New York Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NY Attorney General’s Lawsuit Against the NRA

“It’s a one-of-a-kind case,” NRA attorney Sarah Rogers said in court Thursday. “We have real constitutional claims here.” She also argued on technical grounds that Albany, not New York City, was the proper venue for the case based on where the organization’s office was incorporated. “The NRA is fighting for its very existence,” she said. … Read more

Allegedly Laundering Expenses Through Ackerman McQueen Could Mean More Legal Jeopardy for NRA Officers

The problematic pass-through arrangement [former Treasurer and CFO, Wilson “Woody”] Phillips is said to have devised involved a public relations company called Ackerman McQueen and one of its subsidiaries, the Mercury Group. From the time LaPierre took over the group’s leadership in the early 1990s until 2018, when Phillips resigned, Ackerman was the NRA’s largest … Read more

Dell’Aquila: NRA Needs to Dissolve in New York, Write a Big Check, and Re-Charter in Texas

David Dell’Aquila is the National Rifle Association megadonor who became disillusioned with the Association the more he found out about how it operates. He then began a dissident movement to withhold planned donations from the NRA in order to force a clean-up in Fairfax. He eventually went so far as to file a multi-million dollar … Read more

America Needs a Resurgent National Rifle Association

By Miguel A. Faria, M.D. New Zealand and Australia like to brag about their purported success with gun control — essentially all guns in Australia, and the banning of military-style semiautomatic firearms in New Zealand. Their self-congratulatory pronouncements are more imaginary than real. Gun buy-back programs have not been a total success and violent crime … Read more