Wow, this thread is still alive and kicking? It would seem that about 50% of the folks on here are anti RMGO and the rest are either indifferent or in support of them. If I believed my RMGO subscription was doing nothing more than padding pockets I would agree with the first 50%, however I see RMGO's name pop up in the news enough to know that something IS being done.
If it does nothing more than pay Dudley's salary and his job is to lobby for gun rights, then I support that. If Dudley makes $0.03 per hour and the money is going into lobbying for gun rights then I support THAT too.
I can't even count the not-for-profit groups that squander the donations into salaries, big getaways and all of that - but I give to them anyway. Remember the Red Cross? Well, I still believe in them because they are doing good, despite their problems.
I don't know, this is a lot to do about what amounts to a couple bucks a month. I pay MUCH more for a dinner out than I give to RMGO in one year so I'm not going to sweat it as long as I continue to see results. Yes, the fear mongering sucks, but that is the non profit game folks!
As for Wyatt and Gunsmoke. Ok, they suck. Sons of Guns sucks too (IMHO). Half of the crap on TV sucks in general. Just because Dudley plugged them doesn't mean my donations are funding the show, so honestly I don't really care since I'm not going to watch the show anyway.
I'm not an RMGO junkie, I'm just looking at this whole thing as such an insignificant drop in the bucket that 15 pages of thread to piss about it seems such a waste of time.