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Originally posted by Dzozer:
NRA needs to move it's HQ to Arkansas... Why on earth would they want to by in NY???

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by Dzozer:
NRA needs to move it's HQ to Arkansas... Why on earth would they want to by in NY???

So Wayne LaPierre can be close to his tailor?

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
Wouldn't it be ironic if this somehow ends in LaPierre getting booting and making the NRA stronger. That would crack me up. Thanks for cleaning out the cupboards for us Letitia!

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Once again we have a stark demonstration that the National Rifle Association is the most influential gun rights organization in the nation. Like them, don’t like them, they are the one people pay attention to. There may be other organizations that are better run or are “purer” in their stance(s) toward our rights, but the NRA gets listened to.

And for those who refuse to support its efforts, I hope you would like living with the gun laws of the UK, Canada, Australia, or worse, because that would be the best we could hope for. The NRA is the reason—the only reason—we still have the freedoms to own and bear the arms we do today.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I just can't believe there are members seemingly ok with this just because they don't like Wayne's leadership. My God.

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
Admittedly, law school was quite a while ago, but I don't recall leadership changes or dissolution of an independent otherwise legal entity as a remedy under the law.

If the NRA violated laws, she can prosecute them and the criminals will go to jail. If they violated a civil statute, she can sue them and get a monetary judgment. She has no power to force via law a change of an employee. She's overplayed her hand and made her end game so obvious that she's going to fail before she even gets started.

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Originally posted by leonidas211:

Slow clap

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Originally posted by downtownv:

DC Attorney General Is Suing the NRA Foundation

The lawsuit by Karl Racine alleges the NRA's charitable wing funneled money to the gun lobbying group.
Written by Benjamin Wofford
| Published on August 6, 2020
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A lawsuit announced by DC Attorney General Karl Racine alleges that the NRA Foundation, a charitable nonprofit associated with the National Rifle Association, improperly diverted charitable donations to the influential gun lobbying group. In a public statement announcing the lawsuit, the Office of Attorney General said that by allowing charitable funds to be used for non-charitable, and failing to operate as an independent nonprofit, the NRA Foundation violated District laws.

While the NRA is incorporated in New York, the NRA Foundation, its charitable wing, is incorporated in the District. Both are headquartered at the same address in Fairfax, Virginia. According to Racine’s lawsuit, an OAG investigation found that the NRA’s financial problems in recent years prompted it to lean heavily on the Foundation for funds, including two $5 million loans in 2017 and 2018, one of which has not been repaid. The lawsuit also alleges a series of fee schedules and other financial schemes to funnel more money to the NRA.

The move came as New York’s attorney general filed a separate lawsuit in New York, seeking to dissolve the organization over charges of “fraud and abuse.”

Racine’s civil complaint, which was filed today in the DC Superior Court, can be found here.

https://www.washingtonian.com/...-the-nra-foundation/

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Of course, LaPierre has been there so long, he controls all of the NRA's infrastructure, and all of it's employees are likely his syncophants.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
She can do this, because the NRA is chartered in New York as a not for profit. The Attorney General has jurisdiction over not for profit entities that misbehave. She has alleged that they have mis-spent their member's money and has sued them on that basis.

We'll see what happens.

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
Wouldn't it be ironic if this somehow ends in LaPierre getting booting and making the NRA stronger. That would crack me up. Thanks for cleaning out the cupboards for us Letitia!

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I just can't believe there are members seemingly ok with this just because they don't like Wayne's leadership. My God.

LaPierre has been tapping into donated funds for personnel use for years and everyone knows it. That and the NRA threw Washington State under the bus when anti-gun legislation was introduced. I never saw commercials or any other type of action against their efforts to go after gun owners here. He heads the organization so I lay the blame on his shoulders.

Jim

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Originally posted by Will938:
If you don't become a screen writer for comedy movies, then you're an asshole.

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Originally posted by 229DAK:

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Of course, LaPierre has been there so long, he controls all of the NRA's infrastructure, and all of it's employees are likely his syncophants.

That's a stretch. You are painting with an EXTREMELY broad brush. Care to back that up with facts?

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Just the sheer length of time he's been running it. How many of the senior executive aren't his hires? How many board members aren't his appointees?

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:
If this makes Wayne LaPierre go away, it will be fine with me. If that happens I'll start donating to the NRA again.

Jim

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I just can't believe there are members seemingly ok with this just because they don't like Wayne's leadership. My God.