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The NRA is slowly dying (www.newsweek.com)

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Membership is declining at the gun right's group as it also faces financial difficulties. Critics say the future looks bleak.

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[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I'm critical of the nra and I didn't think that's bleak, it's fucking awesome

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Good!

[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Not slowly enough

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

From 2003 to 2013, the organization scored 230 legislative victories, according to an Insider tally from the time, including passing six state laws that forbid municipalities from limiting gun rights.

Since then its membership has declined to 4.3 million, CEO and executive vice president LaPierre revealed in a January board meeting, according to a report by The Trace, a nonprofit covering gun violence.

Since 2020, it has faced an ongoing lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James, which alleges that its top officials, including LaPierre himself, diverted donations for their personal use, violating numerous state and federal laws, and even the NRA's own bylaws and policies.

James alleged that the funds were used for family trips to the Bahamas and private jets, which contributed to a $64 million reduction in the balance sheet in three years, turning a surplus into a deficit.

"The NRA's influence has been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets," James said at a press conference at the time.

Forty-five percent of U.S. households owned at least one firearm in 2022, according to research compiled by Statista, the highest figure since 2011—and 8 percentage points higher than in 2013, the year LaPierre said the NRA was on track for "unprecedented" growth.

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[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I've heard this one before. As long as the GOP can keep using them as a wedge issue, they'll never die. Maybe just mutate into something even worse.

[-] 0x520@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Need to replace them with the SRA stat.

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

🎶 They ain't gonna jump no more 🎶

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