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Last week was a good week for the NRA. The case brought against NRA by the New York Attorney General has just concluded. The attorney general called our proud association–comprised of millions of law-abiding Americans – a “terrorist organization” before she even took office. The objective was to have this 153-year-old American institution dissolved. She wanted the court to install a monitor to oversee our operations. None of that happened.
A jury trial earlier this year awarded financial penalties for some of NRA’s previous executives. That money will be coming back directly to the NRA to support our mission and programs.
That was followed by a bench trial. The final decision from New York Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen was handed down last week, and in it the court ordered actions that were already in place or in process, plus some others that will be implemented by NRA leadership and board of directors.
The last six years have been difficult for NRA members, the Board of Directors, supporters, and especially the NRA staff. With Judge Cohen’s ruling, the NRA and new leadership can now put this challenging chapter in NRA history behind us and focus solely on the business of the members and all law-abiding gun owners. The NRA is committed to transparency, compliance, and good governance going forward. Last week’s outcome ensures that NRA members can support the Association, America’s oldest civil rights organization, with confidence.
God bless America, and long live the NRA!
(Paraphrased and updated based upon NRA EVP/CEO, Doug Hamlin’s Report to the staff of the National Rifle Association of America)
Charlie Hiltunen
ISRPA President & NRA Board Member
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