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Don T wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:18 pm When you are involved in "bet your business" litigation, you want the best legal representation available. Mr. Brewer and his firm have had the reputation of being among the very best, hard-noses, bet the business lawyers in Dallas, then Texas, then the US, since the mid to late 1980's. (Full disclosure: one of my former law partners practiced with Mr. Brewer when Mr. Brewer was beginning his law practice.)

Because lawyers are a product of our law schools, the list of outstanding litigation lawyers with the necessary law firm resources who share the values of the NRA may not be as long as one would like.

srothstein wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:16 pm On this point, I have to agree with Charles. Your dues are not being funneled to a political campaign that fights against our positions. Your dues are being paid to the best person or company our organization can get to do a job. Once they are paid, it becomes their money to do with as they wish.

cyphertext wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:37 am Kinda funny that the NRA lawyer, William Brewer, is also the son in law of Angus McQueen, CEO of Ackerman McQueen...

Mr. Brewer has made about $200,000 in political donations, almost entirely to Democrats, and to Democrat party organizations. Including last year to Beto O’Rourke in his race against stalwart Second Amendment supporter Ted Cruz (my Senator). And maximum donations (over $10k) to Hillary in 2008 and before, and even to Al Franken. When he occasionally (rarely) donates to Republicans its often to the ones popular with Democrats, like Californian Tom Campbell. Mr. Brewer’s wife’s donation lacks the occasional RINO donation and includes max Obama donations. Brewer’s top partner is also a loyal democrat donor, and none of the other partners are active political donors.

And that’s all fine, legal, ethical, and no cause for me to complain – at least about that law firm and its lawyers.

But I’d like to know the decision process that leads to NRA to put tens of millions of dollars into the pockets of donors to the very campaigns the NRA magazine is warning readers about (and soliciting donations to fight!) While I can’t question the capabilities of the firm they hired presumably due to a connection with the PR firm, I can confidently suggest that there are hundreds of law firms in the nation that would have been capable of handling the case, and even if they weren’t all ardent Second Amendment supporters like yours truly, at least they wouldn’t be giving aid and comfort to the enemies of our most precious liberties.