-B- said: wrong way around NRA should be donating to Goal and 2a not ever the other way Click to expand...

Dadstoys said: I have all the respect in the world for Jim , but that money might have been better spent with SAF. Click to expand...

free said: What a wasted use of our local dollars. Click to expand...

headednorth said: Seems like the money is going in the wrong direction. Click to expand...

Waher said: I'm not happy with this as a GOAL member. The NRA has not really helped this state in a significant fashion and I think assisting the SAF or Comm2A would have been a better allocation of the funds. Click to expand...

gxx9sdb said: Goal has enough free cash to donate $50k to the NRA? Seems like it should be the other way around. Click to expand...

-B- said: wrong way around NRA should be donating to Goal and 2a not ever the other way Click to expand...

free said: Did you at least get a hat out of this butt-boy move, James? Click to expand...

OK Folks, I'll spell this out for you. The lawsuit that GOAL has challenging the unconstitutional actions of the AG has been very expensive. So far, the NRA has paid the whole bill. Read that again - They paid for the whole f***ing thing.The understanding all along was that at some point, GOAL would kick in when we were able to raise some money. Well as you know, we've been hard at work (successfully) raising money for this lawsuit (thanks everyone for buying raffle tickets, etc).There's no way GOAL can pay for the whole thing, so we've contributed what we could based on what we've raised. We try to be transparent from a financial standpoint with our members, so we've disclosed that the contribution was $50K. This amount was approved at a board meeting, in public. Keep in mind that this is a fraction of what the lawsuit has cost so far, and GOAL made this contribution to show we have skin in the game, and to keep the money flowing from the NRA.Those of you that think we should have given the money to some other organization to start a new fight against the AG are well meaning but misguided. It would be irresponsible to bring a bunch of other organizations into the fight willy-nilly.We raised this money specifically to fight the AG, and that is where the money is going. Make no mistake about it, the NRA has stepped up BIG TIME to help us in this fight. We've been able to retain a kick-ass law firm that would never have given a state organization the time of day courtesy of the NRA, and the NRA has f-ing paid the bill. Say what you want about the NRA and what they've done for MA, but this time they've really delivered.This money was earmarked for the fight all along. Those of you that donated to fight the AG did the right thing, and we're putting the money where it will do the most good. We're making good on the promise to contribute to our own fight.I find this to be very disrespectful, and I think you should apologize. I understand that you made this comment without knowing all the facts. What do you say?