True 2A people hate the NRA too. pic.twitter.com/paoynjakLi — Hannah Cox (@HannahDCox) April 25, 2023 The NRA, again, is more of a Republican shill organization. And the problem with the NRA — my main beef with them — is they don’t stand up for the Second Amendment rights of black people. You know, we haven’t … Read more
I recently had an opportunity to talk to Judge Phillip Journey, a very busy man who doesn’t seem to be capable of turning down an opportunity to fight for good. Not only is he a judge, a business owner, and a gun rights advocate, but he’s also a long-time NRA reform advocate and a current … Read more
The National Rifle Association has a lot of problems on its hands. Aside from the now familiar allegations of cronyism and corruption, the NRA was forced to cancel its annual meeting and exhibits in Nashville last year. That was a huge financial hit for the association, given that the the event routinely draws 65,000 to … Read more
Just over a year ago, New York Attorney General Letitia James — who had labeled the National Rifle Association a terrorist organization during her election campaign — filed suit against the National Rifle Association for alleged violations of New York law governing the management of non-profits chartered there. She asked the court to dissolve the … Read more
By Elizabeth Schmidt, University of Massachusetts Amherst The National Rifle Association keeps getting itself into trouble by flouting the best practices all nonprofits should follow. As I often explain to college and graduate students who are learning the basics of nonprofit management, all nonprofit boards of directors should ensure that those groups uphold their missions … Read more
Yesterday, a judge dismissed the National Rifle Association’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, ruling that the Association filed it in bad faith. In his ruling Judge Harlin Hale let the NRA know that if they continue to press the matter, the court would “immediately take up some of its concerns about disclosure, transparency, secrecy, conflicts of … Read more
A new advertising campaign from Everytown for Gun Safety is targeted at an unusual demographic for an organization that promotes stricter gun laws: card-carrying, dues-paying members of the National Rifle Association. The six-figure campaign includes television ads on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, as well as digital ads directed at N.R.A. members and gun … Read more
NRA EVP and CEO Wayne LaPierre has just published a piece at Americas1stFreedom.org defending himself and the Association against the lawsuit that’s been filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The lawsuit — which LaPierre calls “a transparent attempt to score political points and attack the leading voice in opposition to the leftist agenda” … Read more
The problematic pass-through arrangement [former Treasurer and CFO, Wilson “Woody”] Phillips is said to have devised involved a public relations company called Ackerman McQueen and one of its subsidiaries, the Mercury Group. From the time LaPierre took over the group’s leadership in the early 1990s until 2018, when Phillips resigned, Ackerman was the NRA’s largest … Read more
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