NRA members paid $22 million in legal fees for the gun lobby in the first five months of 2021

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The National Rifle Association spent $22 million in legal costs over the course of the first five months of 2021, according to Bloomberg News. They will likely surpass their record legal spending of $40 million in 2020.

The NRA has been fighting legal challenges from the New York Attorney General over the fraud and misuse of funds that the organization endured under the leadership of President Wayne LaPierre. In their attempt to flee legal accountability, the NRA attempted to file for bankruptcy and restart the group in Texas where they'll have protection from Republican officials.

It didn't work.

"Legal costs were the nonprofit's largest single expense after membership activities in the five months through May, when a judge rejected the gun-rights group's bid to reorganize through bankruptcy," the report said, citing documents they obtained. "While there's no guarantee legal expenses will continue to rise at the same rate, they've accelerated since 2018, according to tax filings. That's when staff members began expressing concerns about practices that have since led to costly disputes."

The report also noted that the NRA has struggled to reach its peak donations achieved in 2016. Since that year their donations fell 21 percent by 2019. Unaudited numbers for 2020 show further declines.

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1. Their only hope for survival

is to return to their original purpose, gun safety and marksmanship.

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2. Hey NRA members: if you send it then LaPierre will spend it! He couldn't do it wihout you.

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3. Well someone has to fund the defense of LaPierre's designer suits.

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4. If God intended good old Wayne to wear off the rack clothes

He would have made the old boy the President of the GOA.

The patrons of the National Republican Army have been getting fleeced for so long that they have begun to not only expect, it but to like it. No matter how much they give, every month, there is a new "sky is falling" issue sent to their mailboxes, and that without as much cash as they can spare, the world, as they know it, will come to a crashing halt.

Many of the members suspect that the NRA hasn't been completely honest with them, but they are into it so deeply and for so long, that the pain of admitting that they have been suckered for decades is less painful than to continue writing the checks. They would rather remain willing victims than accept the truth that they have been played.