by Jim Heath | May 28, 2021 | Guns, Headlines
Matt Gaetz, easily the sleaziest politician in America, told his supporters last night that they have an ‘obligation’ to use their Second Amendment rights against Silicon Valley firms, in retaliation for their blocking of conservatives like Donald Trump....
by Jim Heath | Apr 26, 2021 | Guns, Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, teeing up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment. In an unsigned order, the justices took up a bid by two gun owners and a New York...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Guns, Headlines
The National Rifle Association announced last Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection, a last ditch effort to avoid serious legal challenges in New York. NYT: “It has nothing to do with the N.R.A.’s financial posture, which is very, very strong,” said Bob Barr,...
by Jim Heath | Nov 25, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
After years of denying allegations of lax financial oversight, the National Rifle Association has made a stunning declaration in a new tax filing: Current and former executives used the nonprofit group’s money for personal benefit and enrichment. The Washington Post: ...
by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book that accuses its leaders of decades worth of mismanagement and fraud that he says has left the organization in a state of financial...
by Jim Heath | Jul 13, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
Michael B. Williams spent nearly two years helping to run a trade group focused on expanding sales of firearm silencers by American manufacturers. But try as he might, he could not achieve one of the industry’s main goals: overturning a ban on sales to private foreign...
