[HN Gopher] National Rifle Association Files for Chapter 11 Bank...
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       National Rifle Association Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
        
       Author : babelfish
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-01-15 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bloomberg.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bloomberg.com)
        
       | fiftyfifty wrote:
       | Regardless of where you stand on guns and the second amendment in
       | the US, I don't think anyone can argue that the NRA was spending
       | it's member's money well:
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       | https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-attorney-general-leticia-ja...
        
         | caeril wrote:
         | Indeed. They revealed themselves for the snakes they are when
         | they advocated for red-flag laws and didn't bother fighting
         | back against the bump-stock reclassification.
         | 
         | You're much better off supporting GOA or FPC.
        
       | ianai wrote:
       | I imagine they'll be replaced by an organization that holds
       | closer to their original mandate.
       | 
       | Edit-by original mandate, I mean not the political action stuff.
        
         | gowld wrote:
         | The article says the bankruptcy is just a mechanism to move out
         | of NY State (to Texas) which is challenging NRA legally.
         | 
         | For an actual gun rights lobby alternative to the National
         | s/Rifle/Republican/ Association, see https://gunowners.org/
        
         | millzlane wrote:
         | Without getting too much into the politics. It will most likely
         | be the Firearms Policy Coalition or the Gun Owners of America
         | group.
        
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