{"id":1405,"date":"2021-10-18T21:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/index.php\/2021\/10\/18\/press-release-will-the-nra-survive\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T21:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:47:56","slug":"press-release-will-the-nra-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2021\/10\/press-release-will-the-nra-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Will the NRA survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 15px auto; display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/cimages\/5bcf6b4cbc542c90ce112ef502d41dff\/GrncBanner_AddAlert1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"96\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grass Roots North Carolina \/ Forum For Firearms Education<br \/> Post Office Box 10665, Raleigh, NC 27605<br \/> 877.282.0939 (Phone) 919.573.0354 (Fax) <a href=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/ct\/54724765:sTK5tevKN:m:1:345464502:F812B55529D80CD73F800704A8315FB8:r\">www.GRNC.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Release date: October 10, 2021<\/strong><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Will the NRA survive?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Last weekend, the NRA held an annual meeting in Charlotte that it apparently didn\u2019t want members to attend, just the latest attempt by Wayne LaPierre and his cronies to insulate themselves from members demanding accountability for what New York Attorney General Letitia James claims was as much as $64 million misappropriated from membership funds. Given how LaPierre and the board of directors are circling wagons rather than welcoming reform, will the NRA survive the legal onslaught?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We also examine recent claims from the left that the U.S. is already in a constitutional crisis, whether they are right, and why they are utterly wrong in their reasoning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In addition to the show\u2019s original Sunday time slot, the station has added an additional slot, so now you can hear <strong>Episode 84<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0live at WilmingtonBigTalker.com either on <strong><u>Saturday at 1:00 PM<\/u><\/strong> or on <u><strong>Sunday at 5:00 PM<\/strong><\/u>, or\u00a0 you may go to \u201cGuns, Politics and Freedom Radio Show\u201d on YouTube at:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qJrCpOfOKmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/qJrCpOfOKmg<\/a> <\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u7zsMf29lM4%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This and other shows are also available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunspoliticsandfreedom.com\/past-episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guns, Politics and Freedom Radio Show<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Drawing on 27 years as a leader in the gun rights movement, F. Paul Valone is hosting the show, entitled <strong>\u201cGuns, Politics &amp; Freedom\u201d,<\/strong> on <u><strong>Sundays at 5:00 PM<\/strong><\/u> Eastern time as part of the \u201cSunday Night Political Power Block\u201d on conservative talk station WFBT, 106.7 (Wilmington, NC), which streams live nationally at <a href=\"https:\/\/bigtalkerfm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilmington Big Talker.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The show can also be found on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GPFRadioShow\/?ref=br_rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u201cGuns, Politics and Freedom Radio Show.\u201d<\/strong><\/a> Archived shows are also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=guns%2C+politics+%26+freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube<\/a> and at <a href=\"https:\/\/gunspoliticsandfreedom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.GunsPoliticsAndFreedom.com<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recent \u201cGuns, Politics &amp; Freedom\u201d episodes have included interviews with <a href=\"https:\/\/gunowners.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gun Owners of America<\/a> Executive Director <strong>Erich Pratt<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Amendment Foundation<\/a> Executive Director <strong>Alan Gottlieb<\/strong>, widely published concealed handgun gun researcher <strong>Dr. John R. Lott<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crime Prevention Research Center<\/a>, renowned defensive firearms instructors <strong>John and Vicki Farnam<\/strong> of <a href=\"http:\/\/defense-training.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defense Training International<\/a>, self-defense legal expert Andrew Branca (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lawofselfdefense.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Law of Self-Defense<\/a>\u201d), constitutional law professor <strong>Greg Wallace<\/strong> (\u201cThe Second Amendment in the courts: What comes after Heller?\u201d), and nationally renowned gun rights attorney David T. Hardy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Check out \u201cGuns, Politics and Freedom Radio Show\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>for recent shows and other commentary on <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GPFRadioShow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong> on <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCM70a8atS19jfTviAJtVuaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Youtube<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/cimages\/5bcf6b4cbc542c90ce112ef502d41dff\/PaulSig_BLUE.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">F. Paul Valone<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">President, Grass Roots North Carolina<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Executive Director, Rights Watch International<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grass Roots North Carolina \/ Forum For Firearms Education Post Office Box 10665, Raleigh, NC 27605 877.282.0939 (Phone) 919.573.0354 (Fax) www.GRNC.org \u00a0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8230; <a title=\"Press release: Will the NRA survive?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2021\/10\/press-release-will-the-nra-survive\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Press release: Will the NRA survive?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grnc-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}