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It is very hard to explain the NRA situation without looking at
the Big Picture and reaching some VERY DEPRESSING
conclusions.  If you want to pass along the following to him
or anyone else, it's ok with me.

	[ Sigh.. Well, enough people seem to be interested, so.. If these
	 articles start outnumbering ones dealing directly with firearms,
	I'll think about cutting back. -jh]

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The NRA is currently controlled by an inner circle
of directors who have decided to roll over and play dead
in the face of anti-gun opposition.  WHY they are doing it
is beyond the scope of this brief overview.  They know
that the NRA membership would be strongly opposed to their
sell out.  They also know that they cannot openly
proclaim their surrender to the anti-gun forces.

The recent "reform" to the Gun Control Act of 1968
demonstrated the inner circle's strategy of telling
one thing to the membership while accommodating
a machinegun and "armor piercing" ammunition ban.
The NRA, as it stands now, has no political clout against
the anti-gun forces.

There are pro-gun people who are trying to force the
NRA to represent the will of the membership.  The best known
is Neal Knox, but he is not alone.  Unfortunately, the
inner circle has been disregarding the NRA by-laws,
threatening NRA staff employees with dismissal, using
membership dues for the "Gun Rights Committee," and
many other improper, arbitrary tactics to prevent
any information from reaching the membership.

All the reforms that were enacted BY THE MEMBERSHIP
at the 1977 Cincinnati convention are in danger of
being destroyed by the proposals put forth by the inner circle
on the current NRA ballot.  Knox and others are opposing
these changes.

Knox is also running for Executive Vice-President of the NRA.
Unless the rules are changed, this position will be filled
by the MEMBERS PRESENT WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT THE
RENO, NEVADA convention next week.  Obviously, the inner circle
is doing everything possible to prevent the election of
Knox to a position that would drastically change the NRA's
no-win war policy.