S2: The NRA | EP7: Enough is Enough

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

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🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Board members are receiving money directly from the NRA. A fundraiser and a major donor decide they’ve seen enough. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	See 13 originals.
0:06.7	If you have any tips as it pertains to this story, please reach out to tips at gangstercapitalism.com
0:14.7	or our tip line 347-674-690.
0:21.2	We can ensure anonymity.
0:25.3	Let me tell you about someone named Marion Hammer.
0:30.1	This is journalist Mike Spees.
0:33.2	Spees covered the NRA for four years for the trace, the New Yorker, and ProPublica.
0:40.0	And for one of those years, he covered a legendary 81-year-old Florida gun lobbyist named
0:46.6	Marion Hammer.
0:50.5	She's tiny.
0:52.6	She favors blue and pink blazers, wears deep red lipstick, has a bowl haircut.
1:00.8	She carries a handgun in her purse.
1:04.3	For a long time, it was a laser-guided Smith & Wesson.
1:08.6	And she is by far and away the NRA's most prominent and crucial and important lobbyist.
1:16.2	She's a long-time wanglappier loyalist.
1:20.4	They've worked hand and glove together.
1:22.0	She has routinely protected him over the years.
1:25.7	In addition to being a gun lobbyist, Marion Hammer is also a prominent board member of the
1:31.2	NRA.
1:32.8	And was its first female president.
1:36.0	She is operated with complete autonomy and is not accountable to anyone.
1:41.9	She is famous for her sharp tongue and what could be characterized as mean speardedness.
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