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 […]
NRA’s LaPierre Rips ‘Elite Media’ as Thousands Jam Convention
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivered a fiery — some might call it pure boilerplate — speech to a crowded members’ meeting Saturday focusing on one of the organization’s favorite targets: the media. Using a series of clips from past confrontations with the press and speeches over the years in which he […]