The mass shooting at the elementary school, and Biden's plea for lawmakers to push back on the gun lobby, have magnified attention on the NRA, which is holding its annual meeting over Memorial . Omnis Dallas outpost will host events put on by the NRA as part of its national convention in May. As the NRAs former number two recently put it in a tell-all book, Wayne LaPierre knew that when the NRA needed to raise money, it could depend on fear-mongering messaging, which LaPierre purportedly referred to as pouring gasoline on the fire.98This sort of rhetoric continued around the 2020 election. Through the power of their letter-grade ratings of lawmakers, the NRA was able to brand politicians and, through its political action arm, endorse and support like-minded candidates. Senators Richard Burr and Roy Blunt followed Romney on the list of GOP lawmakers who received the highest amount of NRA contributions, with North Carolina's Burr receiving close to $7 million and Blunt of Missouri taking in over $4.5 million from the NRA. Dave Dell'Aquila, a former tech company boss who has donated more than $100,000 to the NRA, told the Guardian on Saturday he was preparing to lodge a complaint in US bankruptcy court in Dallas,. Many brands that offered discounts to NRA members are dumping the gun group after its furious response to the Florida mass shooting. National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre and the rest of the NRA leadership are on borrowed time after a year of lawsuits, investigations, and personal embarrassments stemming from allegations of gross mismanagement of the organization. Judge Hale wrote, What concerns the court most though is the surreptitious manner in which Mr. LaPierre obtained and exercised authority to file bankruptcy for the NRA. Incomprehensible," Romney wrote. Carletta Whiting, whos disabled & vulnerable to #coronavirus, asks Dems trying to exploit the pandemic: Why do you want to leave people like me defenseless?, Twitter, April 3, 2021, https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1241418470341980167. The New York attorney general played deposition testimony in court showing Phillips invoking his Fifth Amendment rights no fewer than eighty times on several topics, including questions about Wayne LaPierres travel, fundraising arrangements with NRA vendors, and LaPierres relationship with former longtime PR firm Ackerman McQueen.36 The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution offers legal protection against self-incrimination by providing individuals with the right not to testify. ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (ING): Has not issued a comment. Another bombshell from the NRA bankruptcy trial came when it was revealed that NRA board president Carolyn Meadows had acknowledged that in the early part of 2019, she destroyed notes; when asked at a pretrial deposition why she did this, Meadows testified that she was told they could be subpoenaed and used.42 Meadows testified that she shredded some of the documents, while other documents she actually burned.43 While the evidence was not available at trial (nor will it be at future trials), questions remain about what was in those notes. . [48] Jonathan Stempel, Judge Rejects NRA Bid to End or Move New York Lawsuit Seeking Its Closure, Reuters, January 21, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-new-york-nra-idUSKBN29Q2ID. Amazon Amazon, along with Apple and Google, has come under fire for supporting NRA TV. We must find answers. We declare that all donors have these rights. The NRA named the American Cellars Wine Club, Vinesse Wines' flagship location, as its official group. [61] New York State Charges the NRA with Violating Insurance Laws, Deceiving Members, Reuters, February 5, 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/new-york-nra/new-york-charges-nra-with-violating-insurance-laws-deceiving-members-idUSL1N2A50XY ; New York Statement of Charges against the NRA, NRA Watch, February 4, 2020, para. Excluding so many people from the process of deciding to file for bankruptcy, including the vast majority of the board of directors, the chief financial officer, and the general counsel, is nothing less than shocking), https://nrawatch.org/filing/court-dismisses-nra-bankruptcy-case. https://t.co/21VYyBKQ2q pic.twitter.com/pINcqY8CCn, Broadcaster Soledad O'Brien added: "The NRA gave you just under 14 million dollars, sir. The NRAs leadership blamed the pandemic, claiming that [l]ike every other business and nonprofit, we are forced to make tough choices in this new economic environment created by the pandemic.107 However, 2019, the last year for which there is a full public accounting of the NRAs financial state, was the fourth year in a row108 that the NRA had run a deficit.109 In January 2020, just two months before the start of the pandemic, Wayne LaPierre was recorded telling the NRA board of directors that the organization had taken about a $100 million hit in lost revenue and real cost to this association in 2018 and 2019, due to the various legal issues facing it. break from its usual strategy of keeping quiet, stop issuing NRA-branded Visa credit cards. NRA leaders were forced to reveal in bankruptcy proceedings the depths of their mismanagement and incompetence, spent millions just to lose control of both the White House and Congress, and found themselves at odds with the public at every turn as they pushed an extremist agenda.1. It was closely followed by Wells Fargo, which the organization noted has been called "The NRA . 83 (The plaintiffs allege that the NRA Foundation used solicited funds for alternative purposes including: (1) transferring approximately $80 million from the NRA Foundation (a tax-deductible charitable organization) to the NRA (a 501(c)(4) organization), which then used those funds for the alternative purposes described above; (2) paying $425,000 per year for nine years to the Speedway Childrens Charity, a non-profit organization not related to the NRAs core mission; and (3) paying at least $125,000 to Youth for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization not related to the NRAs core mission, which included LaPierres wife, Susan, on its board for five years). The NRA did, however, invest quite seriously in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. Geneseo, IL-based gun manufacturer Springfield Armory, Inc. is a big time backer of the NRA. And as the Brady Campaign points out, those numbers are particularly stark when compared to the number of gun-related deaths in the state per year: 3,139. In 2019, the NRA cut spending on Safety, education & training by approximately $4.3 million,112 meaning for at least the second year in a row, less than 10 percent of what the NRA spent was dedicated to that category. In its initial bankruptcy filings, the NRA disclosed that it had already dedicated more than $6 million for the bankruptcy before it even filed.122 Further, the New York Attorney Generals Office has alleged that the bankruptcy cost the NRA tens of millions of dollars in attorneys fees, payments to proposed restructuring officers, costs relating to special board meetings necessitated by the filing, and other expenses (emphasis added).123. the New York Attorney Generals Office has alleged that the bankruptcy cost the NRA tens of millions of dollars in attorneys fees, payments to proposed restructuring officers, costs relating to special board meetings necessitated by the filing, and other expenses. The NRA Business Alliance maintains a directory of local businesses that support the group. The political influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is once again in the spotlight in the wake of the mass shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Travel Shield On Call International: Has not issued a comment. This is the mirror your looking into and the image youll see should the Democrats keep the house, win the senate and/or take the White House. Here's how the list of politicians who have benefited from gun rights lobbying stands, minus 2021 contributions. Three NRA board members resigned in the lead-up to the 2021 NRA annual convention (which was cancelled at the last minute due to COVID-19 health concerns). According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the NRA's spending in 2020 fell to $29.4m from $54.4m in 2016. National Association for Gun Rights. The NRA Publications Division announced last year that Dennis Reese, CEO/owner of Springfield Armory, would be the 2021 Golden Bullseye Awards Pioneer recipient. Last year, as COVID-19 spread across the country, the NRA leadership used the moment to focus on their real priority: pushing a guns everywhere, for anyone, agenda. RIVN) went public with a famously successful initial public offering (IPO) on Nov. 10, 2021, at a . Marjorie Taylor Greene on Facebook in 2018: Parkland School Shooting was a False Flag Planned Event, Media Matters for America, January 19, 2021, https://www.mediamatters.org/false-flag-conspiracy-theory/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-2018-parkland-school-shooting-was. . It appears any type of business can apply to be included in the directory the White Oak Grille in Coatesville, Missouri, for example, claims a spot. Their current and potential patrons should have the knowledge of what their hard earned dollars are actually funding.. The NRA money donated to Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was raised by a number of social media users after Romney tweeted his condolences in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting. [115] 2020 Audit, National Rifle Association of America, August 10, 2021 ($168,769 of $239,062,482 total spending). ManageUrID, which allows people to control what personal information about them is accessible on the internet, hasn't commented on its partnership with the NRA. Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. The company is owned by the family of former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam, and family members contributed a total of over $1.2 million to the NRCC, NRSC, and CLF. Customers are apparently contacting the hunting and outdoor recreation retailer to terminate their accounts because of the company's support for the NRA. Below are the roughly 200 businesses that made the list: 20/20 Vision A&M Records AlleyCorp Alphabet, Inc. Amalgamated Bank Ambition AMC Theatres AOL / Time Warner Ariel Investments LLC Artsy. [126] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 6, March 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf. What the Hell Is Going on at Our Airports? Gun control activists are also calling out streaming services that offer NRATV. CHOOSE YOUR METHOD OF PAYMENT. Amazon hasn't released a statement regarding the matter yet. Email Us. It comes after Georgia Gov. 14,789 were here. The group poured at least $4.5 million to support Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.134 Weeks before the runoff election, the NRA claimed, The stakes of this Senate runoff could not be higher and emphasized, Georgia is the key to protecting our right to keep and bear arms.135 Ultimately, both of the NRA-backed candidates lost, giving Democrats the majority in the US Senate for the first time since 2014. The NRA's legal problems continue to drain the association's coffers, with the New York Attorney General's Office indicating that the "NRA has paid the Brewer [law] firm nearly $75 million in legal fees" from March 2018 to December 2020. Therefore, it stands to reason that these are the same figures and that the figures reported in the Forms 990 can be compared against those in the consolidated financials. [24] Deposition designation of Gayle Sanford (played via video in court) In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 8, 2021, 68:18 69:13. Organized by state and business type, they include sporting goods stores, legal services, security companies and insurance providers. [138] Jason Ouimet, After Lackluster Returns, Some Urge Democrats to Ditch Gun Control, Americas 1st Freedom, NRA, January 30, 2021, www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2021/1/30/after-lackluster-returns-some-urge-democrats-to-ditch-gun-control. Companies that have cut ties include MetLife, Symantec, Enterprise, Alamo, National, and First National Bank, which will not renew a co-branded NRA Visa credit card. [118] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 8, March 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf. But if you arent preparing to defend your property when everything goes wrong, youre really just stockpiling for somebody else.69, You dont need a firearm until you need a firearm, then you REALLY need a firearm. [39] Employment contract of Woody Phillips, NYAG Exhibit 123, In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, 2 (Compensation provided for was $30,000 a month). In October 2020, LaPierre addressed the NRAs Annual Meeting of Members. Checks in the Mail, a website that provides checks and stamps for personal and professional use, is sticking by the NRA and hasn't addressed the issue publicly. [37] Opening statement of NRA attorney Greg Garman, In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 5, 2021, 20:20-21 (Woody Phillips, that was a man not up to the job). Roku spokeswoman Tricia Mifsud tells Bustle in an email that NRA TV hasn't violated the platform's content policies, and that the company is "not promoting or being paid to distribute NRA TV. Earlier in the year. Other companies ditching the NRA include Chubb, which underwrites the NRAs Carry Guard firearms insurance meant to protect firearms owners involved in self-defense shootings; Symantecs LifeLock, an identity-theft prevention service, and Norton, which offers computer security software; home security system provider SimpliSafe; Allied and North American Van Lines, two moving services; TrueCar, which powered a new and used car site; and MetLife, which had offered savings on home and auto insurance to NRA members. Last year, NRA board member Mark Robinson won election as lieutenant governor of North Carolina. [15] Others include Pete Brownell, Esther Schneider, Timothy Knight, Sean Maloney, Julie Golob, Richard Childress, Craig Morgan, Dan Boren, and Duane Liptak. The NRA released a sharp statement against the companies distancing themselves from the organization, calling the boycott a "shameful display of political and civic cowardice. Tax issues also continue to haunt the NRA. 4, January 18, 2021, https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnb.490758/gov.uscourts.txnb.490758.6.0.pdf. The organization hasn't commented on its ties to the NRA. $18,190. One NRA publication lamented the loss, writing, After the 2016 election, gun owners had a president, a U.S. House of Representatives and a U.S. Senate that respected their elementary rights. [75] Willes Lee (@WillesLee), Ridiculous. Did You Ever Wonder How and Why the Left Is Able to Push Their Narratives Almost Unhindered. Parents' hearts wrenched. A representative did not respond to a request for comment. Twitter, accessed on August 18, 2021, target=_blankhttps://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Awilleslee%20%22Wuhan%20virus%22%20OR%20%22China%20virus%22&src=typed_query. Explaining that the stakes in the election couldnt be higher, LaPierre encouraged members to fight like your very right to survival is on the line in this national election.99 And in January 2021, LaPierre sent a letter to members warning of armed government agents storming your house, taking your guns, and hauling you off to prison.100 The note boasted that only the NRA has the strength to win knock-down brawls on Capitol Hill.101, The pandemic has been financially devastating for many individuals and organizations around the country. Robinson, who received NRA support, has a history of making anti-Semitic and homophobic statements, including in an interview he gave with a far-right religious leader who plans to become king of the United States.88, Among others, the NRA also endorsed multiple candidates for state and federal office who had espoused beliefs in the QAnon conspiracy theory, including Marjorie Taylor Greene.89 In addition to embracing QAnon, Greene has ties to multiple far-right extremist organizations,90 has harassed school shooting survivors,91 and has endorsed conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook92 and Parkland93 shootings were false flag events. Through NetSpend, gun rights supporters can buy prepaid NRA-branded Visa debit cards. As referenced previously, the NRA took the desperate step of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2021. Hyatt Regency Dallas will house attendees for the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits this year. The NRA lists over 600 companies as participating in the exhibitors' portion of this weekend's . [94] Shooters Grill: The Safest Restaurant in America?, Americas 1st Freedom, August 19, 2015, https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2015/8/19/first-things-first/shooters-grill-the-safest-restaurant-in-america. Ultimately, perhaps the greatest example of LaPierres failed leadership highlighted in the trial was his decision to plunge the NRA into bankruptcy, excluding others at the NRAa move federal judge Hale described as nothing less than shocking.19 At the end of the Chapter 11 process, the NRA had lost what was left of its credibility, spent millions of dollars in legal fees, and made various disclosures required by the bankruptcy process all to have the bankruptcy filing dismissed and for the NRA to end up in an even worse place than where the organization started before the bankruptcy proceeding began. The following companies, however, have not indicated that they plan to sever ties with the gun-rights group: Along with Cabelas, which it acquired in 2017, Bass Pro Shops offers a wide variety of outdoor gear, and both stores are set to appear at the NRAs national convention in May. @realDonaldTrump needs to do national reciprocity executive order now for our #selfdefense, Twitter, November 23, 2020, https://twitter.com/WillesLee/status/1331092927783821312. Key Points. [92] Eric Hananoki, On Facebook in 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Conspiracy Theories That 9/11 Was an Inside Job, and That Sandy Hook Was Staged, Media Matters for America, January 21, 2021, https://www.mediamatters.org/false-flag-conspiracy-theory/facebook-2018-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-conspiracy-theories. 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