The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms launched an initiative last year aimed at providing information to Second Amendment-loving Americans. Support what needs to be said. Below are the roughly 200 businesses that made the list: 20/20 Vision A&M Records AlleyCorp Alphabet, Inc. Amalgamated Bank Ambition AMC Theatres AOL / Time Warner Ariel Investments LLC Artsy. [3] Trial testimony of Owen Mills In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 20, 2021, 21:4. Aside from the now familiar allegations of cronyism and corruption, the NRA was forced to cancel its annual meeting and exhibits in Nashville last year. The companies and industry associations grouped here spent $105.1 million in 2021, led by the National Association of Manufacturers with $15.3 million. The answer you seek is the money you continue to take. It doesn't have any branches in Arizona. [79] Mike Householder and Ed White, Not Prisoners: Conservative Protesters Converge on Michigan Capitol over Governors Stay-Home Order, Associated Press, April 15, 2020, https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-lansing-michigan-state-capitol-protests-20200415-xgojwxczjzhq7mtbyhifdbpcyy-story.html. With the NRA Annual Meeting of Members scheduled for October 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina, this report lays out the details of the reality the NRA doesnt want to talk about with its members. [59] See e.g., Id. [45] NY Attorney General Complaint against the NRA, NRA Watch, August 6, 2020, https://nrawatch.org/filing/ny-ag-complaint-against-nra. The organizations longtime chief financial officer, Woody Phillips, was a key component of the bankruptcy trialdespite not saying much of substance. Were broke we spent every dime on the election supporting the president. [50] DC AG Complaint Against NRA and NRA Foundation, NRA Watch, August 6, 2020, https://nrawatch.org/filing/dc-ag-complaint-against-nra. I hope you all get an anal probe with a microchip in it because this is what weve become: sheep.77 The NRA also retweeted Donald Trumps tweet calling to LIBERATE VIRGINIA.78 When protesters at the state capitol in Michigan openly carried long guns and Confederate flags and called for Governor Gretchen Whitmer to be locked up over her administrations pandemic-related public health restrictions,79 longtime NRA board member Ted Nugent praised them as his bloodbrothers [sic].80, While the NRAs leaders praised armed demonstrations against measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, they leveled cartoonish and offensive accusations against those who protested for racial equity in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. In the face of these threats, the NRA made what might be its most desperate move yet: a Hail Mary bankruptcy filing in Texas in search of a proverbial get-out-of-jail-free card. 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. [130] National Rifle Assn,OpenSecrets.org, www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/recips.php?cmte=National%2BRifle%2BAssn&cycle=2020. For Democrats. In 2020, it was reported that Wayne LaPierre, individually, was under criminal investigation for potential tax fraud related to his personal taxes.63 In trial testimony in front of the bankruptcy court, longtime NRA adviser Tony Makris said that LaPierre told him and other colleagues that lawyer Bill Brewer was the only one who can keep me out of jail, and that Brewer was the only one standing between him and an orange jumpsuit.64, The NRAs legal problems continue to drain the associations coffers, with the New York Attorney Generals Office indicating that the NRA has paid the Brewer [law] firm nearly $75 million in legal fees from March 2018 to December 2020.65 The NRAs deteriorating financial condition is described in detail in the section, Continuing Financial Turmoil at the NRA.. . 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. [27] Testimony of Wayne LaPierre In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 7, 2021, 113:18 114:21. Smith & Wesson, O.F. [103] Peter Stone, Exclusive: NRA Has Shed 200 Staffers This Year as Group Faces Financial Crisis, The Guardian, June 29, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/nra-financial-crisis-layoffs-furloughs. In its Chapter 11 filing, the NRA spent millions on legal fees only to get. The CCRKBA recently added Gucci to the list after it was revealed the high-end brand donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives organization, which launched after the Parkland shooting in Florida. [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. Because Ive done this a few times this afternoon.16 Remarkably, the NRAs own lawyer took the extraordinary step of moving to strike LaPierres own testimony.17 This culminated in an exchange where the judge admonished LaPierre, And Im about to say something Ive said for a day and a half now. The organization hasn't commented on its ties to the NRA. The NRA also faces a donor class action lawsuit brought in federal court in Tennessee by prominent NRA donor David DellAquila.58 The case is still in its early stages procedurally, but DellAquila alleges that NRA donors were defrauded because NRA funds were spent on items that were not in furtherance of the NRAs mission.59. It appears any type of business can apply to be included in the directory the White Oak Grille in Coatesville, Missouri, for example, claims a spot. The National Rifle Association gave $9,900 to Cruz running up to the 2018 election. During the course of the NRAs failed bankruptcy, the Internal Revenue Service alleged that the NRA owed the government more than $3.4 million.62 About $1.4 million of that sum relates to undisclosed excise taxes and related interest that the NRA failed to pay between 2014 and 2018. Some people have been calling out specific comedians and actors who have shows on SiriusXM, encouraging them to put pressure on the satellite radio company to distance itself from the NRA. 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. In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, Cruz has frequently pushed back on calls for gun law reforms in the only country in the world where school shootings regularly occur. The NRA Business Alliance maintains a directory of local businesses that support the group. Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway asked the organization to relocate the annual convention, but they refused. [131] 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. Seth Perlman/AP, File "We look forward to making our case in court, and finally shining a light on the NRA's . have fewer than 50 employees. Earlier in 2021, Jason Ouimet, the executive director of the NRAs lobbying arm, claimed that the NRA has been and continues to be a nonpartisan organization that endorses politicians across the political spectrum.138 In practice, the NRA almost exclusively supports Republican candidates for federal office. [63] Mark Maremont and Aruna Viswanatha, IRS Investigating NRAs Wayne LaPierre for Possible Tax Fraud, Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2020, https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-investigating-nras-wayne-lapierre-for-possible-tax-fraud-11601923467. [135] Garrett OLeary, Freedom Hangs in the Balance in Georgia, Americas 1st Freedom, NRA, January 5, 2021,www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2021/1/5/freedom-hangs-in-the-balance-in-georgia; Jason Ouimet, Second Amendment Rests on Georgia Senate Runoffs, Americas First Freedom, NRA, December 26, 2020,https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2020/12/26/second-amendment-rests-on-georgia-senate-runoffs. 83 (The plaintiffs allege that the NRA Foundation used solicited funds for alternative purposes including: (1) transferring approximately $80 million from the NRA Foundation (a tax-deductible charitable organization) to the NRA (a 501(c)(4) organization), which then used those funds for the alternative purposes described above; (2) paying $425,000 per year for nine years to the Speedway Childrens Charity, a non-profit organization not related to the NRAs core mission; and (3) paying at least $125,000 to Youth for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization not related to the NRAs core mission, which included LaPierres wife, Susan, on its board for five years). Carletta Whiting, whos disabled & vulnerable to #coronavirus, asks Dems trying to exploit the pandemic: Why do you want to leave people like me defenseless?, Twitter, April 3, 2021, https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1241418470341980167. [109] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 6, March 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf. Here are the companies that support the NRA still, despite what feels like an uptick in mass shootings over the past several years. Getty The logo of the National Rifle Association is seen at an outdoor sports trade show on February 10, 2017. Bank of America Bank of America said in April it would stop financing manufacturers that make military-inspired firearms for civilians, such as AR-15s. The previous years audit reported that the NRAs spending on Hunter Services dropped from $1,558,662 in 2018 to $577,012 in 2019 (p. 7), a decrease of 63 percent. Republic Bank & Trust Company: Has not issued a comment. 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. 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. ", Roku: "We are an open platform for streaming and allow publishers to reach a TV audience," a spokesperson said in a statement to. The NRA did, however, invest quite seriously in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. It was closely followed by Wells Fargo, which the organization noted has been called "The NRA . See more outside spending by National Rifle Assn. 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. [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. Within weeks of the declaration of a pandemic, the NRA was back to the usual playbook: aggravating peoples sense of uncertainty and offering guns as a solution to their fears.66 The NRA warned that politicians were exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to deny you and your loved ones your fundamental right to self-defense and your Second Amendment rights . 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. The NRA hired its top outside law firm, Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, three years ago. The company has partnered with the NRA for years and hasn't commented on the Parkland shooting or its relationship with the gun group. The NRAs real problem is they had real existing financial problems before this happened.111. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the NRA's spending in 2020 fell to $29.4m from $54.4m in 2016. Is this what you want? 95] Mel Dixon, Shooting Straight with Lauren Boebert, Americas 1st Freedom, NRA, January 27, 2021, https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2021/1/28/shooting-straight-with-lauren-boebert. Straight-Pull Savage. 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. Several companies have decided to stop offering discounts to NRA members after the Florida shooting. The company is owned by the family of former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam, and family members contributed a total of over $1.2 million to the NRCC, NRSC, and CLF. [57] Danny Hakim, Ad Firms Fires Back at NRA with $50 Million Lawsuit, New York Times, May 23, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/nra-ackerman-mcqueen-lawsuit.html. Other Republicans who received significant money from the NRA include Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell and Josh Hawley of Missouri. Greg Abbott, but the Republican canceled his in-person appearance to instead attend a news conference in Uvalde, with his spokesperson. When did you destroy them? GunsDown, an anti-gun group, has been petitioning FedEx to end its affiliation with the NRA for over a year. Customers are apparently contacting the hunting and outdoor recreation retailer to terminate their accounts because of the company's support for the NRA. [25] NY Attorney General Complaint against the NRA, NRA Watch, August 6, 2020, para. [18] Testimony of Wayne LaPierre In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 8, 2021, 78:2-17. "Our company provides discounted rooms to several large associations, including the NRA," Hotel Planner co-founder Tim Hentschel told Bloomberg. [15] Others include Pete Brownell, Esther Schneider, Timothy Knight, Sean Maloney, Julie Golob, Richard Childress, Craig Morgan, Dan Boren, and Duane Liptak. Many brands that offered discounts to NRA members are dumping the gun group after its furious response to the Florida mass shooting. Friends of NRA gives companies large and small the opportunity to sign on at the Guardian, Defender or Protector sponsorship levels to truly unite their company with the program's efforts to support the shooting sports and preserve America's Second Amendment freedoms. They specifically accuse the NRA of lobbying politicians to vote in favor of loose gun laws in order to increase its own profits. Earlier in the year. [136] Charles C. W. Cooke, The New Balance of Power in Congress, Americas 1st Freedom, NRA, February 26, 2021, www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2021/2/26/the-new-balance-of-power-in-congress. [24] Deposition designation of Gayle Sanford (played via video in court) In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 8, 2021, 68:18 69:13. [33] Mike Spies, How the Head of the N.R.A. 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. Mossberg & Sons, and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. show support as 2020 Defender Level Sponsors. From the NRAs travels through the court system to answer for its various misdeeds, to the lurid details of mismanagement and incompetence coming out of those court cases, to a diminished balance sheet, to the various forms of extremism it has embraced, to its waning influence in American politics, the past year at the NRA is one Wayne LaPierre and NRA leaders would like you to forget. 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." Vinesse did not respond to a request for comment. "We discovered several brand name businesses and corporate leaders who evidently have a nefarious agenda to limit gun rights. [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. Mossberg & Sons, and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. show support as 2020 Defender Level Sponsors. The National Rifle Association is America's longest-standing civil rights organization. . VISA: A representative for VISA sent Esquire.com the following statement: "Visa has no contractual or financial relationship with the NRA. All Rights Reserved. I frequently call this man a coward. [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. In addition to reportedly running the NRA's ads, YouTube's streaming service is yet another carrier of NRA TV. And in three years, it has disappeared from the scene, not mentioned, not heard of, and you just got a textbook example of what a national election looks like without the NRA involved.. . @ourvaluesusa, Twitter, June 26, 2020, https://twitter.com/MarkGeistSWP/status/1276499718282059777. Direct Long Term Care: Has not issued a comment. NRA supporters at the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention on March 7, 2012. . 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. . 14,789 were here. Emergency Assistance Plus provides trip protection when traveling in the United States or abroad. We have contacted the NRA directly and asked them to remove our logo and the affiliated text, as they were actually using that without permission from us, a spokesperson told ThinkProgress. Facing pressure from consumers, the First National Bank of Omaha said last week it would stop issuing NRA-branded Visa credit cards after its contract with the group expires. .css-gk9meg{display:block;font-family:Lausanne,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-top:0.25rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-gk9meg:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:0.25rem;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1rem;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:0.625rem;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 73.75rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}Republican Senators Form Wingnut Xylophone, How to Line Your Pockets While Reshaping the Court, SCOTUS Ponders Whether to Dub Loans Unforgiven, Effort to Recall N.O. Activists have even created a Google Doc of the companies involved with the NRA, urging people to boycott their products. "The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.". LTCR (Long Term Care Resources): Has not issued a comment. Update February 23rd, 1 pm:. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. Examples include the following: LaPierres shaky testimony also raised questions about his ability to lead the NRA. The only bright spot about Bloomin' Brands is their donation record. As of June 2022, the National Rifle Association (NRA) had about 1.59 million U.S. dollars in lobbying expenditures. Let the marketplace decide. https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2020/12/26/second-amendment-rests-on-georgia-senate-runoffs. And who told you how to do the invoices? Amazon, along with Apple and Google, has come under fire for supporting NRA TV. The Exhibit Hall is open all three days and will showcase over 14 acres of the latest guns and gear from the most popular companies in the . American Cellars Wine Club (Vinesse Wines): Has not issued a comment. The National Rifle Association proudly announces the 2020 National Corporate Sponsors of the Friends of NRA program. A representative for the Avis Budget Group, which operates the two car rental companies, confirmed to ThinkProgress February 23 that it would end its relationship with the NRA. The group poured at least $4.5 million to support Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.134 Weeks before the runoff election, the NRA claimed, The stakes of this Senate runoff could not be higher and emphasized, Georgia is the key to protecting our right to keep and bear arms.135 Ultimately, both of the NRA-backed candidates lost, giving Democrats the majority in the US Senate for the first time since 2014. into bankruptcy, and its lobbying apparatus is badly diminished as the organization has lost, in Mr. LaPierre's own. Q. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Put plainly, the NRA couldnt even file bankruptcy correctly. Starkey Hearing Technologies, which offered savings on hearing aids for members, also stated it would not renew its contract with the NRA. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. They include Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National, and Alamo. ", Grief does not overwhelm the soul nearly as much as $13M from the NRA overwhelms your bank account. [105] National Rifle Association, 2019 IRS Form 990, Part I, Line 5, November 18, 2020, https://nrawatch.org/filing/nra-2019-irs-form-990. The NRA Foundation's payments to the main NRA lobbying arm slumped to about $14 million in 2020 as it faced the D.C. attorney general's lawsuit alleging that the foundation illegally diverted money to the NRA's lobbying arm, which has been accused of "inappropriate spending," "self-dealing" and other questionable transactions. NRA.ORG Manage Your Membership NRA Near You Friends of NRA State and Federal Gun Laws NRA Online Training Politics, Policy and Legislation Clubs and Associations Affiliated Clubs, Ranges and Businesses Competitive Shooting NRA Day Competitive Shooting Programs Collegiate Shooting Programs America's Rifle Challenge Competitor Classification Lookup [66] Matt Cohen, How the NRA Is Using Coronavirus Fears to Drive Up Gun Sales, Mother Jones, May 8, 2020, https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/how-the-nra-is-using-coronavirus-fears-to-drive-up-gun-sales. But here are the companies that are still on board, for now, and how (or if) they have responded to any backlash, according to the activist group NRA Boycott. "Their channel is free to consumers with no ads. It comes after Georgia Gov. The NRA money donated to Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was raised by a number of social media users after Romney tweeted his condolences in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting. Smith & Wesson, O.F. played a diminished role in the 2020 election, hampered by financial woes and a host of legal challenges.133. 494, https://nrawatch.org/filing/ny-ag-files-amended-complaint-against-nra-lapierre-and-others/; see also National Rifle Association, 2018 IRS Form 990, Section B, Part VII, November 14, 2019, https://nrawatch.org/filing/nra-2018-irs-form-990/($13,832,060); National Rifle Association, 2019 IRS Form 990, Section B, Part VII, November 18, 2020, https://nrawatch.org/filing/nra-2019-irs-form-990/ ($24,789,326); Statement of Financial Affairs, National Rifle Association of America (21-30085), February 15, 2021, https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29112859/162/national-rifle-association-of-america/ ($17,483,271.66). For Phillips, the contract was a $360,000-a-year postemployment consulting contract.39 Recently departed CFO Craig Spray testified that while the NRA paid Phillips over $600,000 in 2019, Phillips did not provide any services to the NRAs Treasury Department that year.40 The revelation that LaPierre actually tried to convince Phillips to stay on as CFO and that the NRA provided him such a generous postemployment contract severely undermines the NRAs central argument at trial that it had righted its own ship internally.41. The NRA named the American Cellars Wine Club, Vinesse Wines' flagship location, as its official group. A. No). [17]Id. The NRAs bankruptcy trial prominently highlighted the failed leadership of Wayne LaPierre. It's not about boycotting companies and businesses but rather about giving Americans the ability to make informed decisions about where their hard-earned dollars go. [121] Neil Weinberg, NRA Spending on Lawyers Is on Pace for Record This Year, Bloomberg, July 28, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/nra-legal-battles-squeeze-shrunken-budget-internal-records-show. The NRA called the boycott a "shameful display of political and civic cowardice.". [132] Fox & Friends, Fox News, September 21, 2020, https://video.foxnews.com/v/6193080289001?playlist_id=930909787001#sp=show-clips. The decision of Phillips to plead the Fifth Amendment leaves key questions unanswered and foreshadows problems for the NRA in its civil litigation against the New York attorney generalin which Phillips is a named defendantincluding whether the testimony from the bankruptcy trial will be used in the New York case, and whether the refusal to testify will result in adverse inferences against the NRA, Phillips, or both that could assist the attorney generals case. 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