The National Rifle Association just slapped the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the city and county of San Francisco with a federal lawsuit after the Board unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the NRA a “domestic terrorist organization” and urging others to do likewise. In a statement on Twitter, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre […]
D.C. Attorney General Subpoenas NRA, NRA Foundation
UPDATED: The District of Columbia’s attorney general on Friday issued subpoenas to the National Rifle Association and the NRA Foundation in what Newsweek called “a series of ongoing probes into the gun-rights group and its finances.” According to the Washington Post, “The office of Attorney General Karl Racine is seeking financial documents from the NRA […]
Trump Tweets to Defense of NRA, Rips NY AG over ‘Harassment’
President Donald Trump, who likely owes much of his 2016 victory to the National Rifle Association, came to the defense of the embattled organization Tuesday with an early morning twitter statement about NRA’s current troubles with the State of New York, where the organization is incorporated. “People are fleeing New York like never before,” the […]
As NRA Troubles Mount, United CEO Challenged on Dropped Discount
While the National Rifle Association’s internal and external troubles are making headlines with a new lawsuit filed against its advertising agency and an open letter of support for CEO Wayne LaPierre posted on the organization’s website, the CEO of United Airlines was challenged during a stockholders’ meeting this week about the airline’s decision to end […]
NRA Drama Heats with New York Investigation, Subpoenas
UPDATED: As the embattled National Rifle Association’s Board of Directors gathered to meet Monday in Indianapolis following a contentious members’ meeting Saturday and crowded exhibit hall featuring “acres” of guns and gear, New York Attorney General Letitia James—no friend of the organization—announced she was launching an investigation of NRA and issuing subpoenas. James has called […]
NRA Board Change Sees Oliver North Tapped as President
The National Rifle Association announced Monday that retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North will become the next president of the association “within a few weeks,” in an unusual chain of developments that saw Pete Brownell decide not to run for a second term, and the organization’s first and second vice presidents unable to […]