Did you receive a 2nd NFA Mailout? Despite a Cease and Desist Letter from the Conservative Party of Canada, the National Firearms Association sent out a second mailing to the stolen Conservative Party mailing list. This mailing hit mailboxes between June 15-30th. If you received the second NFA mailout, please contact me immediately. So far, two recipients of this … [Read more...]
The NFA does NOT represent me, say gun owners
Firearm enthusiast Jeff Young posted a great quip on Facebook recently. I am a law-abiding Canadian firearms owner. The scandal-plagued NFA (Canada's National Firearms Association) does NOT represent me. His message was in response to news reports the National Firearms Association used a mailing list stolen from the Conservative Party of Canada to solicit memberships and … [Read more...]
Did the NFA send a SECOND mailout to stolen CPC membership list?
Sunday afternoon I received, via email, a scanned copy of a second, yes, second NFA fundraising letter sent to the stolen CPC mailing list. This new NFA fundraising letter starts off: "There's a big fight coming. You know it, and I know it. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau is going to take away more gun rights." The female recipient of this latest NFA fundraising letter is … [Read more...]
Attn: All CPC Members who received the NFA Mailout
PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO EVERY CPC MEMBER YOU KNOW If you're a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and received an NFA mailout seeking donations and memberships, I urge you to do three things. First, write to CPC headquarters immediately and express your displeasure with the theft of the CPC membership list and subsequent illegal use by the National Firearms … [Read more...]
CSSA Commentary: Property Rights, Privacy, Integrity and the Firearms Community
Property Rights, Privacy, Integrity and the Firearms Community via CSSA eNews The CSSA is expressing its disappointment regarding the actions of a fellow Canadian firearm advocacy group in the rising waters of a CPC membership list scandal poised to drown that group. “The CSSA condemns the actions of the National Firearms Association (NFA) and its use of improperly … [Read more...]
CPC issues Cease and Desist Order to Canada’s National Firearms Association
On Monday, June 5, 2017, the Conservative Party of Canada issued a Cease and Desist letter to Sheldon Clare, President and CEO of Canada's National Firearms Association. The facts are clear, according to the Conservative Party leadership. One or more individuals connected to one or more leadership contenders stole a copy of the CPC membership list. The CPC made the list … [Read more...]
NFA Membership Numbers – The Real Story
Update #2: There is still another autographed copy of my book available for any current NFA member who can provide the membership count or AGM documentation containing membership revenue for 2016 or 2017. Update #1: Thanks to Jeff Young (soon to be proud owner of an autographed copy of my book) the NFA had approximately 11,366 members in 2013 and 13,197 members in 2014, … [Read more...]
The ONLY sound Sheldon Clare will hear is this
The National Firearms Association (NFA) markets themselves as Canada's "largest and most effective advocacy organization representing the interests of firearms owners and users." How effective is the NFA after they used a stolen mailing list in a desperate bid for members, and in the process, alienated the only political party that might view them favourably? The simple … [Read more...]
Moncton RCMP Shooting: Is the NFA’s wading into the fray the right thing to do?
As most already know, this past Wednesday evening saw 3 RCMP members shot dead, with more wounded. The entire city of Moncton, put on lockdown until police finally captured their intended target late Thursday, finally resumed more normal operation. Government buildings and schools closed for the manhunt reopened. Residents, prevented from returning to their homes due to … [Read more...]
NFA Membership List Exposed on the Internet — Personal Information Privacy is a Corporate Responsibility
Guarding personal information is a corporate responsibility and one that must be taken seriously by both individuals and the companies they do business with. This fiduciary duty was, unfortunately, broken by Canada’s National Firearm Association on their website, NFA.ca. The news broke on the Canadian Gun Nutz forum on September 22, 2013 at 02:23 AM in a post titled … [Read more...]