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NRA Declares Bankruptcy, Plans to Incorporate in Texas

posted by martyb on Sunday January 17 2021, @09:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the gunning-for-a-way-out dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus:

NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas:

The NRA [National Rifle Association] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in Dallas and said it planned to incorporate in Texas, where records show it formed a limited liability corporation, Sea Girt LLC, in November 2020. Sea Girt LLC made a separate bankruptcy filing Friday, listing fewer than $100,000 in liabilities.

In its filing, the NRA said its longtime leader, Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, made the decision to file for bankruptcy protection in consultation with a "special litigation committee" comprising three NRA officials that was formed in September to oversee its legal strategies. The NRA board voted Jan. 7 to clarify LaPierre's employment agreement, giving him the power to "reorganize or restructure the affairs" of the organization.

"The move will enable long-term, sustainable growth and ensure the NRA's continued success as the nation's leading advocate for constitutional freedom – free from the toxic political environment of New York," the NRA said in a statement.

[...] Shortly after the announcement, New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would not allow the NRA to "evade accountability" or oversight. Her office's lawsuit last year highlighted misspending and self-dealing claims that have roiled the NRA and LaPierre in recent years— from hair and makeup for his wife to a $17 million post-employment contract for himself.

[...] The gun-rights group boasts about 5 million members. Though headquartered in Virginia, the NRA was chartered as a nonprofit in New York in 1871 and is incorporated in the state. Going forward, the NRA said a committee will study opportunities to relocate segments of its operations to Texas and elsewhere.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 17 2021, @07:14PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 17 2021, @07:14PM (#1101604)

    Where there's a will, there's a way. Impressive:

    There’s the 1973 mass murder at a gay bar in New Orleans that killed 32: An ejected customer went down the street and bought a can of cigarette-lighter fluid. And the 87 murdered in New York City in 1990: A guy upset with his ex-girlfriend bought $1 worth of gasoline. In 1986 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, union officers put pressure on an employer by using camp-stove gas to murder 97.
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    China, another society with very strict gun laws, also has mass murders. A 2014 terrorist knife attack in Kunming left 33 dead and 143 injured.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/mass-murder-without-guns/ [nationalreview.com]

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 17 2021, @07:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 17 2021, @07:16PM (#1101608)

    Honestly -- I'd rather be shot to death than burned to death. If a gun isn't available, arson seems to be really popular.