NRA and Unified Sportsmen of Florida Endorse ‘Betrayer’ Wilton Simpson, Author of Parkland Gun...
Yesterday Marion Hammer, former President and current lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, endorsed Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) in the race for Commissioner of Agricultural & Consumer Services. Hammer is also the...
NRA and Ackerman McQueen Settle Their Lawsuits a Day Before They Were Due in...
If you remember your history, the depth and breadth of the scandals that have consumed the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, and many NRA officers and directors spilled into public view when a rift...
Judge Rules New York Attorney General Can’t Dissolve the NRA
After serial revelations of alleged corruption that pervaded (pervades?) the highest levels of the National Rifle Association, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to have the association dissolved after a long investigation into...
NRA’s Legal Bills Now Dwarf Spending on Core Missions of Training, Education and More
The National Rifle Association was founded in 1871 following the Civil War to support and defend the US Constitution, specifically the Second Amendment - and to teach marksmanship. Today, though, with the spiraling legal...
Guns For Beginners: 3 Things To Consider When Buying Your First Hunting Rifle
Hunting is a heckuva lot of fun, and the results — savory game meat, unique memories, and new friendships — are worth their weight in bug spray and doe urine. But if you're new...
Despite Internal Turmoil, the NRA Looks Like It’s Winning the Long Game
By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland
No observer of contemporary gun politics could fail to notice a jarring disconnect between the two very different trajectories of the gun rights...
Leaked NRA Recordings From 1999 Reveal Leadership Referred To Members As ‘Hillbillies and Idiots’
Recordings of a 1999 conference call that included members of the National Rifle Association's leadership have been leaked. The call took place in the aftermath of the Columbine High School shooting as NRA leadership...
NRA Hacked: Russian Group Releases Some Documents, Promises More Unless They’re Paid
As if the National Rifle Association doesn't have enough problems, a Russian hacker group has allegedly penetrated the association's systems and stolen some documents, possibly including emails. They have published a handful of them,...
Of Course: NRA Board of Directors Votes Overwhelmingly to Re-Elect Wayne LaPierre
As you may have seen, the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors voted overwhelmingly yesterday to retain embattled CEO Wayne LaPierre in the association's top spot. Reportedly only 49 of the directors attended the...
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING: NRA Scraps Louisville For Houston in 2022
The National Rifle Association has announced a change for the date and location of the 2022 annual meetings and convention. The nation's oldest civil rights organization has moved the event from Louisville to Houston,...
America’s 100 Million Gun Owners – Not the NRA – Are Why Democrats Can’t...
NRA membership hasn’t grown in eight years. In 2020, it mustered only about half of what it spent in 2016 to elect Donald Trump. Leaked financial documents indicate that its revenue dropped by more than $80...
Florida Kerfuffle: GOA’s Luis Valdes Attacked For Calling Out an Allegedly Pro-Gun Politician
TTAG contributor Luis Valdes, in his role as Florida Director for Gun Owners of America, called out a so-called pro-gun Republican for blocking five of six major pro-gun bills in his leadership position in...