The National Rifle Association's
political action committee took in a record amount of contributions in
March amid a major push for new gun-control regulations, Federal
Election Commission filings show. The NRA Political Victory Fund reported $2,353,095.31 in contributions from individuals throughout March, newly released filings show. It was the committee's best fundraising haul dating back to early 2003, according to a report from the Miami Herald. The PAC experienced a surge in donations after
the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,
as gun-control activists, politicians, and media personalities attacked
the gun-rights organization. At the same time, the formation of a new
gun-control group, March for Our Lives Action Fund,
a 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organization not required to reveal its
donors and which held widely publicized marches calling for new gun bans and other forms of gun control,
has put pressure on lawmakers. States like Florida and Vermont, both
with Republican governors, have already passed restrictive new gun laws
banning gun ownership for adults under 21-years-old among other
measures. The NRA has fought back against the new gun-control efforts. It has filed its own lawsuit against Florida's law and supported a lawsuit
filed by state-based groups in Vermont against their new gun-control
law. The NRA has not publicly disclosed the number of members in its own
501(c)(4), the National Rifle Association of America, but it has
continued to say it has at least 5 million members. The group recently
launched a campaign to sign up 100,000 new members in 100 days....MORE
1 comment:
Too bad the NRA has been complicit in all modern time anti gun legislation. A fella WANTS to back the group until one looks under the bedsheet to see what the commotion is about. Strange bedfellows.
Don't know of one compromise the Gun Owners of America has been involved in. Sad they don't have the membership numbers we need.
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