Brady Campaign Going Broke

[oather]

http://www.examiner.com/x-30265-Detroit-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m6d4-The-tide-turns-in-the-battle-for-gun-rights-as-the-Brady-Campaign-withers-away

The 2010 election cycle is still ongoing, but the numbers look no better: So far only $2,500 has been raised and just $4,545 spent.

Browsing through the charts and information at the Center for Responsive Politics shows fewer gun control advocates willing to spend their own money on that agenda. In the 2000 election year cycle 320 individual donors gave a total of $329,996. Contrast that to 2008 where three donors donated a total of $15,000.

So far, for the 2010 election cycle, only one donor has made a single contribution of $2,500.

Best news I've heard this year!

 

[Eudaimonia]

Well, this made my morning.

 

[Decoy]

I will feel better when they close up shop.......but still made my day.

 

[Redd Byrd]

"What goes around, comes around" . . . couldn't have happened to a better organization!

 

[smokey]

...until soros drops a million or two on them

 

[Inigoes]

Bloomberg also needs to be bled dry of money. MAIG should be next on the list.

 

[fivepointstar]

Good news but I see a Gov't bailout coming

 

[Half-cocked]

I suspect it's mainly the bad economy and the vanishing of disposable wealth caused by the market collapse, but it may also be that with civilization on the brink of economic collapse, people are finally waking up to the realization that even if they don't like guns, they might find themselves needing them.

 

[Johnthetoolguy]

Good news!

 

[jehu]

I suspect it's mainly the bad economy and the vanishing of disposable wealth caused by the market collapse, but it may also be that with civilization on the brink of economic collapse, people are finally waking up to the realization that even if they don't like guns, they might find themselves needing them.

This is on target!!

 

[Eudaimonia]

I suspect it's mainly the bad economy and the vanishing of disposable wealth caused by the market collapse, but it may also be that with civilization on the brink of economic collapse, people are finally waking up to the realization that even if they don't like guns, they might find themselves needing them.

I'm not going to necessarily disagree with you, but I'm going to put my rose-colored glasses on and say that I think it is that people are realizing that the measures backed by the Brady's have failed to make anyone safer and are starting to realize that they are full of horse-s**t.

But then, I try to maintain a generally positive outlook, while preparing for the worst...

 

[Norton]

We have to understand that the anti-gun establishment has NEVER been a populist movement of the masses, involving thousands (in fact not even hundreds of people).

The hard core anti gun organizations are very small and inbred groups with maybe a few dozen people actively involved nationwide. Doesn't it surprise you that the only people that the news can ever come up with to quote are Hennigan, Horowitz and Helmke?

Take a look at their voodoo research. It's an academic circle jerk of them citing each other's statistics.

One only has to look at the hearings in Annapolis as a microcosm of the larger national scene to see that, frankly, NO ONE really gives two shits about these organizations. Even here in one of the most anti-gun states in the country, the best that they can do is to get Daniel Webster from Johns Hopkins to come in and testify (and then get his ass handed to him) in addition to some old man whose kid got offed by a guy with a gun 20 years ago.

The anti-gun organizations have always been like this and mostly likely will continue to do so for the near term.

Unfortunately, a complicit media continues to give them an undue amount of coverage and leads the masses to believe that the good and noble groups are populist and grassroots efforts to fight the evil NRA

We're winning and it's killing them.

 

[tundramuscle03]

Great news!!! I thought this was gonna be a typical crappy monday...

 

[Spot77]

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
Sun Tzu

Seems appropriate in Md's case. We'll never achieve true victories unless we continue going on the offensive.

 

[Patrick]

This wasn't Brady overall, it was just their tax-exempt arm. I looked at their structure last week (for another thread) and just like the tax-exempt NRA arm, this one is much smaller than the main Brady Bunch organization. The main body of Brady does not need to report numbers because they are not asking tax exemption for their work.

So they might be strong in the main group, where donations are not reported. But I hope this does suggest the main group is also down, though. You don't see them advertise anymore...it's basically them in front of friendly legislatures trying to get on the news. That could be a sign they are indeed short on cash all around.

And like Norton said, the number of people who will actually put money on the line for these groups is small. Our side is comprised of many thousands of individual donors where theirs has been traditionally funded by fewer large ones. At least in this respect, we are winning.

 

[blindnoodle]

I suspect it's mainly the bad economy and the vanishing of disposable wealth caused by the market collapse,

NRA Political Victory Fund
1999-2000 $17,884,202
2001-2002 $10,486,283
2003-2004 $12,773,270
2005-2006 $11,245,144
2007-2008 $15,331,781
2009-2010 $11,683,044 THROUGH 4/30... Still have until 12/31 to take contributions for this period.

I don't think the economy is affecting donations. I think people just stopped drinking the hater-aid. NRA is still doing fin n the Pro-gun side. So are the smaller pro-gun pacs

 

[Abacab]

It always amazes me how absolutely devoid the Brady ilk is of any actual knowledge about firearms. My favorite: Carolyn McCarthy and the barrel shroud. It's a shoulder mounted thing that goes up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ospNRk2uM3U

The use of "clips" irks me greatly.

Not to mention the fact that Josh Sugarmann and his Type 01 FFL hypocrisy. My understanding is that he got it for "research."

Outside of the fact that Helmke, Henigan, Sugarmann and Horwitz are all belligerent liars, they are laughably ignorant.

 

[K31]

NRA Political Victory Fund
1999-2000 $17,884,202
2001-2002 $10,486,283
2003-2004 $12,773,270
2005-2006 $11,245,144
2007-2008 $15,331,781
2009-2010 $11,683,044 THROUGH 4/30... Still have until 12/31 to take contributions for this period.

I don't think the economy is affecting donations. I think people just stopped drinking the hater-aid. NRA is still doing fin n the Pro-gun side. So are the smaller pro-gun pacs

The peaks and valleys are obviously follow Presidential election years.

 

[K31]

Even here in one of the most anti-gun states in the country, the best that they can do is to get Daniel Webster from Johns Hopkins to come in and testify (and then get his ass handed to him) in addition to some old man whose kid got offed by a guy with a gun 20 years ago.

Johns Hopkins of course gets money for being home to the anti's Joyce Foundation.

I don't know about the Brady's but Handgun Control Inc. used to call victims of crimes to solicit contributions. What a class act..."Hey, sorry your loved one is dead but would you like to give 50, 100 or even 250 dollars...".

 

[TOWcritter]

I didn't shed a tear when the Bray Bunch went off the air the first time. I think it will be different the "2ND" time around......