has the first take<\/a>. And a sadly true take it is.<\/p>\nI knew a couple of days ago that the JPFO board was in the process of signing and that it was just a matter of sending paperwork to SAF’s lawyers. That shoe has now dropped.<\/p>\n
I’ll have more to say later, but for now thank you<\/i> for everything you did to try to prevent this. Thank you for your petition signatures, your letters to the board, your offers of help, for jumping in and doing everything you could. Thank you for caring about JPFO — and for understanding far better than its board members ever did why JPFO mattered<\/i>.<\/p>\n
This deal was preordained. The JPFO board was never<\/i> even going to look at any alternate proposals, let alone give them serious consideration. This began and ended as an act of supreme arrogance, authoritarianism, secrecy, and wholesale contempt for JPFO’s members, donors, corporate sponsors, and contractors. And of course, even deeper contempt for the legacy of Aaron Zelman and the importance of his uncompromising voice for gun rights.<\/p>\n
I hope those responsible eventually choke on their own deeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Second Amendment Foundation just announced on its F*c*b**k page that it has subsumed the once-great Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. (Thank you, digidavid, for reporting the news.) Carl-Bear has the first take. And a sadly true take it is. I knew a couple of days ago that the JPFO board was in the process of signing and that it was just a matter of sending paperwork to SAF’s lawyers. That shoe has now dropped. I’ll have more to say later, but for now thank you for everything you did to try to prevent this. Thank you for…<\/p>\n
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