The National Rifle Association is promoting its annual convention in Houston over the Memorial Day weekend but with two mass shootings just ten days apart, the annual event is giving way to a renewed debate.
"It's on senators now to realize that this isn't the NRA of years past, and actually do something because we can't wait another minute," Watts said.
The NRA countered by filing for bankruptcy, aiming to reorganize and relocate to Texas. While the NRA is based in Virginia, it has long been chartered as a nonprofit organization in New York state. But a year ago, a Texas judge During the bankruptcy hearing, the NRA said it had adopted new accounting controls and policies. In his
"Now they are going to face a civil trial and that will eviscerate the NRA," predicted Smyth, who believes the lawsuit will result in financial controls and sanctions being placed on the organization. that LaPierre mismanaged the NRA's finances, including spending money on personal costs such as chartering private jets to pick up his niece in Nebraska and trips to the Bahamas to spend time on yachts owned by a Hollywood producer who made films for the NRA.
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