NRA Nominating Committee

Only Guns and Money has the report, these are the “approved” candidates for the 2022 election. That means they told the Committee that they were blindly committed to Wayne LaPierre and not inclined to making a stink about graft and corruption. The only good news is that they finally dropped Karl Malone, who hadn’t showed

LaPierre Testimony in Bankruptcy Case

The transcript paints the picture of a supposed CEO who in fact barely knows what is going on, and is allowing everyone to take advantage. P. 40, he’s constantly on the road, not watching things at HQ: Q Would it be fair to say you spoke with her every couple of weeks at least? A

NRA’s Lawyer Responds to Rocky Marshall’s Move To Intervene

Here is the NRA’s opposition to allowing Rocky Marshall to intervene in the suit to dissolve the NRA. Marshall’s arguments included that the court should not dissolve the NRA if it finds that things are corruptly run: it should remove the “leadership” and order new board elections, from which past directors (unless they had tried

Burst of Subpoenas in Suit to Dissolve NRA

The Attorney General has asked the court to issue subpoenas for documents to a number of businesses, most of which have a business address at the NRA headquarters, or its nearby building, on Waples Mill Road in Fairfax. The businesses are: Allegiance Creative Group, ASPIS Protection Services, Concord Social and Public Relations LLC, Member Marketing

NRA Legal Bills

Filed as an exhibit, in Rocky Marshall’s motion to intervene (and save NRA) in the New York AG’s case. The Brewer firm’s legal bills to NRA. Breathtaking, most monthly bills exceed $2 million! No wonder that LaPierre fought so hard to stop directors from seeing them. They were being paid millions a month with bills

NRA Legal Disasters

Word is that the board is being fed rah-rah routines about legal victories, in which major defeats are swept under the rug and wins on minor motions are described as great wins. We tried to compile a full list, probably missed a few, but the truth is that NRA has been spending $40 million or

NRA Membership

Here is a chart released to the board: As nearly as I can measure, membership in 2018 (before the scandals hit) was at 5.5 million, which was being announced as the number. It thereafter fell, and by 2021 was at 4.4 million; over a million members had bailed out. The numbers are continuing to fall.

NRA Staff “Top Concerns” Memo

A major event in the beginning of the controversy over internal corruption came when NRA Treasurer “Woody” Phillips left suddenly in 2017, and the inexplicable decision was made to hire an honest Treasurer, Craig Spray. Several employees who were deeply concerned about what was going on wrote a “Top Concerns” memo for the Audit Committee,

NRA Members Meeting Aftermath

I may skip dinner, this will spoil anyone’s appetite. From NRA’s Twitter: New NRA president Charles Cotton: “The proceedings in Charlotte were an amazing celebration of NRA fellowship and freedom. Under the direction of Wayne LaPierre, the NRA is strong and secure – well-positioned to chart its course for the future.” An. Amazing. Celebration. of. NRA.

2021 Members’ and Board Meetings

I counted about 120 members attending, just barely a quorum (100). It was probably the smallest members’ meeting in the last century. There was easily space for 300-400, so we have to wonder why the sign-up webpage was turning people away with the claim all seats had been taken. Did the webpage operator just set