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

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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

[C0RI0LANUS]

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

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Yikes!

[multigraincracker]

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

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]

4. Trigger warning ... more from your link

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]

15. I hope Karma kicks him in the butt.

People who torture innocent things have no soul.

[ToxMarz]

5. Maybe Kristi Noem is availlable

[DENVERPOPS]

6. That kind of sick sadistic shit

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

[czarjak]

7. Fraternity President?

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]

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

would be run by a total psycho

[cab67]

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

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

[IronLionZion]

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

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

[Montauk6]

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

[BumRushDaShow]

13. EXACTLY what I was thinking

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]

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

[Stargazer99]

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

The mental health community has found this to be a fact