Shooting Straight: Ding Dong, is the NRA Dead?
Some people just want to watch the gun world burn, and that sentiment isn’t limited only to those within the firearms industry or the gun world in general. At this point, the general vibe and feel around NRAAM 2024 has been hashed and re-hashed until the proverbial horse isn’t just dead, it’s been obliterated. So […]
NRA On Trial: It’s In the Jury’s Hands Now
With apologies to the reader who angrily asked “Why are you so consumed with the NRA?” and threatened to unsubscribe if we persisted in writing about it, it seems there’s no relief in sight, at least not for the immediate future. The jury hasn’t returned a verdict in the New York trial, and the story […]
The NRA On Trial: Figuring Out What Comes Next
While the NRA continues its legal struggles, attention has, finally, been diverted from that slow-speed train crash long enough to ask the big question: what happens if the NRA doesn’t survive? Not the trial, the loss of confidence and contributions from former members who are too-disillusioned to risk supporting the organization whose leadership seems determined […]
Yesterday Was a Busy Day Around the Gun World
Wednesday was an auspicious day. It was, at the very least, a new beginning of sorts for two of the outdoors’ most influential organizations. Yesterday marked the closing of what has likely been the most contentious time in the history of the National Rifle Association; the tenure of Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. It also […]
NRA Dissidents are Working Thwart an Alleged Scheme by LaPierre Loyalists
While most attention is focused on the Manhattan courtroom where Judge Joel Cohen and a six-person jury will decide the fates and futures of all the defendants in New York state’s case against the National Rifle Association, another group of NRA members are working behind the scenes to help chart a new course forward […]
Picture Painted of the NRA by the Prosecution in New York is Not a Pretty One
According to Wednesday’s continuing testimony by former NRA CEO Wilson “Woody” Phillips there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for the NRA’s attempt to buy a $6.8 million dollar Texas mansion for Wayne LaPierre, the longtime, but soon-to-be-retired head of the organization. Safety, it seems, was always a “top priority” for LaPierre. Reason enough, Phillips said, for […]
The Reckoning: A Lot of Apologies are Owed by a Lot of NRA Diehards
One reason more people aren’t outraged at the costs of many things — from supercars to government entitlement programs — is our inability to grasp the enormity of the numbers that are routinely tossed around. A million dollar supercar and a billion dollar government program may elicit the same response simply because we’re not […]
Tape of Purported 2009 NRA Treasurer Conversation Could Be a Curve Ball for the Defense
Occasionally, what happens outside a courtroom can affect the events playing out inside a courtroom. That would appear to be the case in the ongoing battle between the State of New York and the National Rifle Association. Yesterday, ProPublica a “nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power” released an article (in conjunction with The Trace, the Bloomberg-funded group of anti-gun […]
Powell: It Was Very Easy for the NRA to Raise Money Off of Fear
DETROW: You know, you said before how LaPierre kind of made the NRA into this culture war machine. And you saw over the years how much power the NRA exerted over the Republican Party, especially. You saw its death grip on the party when it came to any conversation about any sort of federal gun […]