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Bang for the Buck
The organization, which LaPierre transformed into a feared political machine, is due in court January 8, three and a half years after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against it.
On January 8, a jury is expected to begin hearing New York Attorney General Letitia James’s case, which accuses top NRA officials of using the nonprofit as a “personal piggy bank.”
Gun Safety
The group is slowly abandoning its original mission to teach Americans how to handle guns. Spending on these programs has dropped 77 percent in less than a decade.
Bulletin
“It’s hard not to look at this sealed action in Texas as quixotic.”
No stranger to legal disputes, the National Rifle Association is still fighting with Ackerman McQueen.
National Rifle Association
Court filings show the sum paid by the gun group in its acrimonious split with Ackerman McQueen.
New financial documents detail the severe erosion of the gun group's membership.
Federal data shows that the number of larger donations fell 45 percent from the 2018 midterms.
The group's most recent disclosures suggest weakening membership and costly legal battles.
Gun Policy
Since the 1990s, John Lott has provided the empirical justification for looser firearms laws. Do his claims stand up to scrutiny?
A quarter of the briefs filed in support of the NRA came from organizations and individuals who have been paid by the gun group. Only one disclosed the connection.
The gun group collected $97 million in dues in 2021, according to an annual financial report. That’s a 43 percent drop from 2018 and the lowest figure since 2006.
The annual gathering featured conspiracy theories, acres of military-style wares, and an insistence that guns are not the real reason for America’s recent carnage.
Alan Gottlieb, the leader of two smaller gun groups, is assisting an NRA board member’s quest to replace the CEO at this weekend’s annual meeting.
A year before gun rights groups sued to stop California from collecting information on firearms ownership, the NRA’s chief researcher acknowledged that its advocacy prevents accurate studies.
