instructor) while criticizing it's turncoat behavior in the political arena.</p><p></p><p>(Yeah, I know, leave it to the lawyer to get technical, but I think it was important, especially as the NRA proper is bar-none the leading authority on gun safety, and for good reason. I happen to think that's worth keeping.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3196164, member: 13624"] Pardon the pedantry for a moment, but the NRA engages in very limited lobbying. As explained at [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/03/08/ask-the-taxgirl-is-the-nra-a-charity/[/URL], it's a 501(c)4 (yes, 4; tax-exempt, but your donations are not tax-deductible) organization, which can do very limited lobbying. The work the NRA does in that capacity is related to its educational and public safety mission. There are two other organizations, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) that are explicitly political, and are not tax-exempt (there's also the NRA Foundation, which [I]is[/I] a 501(c)3). If you follow the subtleties, I don't see anything whatsoever wrong or hypocritical with supporting the NRA's educational mission (including participating as an instructor) while criticizing it's turncoat behavior in the political arena. (Yeah, I know, leave it to the lawyer to get technical, but I think it was important, especially as the NRA proper is bar-none the leading authority on gun safety, and for good reason. I happen to think that's worth keeping.) [/QUOTE]
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