The NRA Just Reported Losing $55 Million In Income

[fleur-de-lisa]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-nra-just-reported-losing-dollar55-million-in-income/body

The nation’s leading gun rights organization saw its income dip by $55 million last year, after a record-breaking 2016 in which the group and its political affiliates spend unprecedented sums to elect President Donald Trump.

The National Rifle Association of America reported $98 million in contributions in 2017, down from nearly $125 million in 2016, according to new tax records obtained by The Daily Beast. Nearly a fifth of its contributions last year came from a single anonymous donor, who chipped in nearly $19 million to the group.

More noteworthy than its drop in contributions, though, was its decline in membership dues. The NRA took in more than $128 million in dues last year—a significant sum, but down considerably from the $163 million it took in the year prior. That decline, more than the drop in direct contributions, appears to indicate a dwindling, if still formidable, base of public support. Asked for comment on the decline, an NRA spokesperson pointed to reporting showing that the organization’s magazine subscriptions have shot up this year, interpreted as an indicator of an accompanying membership surge.

Nonetheless, 2017 did not see a financial windfall for the group. In all, the NRA reported just under $312 million in total income, down from nearly $367 million the year before.

Gee, look what happens after you get caught taking illegal Russian cash.

[bullwinkle428]

1. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!!!

[shanny]

9. Tots and Pears!

dunno how to post a pic, alas

[Dave Starsky]

28. Here you go.

[Fritz Walter]

46. On a bed of Romaine lettuce 🥬 n/t

[C Moon]

21. Wow! :D

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. My deepest condolences....

but not to you NRA bastards.

[True Blue American]

22. Thoughts and Prayers.

[yonder]

37. +1.

Much is said in those nine words.

[Just a Weirdo]

3. Oh, then I must send something! A billion of these!

[MineralMan]

4. Poor Babies...

Waaah!

[awesomerwb1]

5. The NRA is massive tool for the right wingers

they'll find a way to make up that deficit/loss easily.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Russia, if you are listening, send many rubles ASAP.

[MyOwnPeace]

15. AGAIN?!?!?!?

Wasn't last time enough?

[blogslut]

7. Who dat single donor?

That would be an interesting thing to know.

[3_Limes]

12. Sure would!

I'm expecting a Russian or a Saudi, but I'm prepared to be surprised.

[NJCher]

54. that's what I wondered

is the OP suggesting that the single donor is a Russian or a Saudi? If this were the case, it would be huge, just huge. For an outside entity wishing for the destruction of an adversary country, no one needs to file a single bullet . In America they can just let them kill each other. Now that mass shootings are pretty much up to one a day, this would be a remarkable success story.

[workinclasszero]

8. F the NRA!!!

Die assholes, the lead terrorist arm of the violent white nationalist movement!

Go straight to hell NRA!

[Initech]

10. I really don't care. Do U?

[brewens]

11. A buddy and I went to a gun show and I stopped by the NRA booth. We got a good laugh when I offered

to go get the guys running it coffee. I said, "I bet you guys could use some coffee, I'm going to get some". They just said sure. It went right over their heads.

We had just been laughing about their hard times and losing the free coffee at their HQ. We're both WWII buffs. The only reason we were there is that we knew a guy with an interesting collection was there running a booth.

[Fullduplexxx]

13. WOMP WOMP FKRS

[geardaddy]

24. +1

[USALiberal]

14. Maybe board of directors member ted nugent can donate to them. Nt

[struggle4progress]

16. "I had $55 million right here. Now I've lost it! Don't you just hate it when that happens?"

[Aristus]

17. I'm guessing future Congressional contributions will consist of a handshake and

a free cup of coffee...

[crazycatlady]

23. they'll consist of thoughts and prayers

[watoos]

35. It happened this year,

The FBI investigated the NRA and funny how its contributions dropped 90% to the GOPers. Hard to convert those rubles to dollars with the FBI looking over your shoulder.

[NewJeffCT]

41. Russia is going to have to look for a new way

to launder their money to support Republican candidates in 2020.

[malaise]

18. No thoughts, no prayers

Fuck off killers

[Gore1FL]

19. I love to see them down in income.

$300,000,000+ is still a lot of income, though.

[C Moon]

20. Why? Russian money slowed?

[Botany]

31. Funny after the FBI started looking @ Russian money going to the NRA their funds dried up.

n/t

[C Moon]

48. Yes. That's the way it looked to me. I'm sure that also hurt the GOP's election.

[Frances]

25. NRA pays for a CA resident to go hunting all over the world

While I was waiting to get a new battery in my watch, another customer told me that she and her husband just got back from Traveling all over Russia. She said the NRA pays for him to go on hunting trips all over the world.
She said that in every place they went in Russia, the people liked Putin.
When I mentioned they don’t like that Putin is lowering their pensions, she agreed that this was true.
Then I said, Putin’s got to get the money to give to the NRA from somewhere.
The question in my mind is: what is this guy really doing for the NRA and Russia? No one pays for a person to go hunting all over the world without getting something in return.
I was surprised when an employee in this store corrected the woman when she asked if he was from Russia and he said he wasn’t. He said he was from the Soviet Union.

[yonder]

49. Related to your last lines:

A few weeks ago I went to my doctor. He had a friendly, pleasant, new nurse with an accent. When I asked if she was from Russia, she quickly replied with a steadfast "No, not Russia, I am from Ukraine". Her answer suggested a bit more than just the distinction between the two.

[Gothmog]

26. Boo Hoo

[SummerSnow]

27. ROFLMAO

[onecaliberal]

29. Womp womp

[delisen]

30. I am so cynical I think they are hiding money in foreign accounts

getting ready to make a mad dash to Dubai.

Children mass-murdered and they seize upon it as an opportunity to sell more guns.

[Turbineguy]

32. The NRA needs a Democratic President

So they can put out the "Day gonna confiscate yo gunz!" propaganda.

[Soxfan58]

33. Anyone want to start

A go fuck yourselves page.

[marble falls]

34. Now mayby they can get back to what they used to do: teach and promote firearm safety ...

and advocating for hunters and sportsmen and sportswomen.

And no. Ar-15's and AK-47's ARE not sporting arms. They are weapons designed specifically to shoot humans. Arms with more than six rounds or are semiautomatic are not sporting arms.

[keithbvadu2]

50. AR-15 style guns are the preferred choice to shoot school children.

AR-15 style guns are the preferred choice to shoot school children.

[marble falls]

51. That's right. They are not sporting weapons, they were designed to kill humans. They need to be ...

confiscated and melted. All semi automatic long rifles over .22 cal and all pistols with magazines over six rounds need to be melted.

[keithbvadu2]

57. To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry p

To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

[jmowreader]

36. This isn't what you think

The NRA's biggest problem right now is the guys who make Nugent look like a gun grabber. They're the "base" of any gun advocacy group, and they think the NRA is way too liberal for their tastes. Gun Owners of America, National Association for Gun Rights and the Second Amendment Foundation are growing while the NRA is contracting.

[libdem4life]

40. Geez, I read all the way down with my pithy response in mind...

and you just burst my emerging bubble of mirth and hope. Darn you, anyway...aka Dagnabit.

[AllaN01Bear]

38. good . hit em where it hurts .

[George II]

39. Awwww....

[beachbum bob]

42. Russian money had to be sent back...

[KG]

43. there's no reason to believe them.

[AllyCat]

44. Maybe they need background checks for their donors.

Nah. Couldn't happen to a nastier group.

[rurallib]

45. They are just going to have to buy less congress critters

maybe release some back into the wild.

[Bettie]

47. Thoughts and prayers

and that is far more then anyone should offer them.

[appleannie1943]

52. Russia can fund them

[Moebym]

53. GOOD! n/t

[Wounded Bear]

55. Oh oh, maybe the Bolshoi Bimbo is spilling her guts...

[keithbvadu2]

56. Republicans are bad for gun industry sales.

Republicans are bad for gun industry sales.

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leaders.