C.A.S.H. Message to the NRA – Give It Up

By Anne Mller, C.A.S.H. Courier Editor

From the President’s Column of the November, 2017 issue of the NRA’s American Rifleman.

Pete Brownell writes:

…We scream from the rafters, “Hunters are the real conservationists!” While our messages are true, they’re falling on deaf ears….There are many reasons for society’s indifference. Demographics have changed; access has changed; economic reasoning has changed; policies and laws have changed. But most impactful to all of this is the emotionally charged and well-orchestrated attack on our hunting culture and traditions by animal-rights organizations.

Brownell continues…This battle will be won or lost on emotion, played out in the court of public opinion. Right now, we’ve lost ground in this battle because we’re not even in the courtroom. While we passionately debate positions on hunting practices amongst ourselves, the anti-hunting community closes in on eliminating our lifestyle.

(Peter Brownell  is the owner of a major supplier of firearm accessories called Brownells, served as president of the NRA from 2017 to 2018, and on the board for nearly a decade.)

C.A.S.H.’s message to the NRA and all hunters is that it’s too late! It’s like telling people to go back to this:

Or to this:

The horse is out of the barn; the emperor has no clothes, hunting is being called out.

Most people are not as indifferent as the NRA would like. As more people catch on to the perverse behavior of killing animals for pleasure, are educated about the reality and cruelty of hunting, informed of the misinformation and lies from the hunting lobby,  the indifference many people once had, now turns to action and that action produces laws and their enforcement, it produces engaged communities, speaking out against hunting and trapping.  With the increase in engagement from citizens C.A.S.H. sees the end of hunting on the horizon.

note: in 2019 Brownell resigned from the board of the NRA during an ongoing investigation from the New York Attorney General office — following reports of questionable financial transactions across the NRA. One discovery from the investigation included the disclosure that the NRA Foundation has been purchasing millions of dollars of merchandise from Crow Shooting Supply, a business owned by Brownells. Not surprising, no ethics for animals, usually means no ethics in other areas.