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Why are you running? What do you hope to accomplish?

What is the NRA doing right?


What can the NRA do better?


Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Please comment.

  • NRA Members should be able to contact Directors for the purpose of informing them of the members’ views, or to bring matters to the attention of the Board.

  • I will publish a mailing address and/or an email address or some other form of confidential electronic contact to enable NRA members to contact me to express their views.

  • History shows that it is sometimes necessary in legislative issues to support a bill we may not like in order to keep a worse bill from being rammed down our throats.

  • In general, I trust the NRA staff and feel that members of the Board can accept staff reports and findings at face value.

  • The NRA should be at the forefront of the debate over the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

  • In general I believe NRA staff acted appropriately to the Holder nomination.

  • Over-emphasis on legislative matters can have negative consequences on the Association.

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David Codrea's latest
http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d17-2009-NRA-Director-candidate-questionnaire

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Face it--if we can't even elect no-compromise NRA directors, how in the world can we ever hope to elect no-compromise politicians?

That's the key. I've often marveled that we political activists can't get control of our own organization.

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David Codrea:
1. Do you believe that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" and that the Bill of Rights acknowledges a birthright of all Americans?

2. If so, should these rights be proactively protected from infringement by all levels of government, including city, county and state?

3. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider constitutional.

4. Please give some examples of gun laws you consider unconstitutional.

5. Does the right to bear arms include the right for any peaceable citizen to carry them concealed without a permit, as in Vermont?

6. Do you believe that Americans have a right to own, use and carry weapons of military pattern?

7. Do you support or oppose Project Exile, and do you agree with current NRA management’s call to “enforce existing gun laws”?

8. Do you support or oppose licensing requirements to own or carry firearms? Why?

9. What specific gun laws will you work to get repealed?

10. If elected to the NRA Board, will you back your words of support for firearms rights up with consistent actions? How?

11. Do you agree with the way NRA assigns political ratings? If not, what would you change and why? Who would you have given a different rating to, what would it been and why?

12. Do you disagree with any policies being promulgated by NRA management? What is your biggest area of dissent? Have you offered superior alternatives and worked with others to implement them?

13. Have you ever publicly spoken out against an NRA management position because you thought it was wrong? When, where, and what were the results?

14. What reforms do you think are needed at NRA and why?

15. If elected, how will you inform members of your performance and voting record? Will you let us know when you dissent and why?

16. Do you agree with Executive VP Wayne LaPierre, who stated: "[W]e believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel"? If not, what do you plan to do about it?

17. Will you have an "open door" policy letting NRA members know how to contact you with their concerns?

18. Would you consider engaging in and recommending civil disobedience over a gun law? If "Yes," give some examples of what your line in the sand would be.

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