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HELP NRA MEMBER TO GET DISABILITY
WAIVER TO SHOOT IN From: "debbienclapp" <debbienclapp@msn.com> Dear Greg Connor, JIM GILCHRIST,
MARILYN GRAVES, ET.AL.,
As an NRA member myself and on behalf
of my husband, Rodger C. Clapp, I am begging for your assistance in the matter
I will describe further. Rodger has been an avid shooter in many NRA matches
and an NRA member and instructor for so many years. And now, it seems to me
that no one at the NRA cares about disabled shooters, except if you place yourself
in the disabled services group. There are other disabled shooters competing
in regular silhouette competitions. We have done everything we've been asked
by NRA; to supply medical information (more than once) and to supply pictures
of him shooting in his wheelchair (more than once) and for two years Rodger
has not been able to acquire the NRA waiver. I cannot tell you how angry and
disappointed I am in what the NRA is doing. This is no way to treat competitors
at a time when Rodger is very limited in what he can actually still do. Due
to his low heart rate of 14% he cannot stand to shoot.
Rodger had a "widow-maker"
heart attack and his circulation is very low. NRA Silhouette shooting/competition
is one of the few activities that have kept him going and now NRA wants to take
that away! This is outrageous!
I wrote NRA (M. Gilchrest) last year
when they turned him down the first time and never received a response. Instead,
Rodger received a letter from Mr. Gilchrest. When Rodger called he was told
the pictures submitted didn't show from different angles how he would be shooting.
So, why didn't someone call or write to us requesting more pictures? So, he
was told to go ahead and submit more pictures. They were mailed within 48 hours
and it's been another year. The protest committee meetings have been put off
twice this year and once again when Rodger called he was informed they would
be meeting in October.
He called today and he was told
he will not be approved for a waiver! Why? NRA does not have enough medical
information!! I really don't know what more medical information they could want.
Over the last two years, we have sent them information from both Rodger's primary
care physician, as well as, from his cardiologist. What does the NRA not understand?
Rodger is terminal, inoperable, and does not qualify for a new heart! Does that
mean he should sit at home and die? I think not. We have traveled to other states
for competitions where we both compete, as well as, different parts of Florida.
If his doctors believe that it's great that he can still compete, except from
a wheelchair, then why should the NRA "doctors" disagree? Or is this
a purely political decision? We may not have agreed with every NRA public decision,
but we've always supported the NRA. Now it's time for the NRA to truly support
its membership and stand with those members who become disabled. Rodger may
not become the next Olympic champion, but he darn well should be able to continue
competing in NRA sanctioned matches where his scores are recorded. Is this going
to be the new NRA who's not really concerned about the average shooters and
only concerned with those who can give the organization more political clout?
Or Since I do not have other email
addresses, would you please forward this for me to the following persons within
the NRA:
NRA President, Charlton Heston Please also feel free to forward
to anyone else within the NRA who might be interested in what acts are being
perpetrated on the NRA disabled members on behalf of the NRA and who just might
be able to help Rodger and I turn this around. I don't know how long Rodger
has to live any kind of an active life before he is totally bedridden. Initially,
the doctors gave him "maybe a year" and he's surprised them all. Yes,
he has bad days and sometimes we've had to cancel our plans to attend a silhouette
competition, but when he's doing well, he should be allowed to compete in his
wheelchair and his scores to count!!
I beg you and whoever else within
NRA to please help us resolve this situation. Thank you for any assistance you
can give me in getting Rodger an NRA waiver. Please feel free to call me or
Rodger at home at 407-2xx-xxxx.
Sincerely,
Debra Turbe-Clapp
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