gun rights and access to guns, but these are people who have been around washington, made it to the top of one of the most powerful organizations around. how can one benignly or positively explain the complete ignorance that would be required to think that an authoritarian country would have a vibrant, private gun rights movement? you know, there s so much puzzling about this. in the book i did with michael isikoff, russian roulette, we wrote about the butina case before it became a criminal case, and we noted that she had shown up at nra events and other conservative events like cpac, the annual get-together, and was really trying to make friends with some of the leading officials. in fact, one fellow, you know, who said, by his own admission, he s in his 60s, doesn t have a lot of hair, has a little bit of a paunch, said, i m not used to young, attractive women coming
very much involved, having gone on trips that butina organized and having been one of the nra highest officials that she had cultivated. when you look at the nra, which has a lot of seasoned political professionals, people may disagree with their views on gun rights and access to guns, but these are people who have been around washington, made it to the top of one of the most powerful organizations around. how can one benignly or positively explain the complete idiocy or ignorance that would be required to think that an authoritarian country would have a vibrant, private gun rights movement? you know, there s so much puzzling about this. in the book i did with michael isikoff, russian roulette, we wrote about the butina case before it became a criminal case, and we noted that she had shown up at nra events and other
political professionals, people may disagree with their views on gun rights and access to guns, but these are people who have been around washington, made it to the top of one of the most powerful organizations around. how can one benignly or positively explain the complete ignorance that would be required to think that an authoritarian country would have a vibrant, private gun rights movement? you know, there s so much puzzling about this. in the book i did with michael isikoff, russian roulette, we wrote about the butina case before it became a criminal case, and we noted that she had shown up at nra events and other conservative events like cpac, the annual get-together, and was really trying to make friends with some of the leading officials. in fact, one fellow, you know, who said, by his own admission,
technology company. she told senate intelligence committee in april that he provided funding for her gun rights group she represented. a spokesman confirmed he was launching between 2012 and 2014. miss butina, who basically founded the gun rights movement in russia, which is very small, was very much active in american politics. shannon, you tweeted that despite the fact that the nra has been awfully vocal, including referring to your organizations volunteers, i hate to read this on sunday but as dry humping, word that starts with w. they are not shy. why do you suppose they have been quiet about this unfolding
picture wise, was this a top secret sanctum? did she have to work hard? based on her instagram feed, not that hard. it seems as though there was a lot of enthusiasm for this russian gun rights adherent who turned out, according to the u.s. government, to actually be a spy. i thought of the new sacha baron cohen show where he s able to kind of waltz in and get people to say almost anything on this issue. it just shows both some of the kind of questions about the extreme nature of the gun rights movement right now. don t forget, they just named oliver north as the chair of the nra. but also how much there s a risk to american politics of kind of the shadowy operations that go on. interesting to see. more questions need to be answered about this. mariia butina certainly a colorful figure we re only beginning to learn about. thank you so much for being with