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BumRushDaShow

(142,249 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2024, 03:51 AM Oct 18

NRA faces pressure to suspend CEO after revelation of sadistic cat killing

Source: The Guardian

Thu 17 Oct 2024 16.31 EDT
Last modified on Thu 17 Oct 2024 17.13 EDT

The board of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is facing pressure to suspend the gun rights group’s chief executive, Douglas Hamlin, following revelations that Hamlin was involved in the sadistic killing of a cat.

The news broke as Donald Trump cancelled a planned appearance with Hamlin next week in Savannah, Georgia, where the Republican nominee for president was meant to give a keynote address to an NRA convention. Organizers said Trump had a scheduling conflict.

An anonymous letter sent by “concerned employees” of the NRA to the board contained a litany of concerns about Hamlin, who was appointed in July following a corruption scandal at the group. Chief among those concerns was new revelations – published by the Guardian last week – that Hamlin was involved in the gruesome killing of a house cat named BK when he was the president of his fraternity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1979.

“Anyone who can do that and try to cover it up is a sadistic human and cannot be trusted with the organization’s reputation and employees’ safety,” the letter said. The employees added: “If something is not done, Doug Hamlin will destroy any chances of a NRA comeback.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/nra-ceo-douglas-hamlin-cat-murder

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NRA faces pressure to suspend CEO after revelation of sadistic cat killing (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 18 OP

This is what the cat-killing psycho looks like: C0RI0LANUS Oct 18 #1

Yikes! littlemissmartypants Oct 18 #3

The NRA gave up on gun safety and now keeps shooting itself it the foot. multigraincracker Oct 18 #2

Trigger warning ... more from your link UpInArms Oct 18 #4

I hope Karma kicks him in the butt. BlueKota Oct 18 #15

Maybe Kristi Noem is availlable ToxMarz Oct 18 #5

That kind of sick sadistic shit DENVERPOPS Oct 18 #6

Fraternity President? czarjak Oct 18 #7

No one could have predicted that an organization psychopathically dedicated to the unfettered use of killing devices LymphocyteLover Oct 18 #8

"cannot be trusted with the organization's reputation"? cab67 Oct 18 #9

GOP kills cats and dogs and points fingers at Haitian legal immigrants IronLionZion Oct 18 #10

Would NOT surprise me in the least that the eating accusation was pure projection. Montauk6 Oct 18 #11

EXACTLY what I was thinking BumRushDaShow Oct 18 #13

Let's just be honest and say that that's how he got the job in the first place. Orrex Oct 18 #12

It is a fact that those who kill and torture animals will likely kill or harm humans Stargazer99 Oct 18 #14

C0RI0LANUS

(1,305 posts)

1. This is what the cat-killing psycho looks like:

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 04:20 AM

Oct 18

littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts)

3. Yikes!

Reply to C0RI0LANUS (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 05:08 AM

Oct 18

multigraincracker

(34,069 posts)

2. The NRA gave up on gun safety and now keeps shooting itself it the foot.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 04:25 AM

Oct 18

From squandering members dues, to kissing up to Putin. I suggest they call for the same gun rights Russians enjoy. Another Right Wing criminal org

UpInArms

(51,795 posts)

4. Trigger warning ... more from your link

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 05:58 AM

Oct 18

Hamlin pleaded no contest to an animal cruelty misdemeanor and he and four of his fraternity brothers were expelled from the fraternity. The cat was captured, had its paws cut off, and was set on fire, according to local media reports at the time.

Hamlin released a statement to some outlets saying he did not condone the actions that took place more than 44 years ago.

“I took responsibility for this regrettable incident as chapter president although I wasn’t directly involved. Since that time I served my country, raised a family, volunteered in my community, started a business, worked with Gold Star families, and raised millions of dollars for charity. I’ve endeavored to live my life in a manner beyond reproach,” he said.

He pleaded no contest and now he claims he had nothing to do with it? I smell something rotten.

Your life has not been above reproach, you murderous gunhumper.

BlueKota

(3,643 posts)

15. I hope Karma kicks him in the butt.

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 01:07 PM

Oct 18

People who torture innocent things have no soul.

ToxMarz

(2,246 posts)

5. Maybe Kristi Noem is availlable

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 06:03 AM

Oct 18

DENVERPOPS

(9,951 posts)

6. That kind of sick sadistic shit

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 06:24 AM

Oct 18

would elevate him to a top position in the Trump Humper Political World...

czarjak

(12,404 posts)

7. Fraternity President?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 06:51 AM

Oct 18

What was the secret imitation and oath of allegiance you took to lead that above reproach cult? Probably an Eagle Scout too. Ever know one?

LymphocyteLover

(6,752 posts)

8. No one could have predicted that an organization psychopathically dedicated to the unfettered use of killing devices

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 07:16 AM

Oct 18

would be run by a total psycho

cab67

(3,219 posts)

9. "cannot be trusted with the organization's reputation"?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:18 AM

Oct 18

How is what he did divergent from the NRA's current reputation?

IronLionZion

(46,966 posts)

10. GOP kills cats and dogs and points fingers at Haitian legal immigrants

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:27 AM

Oct 18

Kristi Noem is another sadistic one. These Republicans are psychopaths.

Montauk6

(8,617 posts)

11. Would NOT surprise me in the least that the eating accusation was pure projection.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:36 AM

Oct 18

BumRushDaShow

(142,249 posts)

13. EXACTLY what I was thinking

Reply to Montauk6 (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:45 AM

Oct 18

They had an inkling it would get out so they did their usual "preemptive projection" of the guilt of a Kristi Noem and this guy, to get it out there first, and put it on someone else in pure tabloid style.

Orrex

(64,101 posts)

12. Let's just be honest and say that that's how he got the job in the first place.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:38 AM

Oct 18

Stargazer99

(2,931 posts)

14. It is a fact that those who kill and torture animals will likely kill or harm humans