[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Night Stalker: It wasn't just a simple fact that the member's meeting was scheduled five years in advance. As a Non-Profit Organization incorporated in New York, they are required to hold annual member's meetings ... the equivelent of stock holder's meetings for C Corps. If the member's meeting cannot be held at the scheduled time a NonProfit in New York is required by law to inform the entire constituancy of the change no later than 10 prior to the meeting. The Columbine tragedy happened 11 days prior. There was no time to rechedule an event of that magnitude in less than 24 hours and still notify everyone. Oh, it also happened near the end of their fiscal year too, so they didn't have any leeway on that front either (Corporations under US law may define their tax year to be other than the standart calendar year). Mr Moore mentions none of this, and tries to mislead the viewer into thinking that the NRA had a Flash Rally just for the Columbine tragedy. Though the NRA did miss an opportunity to address the issue responsibly.

Thanks for that additional info, Night Stalker. I knew there were also some legal issues involved in determining why the meeting couldn't be rescheduled but I couldn't remember them.

You hit the nail on the head with my chief complaint against Moore, and that is that he deliberately presents things in a misleading fashion when it suits his purpose. But when the facts support his view, he presents them unaltered (such as the example Chewbacca gave about the sale of ammo at K-Mart). So supporters of Moore can point to the unaltered portions as evidence that he doesn't "skew" the facts. And those unaltered facts give false credibility to the subtle manipulations or omissions he makes with other facts.

Still, the NRA should have addressed the Columbine shootings by issueing a public denouncement of such actions and perhaps adding a public meeting to their agenda to allow the families and friends of the victims to come in and express their views. As Davros said, that would have won them MUCH more support in the public eye.