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Bang for the Buck
As the organization's social, political, and financial dominance in the gun rights arena wanes, other prominent groups are influencing the movement in newfound ways.
A New York jury ordered the gun group’s former CEO to pay more than $4.3 million in damages.
The NRA corruption trial forced its former CEO to tell the truth about himself, as the curtain dropped on a three-decade act.
A timeline of the reporting and investigations since The Trace exposed self-dealing at the nonprofit nearly five years ago.
The Gun Machine
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is supposed to regulate the gun industry. The seventh episode of The Gun Machine explores the gun lobby’s efforts to impede the agency.
Gun Trafficking
An activist has sued the agency for information about U.S. guns smuggled to Mexico and Central America, data that researchers say would provide insights into cross border firearms trafficking.
In 1999, as the nation recovered from a decade of record homicides, more than 30 cities came together to hold major gun companies accountable. They faced a formidable foe — an NRA at the pinnacle of its power.
Gun Rights
The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s unsupported evidence about the number of high-capacity magazines in the U.S. has been introduced in cases that could have major implications for gun restrictions nationwide.
No stranger to legal disputes, the National Rifle Association is still fighting with Ackerman McQueen.
Gun Policy
Since the 1990s, John Lott has provided the empirical justification for looser firearms laws. Do his claims stand up to scrutiny?
Hacked documents provide a rare glimpse into the gun group's efforts to seek influence at the Supreme Court, which is now hearing a major public carry case.
Law
A pair of lawsuits threatens to erode the special legal immunity that gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers enjoy. Here’s the federal law they’re taking on.
Analysis
We asked 13 experts to help us get a jump on what's ahead.
A new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission accuses the National Rifle Association and GOP Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley of engaging in “an elaborate scheme designed to evade detection” of campaign finance violations. The complaint from the…
The National Rifle Association is continuing to funnel much of its spending on the 2018 midterm elections through an apparent shell company that, according to one campaign watchdog, is part of a scheme to skirt election laws. Read Next…