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. Hertz is out, too. The answer you seek is the money you continue to take. 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. Of those senators, 16 have received more than $1 million. . [90] Freddy Cruz and Brett Barrouquere, Congressional Candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Several Ties to Conspiracy, Hate Groups, Southern Poverty Law Center, September 9, 2020, https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/09/09/congressional-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-several-ties-conspiracy-hate-groups. Powell opined, Clearly Chris Cox, our chief lobbyist, was not creating enough noise. MidwayUSA offers a wide variety of outdoor goods, including camping gear, all-weather clothing and firearms. NRA members were also expecting to hear from Texas Gov. Other Republicans who received significant money from the NRA include Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell and Josh Hawley of Missouri. Townhall.com is the leading source for conservative news and political commentary and analysis. [144] Michael Warren et al., In the Latest Debate on Guns, a Hobbled NRA Takes a Backseat, CNN, March 27, 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/03/27/politics/nra-politics-gun-debate/index.html. Many brands that offered discounts to NRA members are dumping the gun group after its furious response to the Florida mass shooting. A. Wayne.). Due in large part to scandal, legal bills, and extremism, the NRAs declining influence in the policy and electoral sphere was on full display in the past year. Medical Concierge Network's founder, Greg Nassief, told ThinkProgress the company had no comment on its NRA connections, only that it had similar ties "with several entities across all sorts of categories.". 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. Maybe one day the words he says and what he actually does, will match." 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. The GOA is definitely better than the NRA. [51] Danny Hakim and Mary Williams Walsh, The NRA Wants to Dump Its Regulators via Bankruptcy. Here's how the list of politicians who have benefited from gun rights lobbying stands, minus 2021 contributions. NAME ON CARD*. It comes after Georgia Gov. Part of HuffPost Business. But Your Honor, we are safe, we are secure, we are a well-run organization. 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. 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. 4. ", Jemele Hill, a contributing writer for The Atlantic, tweeted in response to Romney: "Grief does not overwhelm the soul nearly as much as $13M from the NRA overwhelms your bank account. Q. [96] Cydney Hargis, NRAs Endorsement of High-Profile QAnon Candidates Is Not Its First Brush with the Conspiracy Theory, Media Matters for America, September 15, 2020, https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/nras-endorsement-high-profile-qanon-candidates-not-its-first-brush. LifeLine Screening: Has not issued a comment. FFLBizHub.com, a platform that helps individuals and organizations "learn and comply with Federal ATF and State firearm laws," according to its site, is still working with the NRA following the Parkland shooting and benefits from being part of the NRA business alliance. In less than two weeks, consumers have convinced more than 20 companies to end relationships with a gun lobby that has encouraged the proliferation of assault weapons and aggressively blocked virtually all legislation to curb gun violence. The revelations from the NRAs various legal battles werent confined to CEO Wayne LaPierre. Smith & Wesson, O.F. [30] Deposition of Wayne LaPierre, March 23, 2021, NRA Watch, 285-289, https://nrawatch.org/filing/deposition-of-nra-ceo-wayne-lapierre-bankruptcy-proceedings. That was a huge financial hit for the association, given that the the event routinely draws 65,000 to 80,000 people each year depending on the location and venue capacity. Since the Parkland shooting, corporations with financial ties to the NRA have been subjected to intense scrutiny. [133] Danny Hakim, N.R.A. 646, https://nrawatch.org/filing/ny-ag-files-amended-complaint-against-nra-lapierre-and-others. Its time for tech leaders to acknowledge their role in helping the NRA spread this dangerous content and cut it out. Her group is specifically pointing to these five services that carry NRATV: The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let the marketplace decide. [27] Testimony of Wayne LaPierre In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 7, 2021, 113:18 114:21. The advocacy organization has maintained that stance since the 1970s, when it shifted from focusing on gun safety and marksmanship to fending off gun-control regulations, supporting friendly. Apolitical. "Effective March. It includes current as well as former representatives and senators as well as candidates for office for the 2016 and 2018 election cycles. Contributions, gifts or membership dues made or paid to the National Rifle Association of America are not refundable or transferable. We strive to make our payment services available to all people in all places, for uses consistent with local, national, and international laws, a Visa spokeswoman said. 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. From left to right Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney, Richard Burr and Roy Blunt. One notable exception is the Impulse Big Game rifle from Savage, a straight-pull bolt action that incorporates quite a few elements familiar to bolt-gunners into an entirely new rifle. It simply is a legal vehicle to move under protection of federal laws, to escape the abuse by the New York authorities.51 The New York and DC attorneys general both objected to the bankruptcy filing, resulting in a twelve-day trial in a Texas bankruptcy court. Testimony from two other NRA leaders left several questions unanswered. [107] Lisa Marie Pane, NRA Cutting Staff and Salaries amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Associated Press, May 3, 2020, https://apnews.com/article/gun-politics-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-aac4b1a0fbe31665721393176b484d15. 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. 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. [97] Olivia Li, The Gun Rights Rhetoric That Helped Seed the Insurrectionist Mindset, The Trace, January 9, 2021, https://www.thetrace.org/2021/01/gun-rights-rhetoric-insurrectionist-mindset-capitol-trump. [124] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 6-7, March 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf. This is a decrease from the previous year, when the NRA spent about 4.92. [93] Eric Hananoki, Rep. 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. Q. Donald Trump was hardly the only candidate with extremist beliefs whom the NRA endorsed in 2020. The footage also showed LaPierres wife, Susan LaPierre, shooting and killing an elephant, and then cutting off its tail and holding it over her head while shouting, Victory!34 Parts of the animals were allegedly surreptitiously shipped to the LaPierres by an outside vendor, including the front feet, which were turned into stools for their home.35. 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. 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. 0.13%. [139] Maggie Astor, The N.R.A.s New Candidate Grades Show a Continuing Decline in Support, New York Times, September 9, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/elections/the-nras-new-candidate-grades-show-a-continuing-decline-in-support.html. NRA board member Allen West said that Black Lives Matter was no different from Nazi brownshirts81 and cannot be allowed to exist.82 Meanwhile, fellow board member Mark Geist called the movement a rancid evil trying to over take our country.83 NRA second vice president Willes Lee referred to the group as domestic terrorists and urged Donald Trump to enact national concealed carry reciprocitya dangerous policy to undermine any requirements for carrying a hidden, loaded gun in publicfor our self defense.84 Since the renewed calls for racial equity, Ted Nugent shared a meme complaining that Black people had yet to thank white people for ending slavery85 and falsely claimed that Thugpunk George Floyd killed himself with fentanyl while he disgraced his family his community his race and his country.86. [76] Ewan Palmer, Alaska Congressman Who Called Coronavirus the Beer Virus Attended NRA Fundraiser after Skipping COVID-19 Relief Fund Vote, Newsweek, https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-alaska-don-young-relief-vote-nra-1493163. The NRA lists over 600 companies as participating in the exhibitors' portion of this weekend's . [60] Ronn Blitzer, NRA Settles New York Insurance Case with $2.5M Penalty, Five-Year Ban, Fox Business, November 18, 2020, https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/nra-settles-new-york-insurance-case-with-2-5m-penalty-five-year-ban. In a written decision issued on May 11, federal bankruptcy judge Harlin Hale dismissed the NRAs Chapter 11 filing for not being filed in good faith, holding that the NRA is using this bankruptcy case to address a regulatory enforcement problem, not a financial one.52 The judge also wrote, There are several aspects of this case that still trouble the Court, and said there were cringeworthy facts during this trial, something the NRAs counsel acknowledged. Can you answer the questions that are asked? adding, Do you understand that Ive said that to you more than a dozen times over the last day?18. 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. But in the wake of the . First of note is the straight-pull action, a design . Within two weeks of the declaration of a pandemic, reports emerged that the NRA was preparing layoffs and implementing a 20 percent pay cut for employees.102 By June 2020, we learned of the extent of those measures: the NRA had laid off or furloughed 200 staff members.103 One unnamed NRA official warned at the time that the layoffs and furloughs have further harmed both the NRAs legal capacity and political influence beyond what was already a troubling deterioration. A court filing indicated that by early 2021, the NRA had been reduced to 490 employees,104 down from the 770 it reported at the start of 2020105 and just over half the recent high reported four years earlier.106. Brian Kemp signed a bill into law that opponents say would . In fact, in those two years, the NRA cut spending on Safety, education & training by approximately a third.113, Meanwhile, 2020 marked the third year in a row that the NRA cut spending on Hunter Services by more than 60 percent.114 That year, Hunter Services accounted for less than 0.08 percent of the NRAs reported spending.115, In addition, the NRAs Eddie Eagle gun safety program for children has essentially fallen apart, with a drop of some 95 percent in 2020 in terms of the number of children the program reached.116, At the same time the NRA was cutting spending for training and hunter services, it spent more on lawyers. Sirius airs a show from NRA TV called Cam & Co on its conservative Patriot station, where host Cam Edwards discusses current events in terms of how they might affect gun rights. Candidate Appeared with Religious Leader Who Plans to Become King of the US, Raleigh News & Observer, October 22, 2020, https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246619363.html. Targets Online and Rivers South Safaris add their support as 2020 Protector level Sponsors. NRATV is home to the NRAs most dangerous and violence-inciting propaganda, Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, said in a statement. The National Rifle Association is America's longest-standing civil rights organization. LaPierre testified that these yacht trips were a security retreat.29 His claim, in a pretrial deposition, that this more than one-hundred-foot yacht was the one place he could feel safe after high-profile school shootings30 was widely criticized by the public and in various press accounts. Editor's Note: This post has been updated to remove AutoZone from the above list. We have responsible new parties in place to ensure that the transparency, the trustworthiness that the Court and the parties require is here while we work in a very finite period of time towards a confirmation plan.). Also signing were large advertising and media firms, such as Conde Nast, Group Nine Media, Havas, Interpublic, Omnicom, and Publicis, no surprise given the messaging on guns that we so often see. Support NRA-ILA. She testified that, without formal approval, she added a 10 percent fee on all travel booked for the NRA.24 According to the New York attorney general, the NRA paid Stanford more than $13.5 million, in aggregate, between August 2014 and January 2020, of which one could estimate personal fees to Stanford of over $1 million.25 In deposition testimony played in court, Stanford said that LaPierre had occasionally instructed her how to word invoices for his travel, including invoices that omitted flight details about trips to Nebraska, where his niece lives, and the Bahamas.26. Greg Abbott, but the Republican canceled his in-person appearance to instead attend a news conference in Uvalde, with his spokesperson. In addition to these companies, there are many other local organizations that support the NRA, and you can find a full directory of them on the group's site. [36] Deposition designation of Woody Phillips (played via video in court), In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 20, 2021, 145 (audio available on court docket at 8:36 Stamp of 4:57pm Audio File). Will It Succeed?, New York Times, January 21, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/business/nra-bankruptcy-new-york.html. The company has partnered with the NRA for years and hasn't commented on the Parkland shooting or its relationship with the gun group. Examples include the following: LaPierres shaky testimony also raised questions about his ability to lead the NRA. Why is that? break from its usual strategy of keeping quiet, stop issuing NRA-branded Visa credit cards. A representative did not respond to a request for comment. Yet the NRA is still a powerful enough force in Washington politics to derail President Biden's effort to install a Senate-confirmed leader of the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and. Last Tuesday, .css-umdwtv{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:.0625rem;text-decoration-color:#FF3A30;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:background 0.4s;transition:background 0.4s;background:linear-gradient(#ffffff, #ffffff 50%, #d5dbe3 50%, #d5dbe3);-webkit-background-size:100% 200%;background-size:100% 200%;}.css-umdwtv:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;-webkit-background-position:100% 100%;background-position:100% 100%;}ThinkProgress posted a list of companies that supported the NRA through these special offers, and companies have cut ties to the NRA as it aggressively resists calls for stricter gun control. Declares Bankruptcy and Seeks to Exit New York, New York Times, January 15, 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/politics/nra-bankruptcy.html. Correct. They include Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National, and Alamo. A. I was told they could be subpoenaed and used.). Incomprehensible," Romney wrote. A particularly powerful part of the trial involved testimony from several current and former NRA board members who spoke about the organizations dysfunction and mismanagement. According to AGIA's website, the organization has "served as the insurance and member benefits marketing and administration partner to some of the largest and most iconic associations and organizations in the country," including the NRA. Skillshare was among the few businesses to specifically name the network foundation. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the group in 2020, accusing it of financial misconduct. Daniel Defense is the . played a diminished role in the 2020 election, hampered by financial woes and a host of legal challenges.133. [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. RIVN) went public with a famously successful initial public offering (IPO) on Nov. 10, 2021, at a . The answer you seek is the money you continue to take. [19] Court Dismisses NRA Bankruptcy Case, NRA Watch, May 11, 2021 (what concerns the Court most though is the surreptitious manner in which Mr. LaPierre obtained and exercised authority to file bankruptcy for the NRA. Global Rescue, a provider of field rescue and evacuation services, continues to work with the NRA and hasn't released a statement on the matter. [110] Tim Mak, Secret Recording Reveals NRAs Legal Troubles Have Cost the Organization $100 Million, NPR, April 21, 2020, https://www.npr.org/2020/04/21/839999178/secret-recording-reveals-nras-legal-troubles-have-cost-the-organization-100-mill. Q. We welcome Moms Demand Action and other important groups to use our platform to share their messages too.". These Companies Still Do Business With the NRA, Arming Teachers is a Vain and Foolish Idea, Three Veterans Talk About Arming Teachers, Republican Senators Form Wingnut Xylophone, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. . [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. Buffalo Wild Wings and His Wife Secretly Shipped Their Elephant Trophies Home, New Yorker, July 29, 2021, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-head-of-the-nra-and-his-wife-secretly-shipped-their-elephant-trophies-home. Corporate sponsorship takes grassroots support to the national scale, allowing companies to broaden their scope and benefit an even larger audience. [134] Caitlin McFall, NRA Invests at Least $4.5 Million in Georgia Runoff Elections, Fox Business, December 24, 2020, www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nra-invests-at-least-4-5-million-in-georgia-runoff-elections. The NRA hired its top outside law firm, Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, three years ago. The travel agent testified that she didnt have a written contract with the NRA for more than two decades, until 2019. 16. American Cellars Wine Club (Vinesse Wines): Has not issued a comment. A court filing indicated that by early 2021, the NRA had been reduced to 490 employees, down from the 770 it reported at the start of 2020 and just over half the recent high reported four years earlier. LaPierre admitted to charging the NRA for private jet travel, including flights for private vacations and trips to pick up his niece in Nebraska.21After public scrutiny about his use of private jets, LaPierre paid the NRA back nearly $300,000 in flight costsa fraction of the apparent total spent on private flightsas an excess benefit transaction.22 In total, the New York attorney general has alleged that the NRA paid over $10 million for LaPierres private charter flights during his time at the NRA.23. A representative did not return a request for comment. Gun control activists are also calling out streaming services that offer NRATV. A federal judge threw out the National Rifle Association's bid to declare bankruptcy Tuesday, allowing New York to proceed in its effort to dissolve the gun rights group for alleged "fraud and abuse." The Association will seek court approval to reincorporate the Association in the State of Texas - home to more than 400,000 NRA members and site of the 2021 NRA Annual Meeting in Houston. Election ploy. Itll all go away in mid-Nov., Twitter, March 12, 2020, https://twitter.com/HT_GunWriter/status/1238086734291894272 ; https://twitter.com/WillesLee/status/1238163998748610562 ; HT_GunWriter, Twitter, archived on March 12, 2020, https://web.archive.org/web/20200312132427if_/https://twitter.com/HT_GunWriter/status/1238086734291894272 $18,190. v. National Rifle Association, No: 3:19-cv-00679, Middle District of Tennessee (Judge Campbell). Evidence of luxurious personal spending by LaPierre including his private jet travel paid for by the NRA and family trips on a yacht paid for by a stakeholder of a key NRA vendor. Our Donor Bill of Rights was established to assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in The NRA Foundation. [3] Trial testimony of Owen Mills In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 20, 2021, 21:4. After hearing the evidence, the bankruptcy court threw out the NRAs case in short order. [67] COVID-19: Threat to Second Amendment, NRA-ILA, https://www.nraila.org/coronavirus. Google "NRA corruption" and 1.2 million entries appear and gun-owner chat. [74] NRA Board Member Ted Nugent: Asian Culture Is Evil, Media Matters for America, March 16, 2020, https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-asian-culture-evil. The electronic healthcare practice, eHealth, hasn't cut ties with the NRA or explained its position on the issue. Those disclosures have revealed that, in response to the organizations financial problems, NRA leaders have targeted programs relating to safety, education, training, and hunting services. When did you destroy them? Many activists on social media are calling for the streaming service to drop the channel from its offerings. 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. The National Rifle Association proudly announces the 2020 National Corporate Sponsors of the Friends of NRA program. We may earn a commission from these links. [129] Anna Massoglia and Alyce McFadden, NRA Bankruptcy Follows Years of Declining Political Spending, OpenSecrets, January 27, 2021, www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/nra-bankruptcy-follows-years-of-decline. We value all our customers but have decided to end our discount program with the NRA, a MetLife spokesman said in a statement. NRA TV is also available on YouTube, which operates a three strikes policy on channels that violate its terms and conditions. The NRA has canceled its 2021 annual meeting, which was scheduled to take place in . On his first day of testimony, the judge chided LaPierre, saying, Would you please listen to the question and answer it only? He also said that for the NRA to survive, he took about $80 million out of the budget and took it down to the studs.110, LaPierres statement and the NRAs various disclosures from the previous several years made it clear that the groups leaders had left it in a precarious financial position. They specifically accuse the NRA of lobbying politicians to vote in favor of loose gun laws in order to increase its own profits. [39] Employment contract of Woody Phillips, NYAG Exhibit 123, In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, 2 (Compensation provided for was $30,000 a month). [15] Others include Pete Brownell, Esther Schneider, Timothy Knight, Sean Maloney, Julie Golob, Richard Childress, Craig Morgan, Dan Boren, and Duane Liptak. Parents' hearts wrenched. Members of the NRA, who pay a $40 annual fee, have access to special offers from partner companies on the group's website, ranging from life insurance to wine clubs. Straight-Pull Savage. 81] Media Research Council (@MRCTV), LTC @AllenWest says, as a black man, he finds Black Lives Matter an offensive and condescending organization whose hypocrisy is blatantly evident, calling the organization a lighter version of Antifa, Twitter, June 23, 2020, https://twitter.com/mrctv/status/1275598263756877824. [128] Testimony of Tony Makris, In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 16, 2021, 126:4-12. [38] Deposition of Wayne LaPierre, September 24, 2019, 111, https://nrawatch.org/filing/nra-ceo-wayne-lapierre-deposition-transcript. ffering their thoughts and prayers to the victims, The NRA money donated to Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, ue to appear at an NRA meeting in Houston, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion, Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) $341,738. [84] Willes Lee (@WillesLee), Coons gaslights Dem domestic terrorists BLM & Antifa. It did not respond to a request for comment. Email Us. Fact check after fact check has debunked conspiracy theories about the supposed inflation of the number of deaths from COVID-19.70 In May 2020, NRA board member and former president Marion Hammer complained that publishing the cumulative number of COVID-19 patients in a Florida county without publishing the current number of active cases is deliberately deceptive.71 Even in December 2020, the NRA published a piece on its website claiming that the number of deaths from COVID-19 had been inflated by public health officials, a claim it then used to cast aspersions on public health statistics regarding gun deaths.72 The day the piece went up on the NRAs website, 2,668 people in the United States died from COVID-19.73, NRA board members reacted to the pandemic by rushing headlong into racist remarks, dismissals, and conspiracy theories. Activists have even created a Google Doc of the companies involved with the NRA, urging people to boycott their products. 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