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5 Sep 2014, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
Groups, including the NRA, have successfully helped pass laws to prevent new local paid-sick-leave legislation in 12 states. [read post]
12 May 2021, 11:41 am by Matt Gluck
    A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the National Rifle Association’s (NRA’s) attempt to petition for bankruptcy protection, ruling that the group had filed the case in bad faith to repel a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to the Washington Post. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 1:17 pm by Lyle Denniston
., will argue for four Chicago-area residents and two gun rights groups, followed by Paul D. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 4:53 pm by Jackie Fedeli
A highway safety group rated Arizona’s traffic laws the second worst in the country, behind South Dakota. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 8:16 am by Eugene Volokh
But if the courts accept such charges, expect to see many more people, left, right, and otherwise, prosecuted for posting insulting messages on many groups' web pages. [read post]
11 Apr 2010, 2:28 pm by Steve Bainbridge
The codes, once approved by the NRA, were legally binding on all the firms in the industry. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 11:01 am by Gene Takagi
The NRA Foundation is chartered in the District and the NRA is registered as a nonprofit and does business there. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 3:12 pm
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court in June carved out a right to individual gun ownership, ruling that the Second Amendment allows citizens to keep guns in their homes for self-defense.The NRA and other analysts say most laws allowing gun possession have existed for years and would not likely account for a recent spike in self-defense killings.Instead, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president and chief executive officer, says the Sept. 11 attacks and the… [read post]
14 Jan 2024, 8:00 am by Gene Takagi
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Opinion: What I Learned About Donor Power From Trying to Hire Nikole Hannah-Jones (Susan King, Chronicle of Philanthropy) 2023 Racial Equity in Lean Foundations (Exponent Philanthropy) N.Y. state attorney alleges corruption by NRA, leader Wayne LaPierre (Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post) NRA Trial Day 3: Nonprofit Expert Takes the Stand (NRA Watch) [Ed. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 11:12 am
I discuss the NRA and its impact in more detail in this article (pp. 649-53). [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
Say that the gun control groups' next proposal (B) was a handgun registration requirement, and that right before the Brady Bill (A) was enacted, B would have gotten only a minority of the vote in Congress—perhaps because some members were afraid of the NRA's political power, which is to say the power of the voters who are influenced by the NRA. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 2:16 pm
But nonetheless, all nine Justices specifically said the right is individual, and thus rejected the "collective right" position on the Second Amendment, a position that's been the mainstay of gun-control groups, newspaper editorialists, and lower federal courts for decades, and one that was presented by those adherents as so obviously correct that those arguing for an individual right were called "frauds" and shills for the NRA. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 11:47 am
The DNR is not the NRA, and it would seem to me that the biologists in the field have a better understanding of the issue than those on their soapbox several counties away. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 12:46 pm by Tom Smith
The civil liberties purists of the ACLU are just as extreme as the gun purists of the NRA, or the anti-regulatory purists in business groups like the Club for Growth. [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 9:05 am by Thomas Sheridan
Illinois’ Firearm Industry Responsibility Act intends to define the limits of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PCLAA) passed by the Bush Administration in 2005, which has been wrongfully used by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and lawmaking groups as a means of sheltering gun manufactures from any legal accountability or consequence when their guns are used for criminal activity. [read post]
22 May 2019, 3:30 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance National: “9th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Foreign-Donation Ban” by Josh Gerstein for Politico Oklahoma: “Walkingstick Disqualified as Principal Chief Candidate” by Grant Crawford (Tahlequah Daily Press) for Muskogee Phoenix Ethics National: “Judge Rules Against Trump in Fight Over President’s Financial Records” by Devlin Barrett, Spencer Hsu, Rachael Bade, and Josh Dawsey for Washington Post National: “Cohen Told Lawmakers Trump… [read post]
10 Oct 2021, 5:56 pm by Eugene Volokh
He has also litigated extensively in the field, often representing groups such as the NRA, National African American Gun Association, Western States Sheriffs' Association, Congress of Racial Equality, and more. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 7:52 am by Tom Smith
Recent Stories in Guns Utah Axes Gun-Permit Requirement  Disgruntled NRA Donors Push to Oust LaPierre  Republican Congressman Considers Suit Over ‘Unconstitutional' House Gun Ban  Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, said his group has been pushing for the change since 2013, when a previous attempt was vetoed by then-governor Gary Herbert (R.). [read post]
22 Nov 2007, 6:42 am
My guess is that following what I predict will be a significant victory in Heller, the NRA and other gun rights groups will overinvest in litigation to push for additional gun rights victories in the courts, and they will simultaneously experience a short term drop-off in contributions and movement energies. [read post]