National Rifle Association of America controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
New York corruption judgment
A New York court found former senior executives liable for financial wrongdoing and ordered remedies, including financial penalties and governance-related relief.
2021
Bankruptcy filing and dismissal
The NRA sought Chapter 11 protection while proposing a Texas reincorporation. The bankruptcy court dismissed the case after concluding that it was not filed in good faith.
2020
New York and Washington, D.C. financial-misconduct lawsuits
Government lawsuits alleged misuse of charitable funds, financial misconduct and governance failures involving senior NRA personnel.
2020
Washington, D.C., attorney general sues the NRA Foundation
Lawsuit filed
In August 2020, Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine sued the NRA Foundation, accusing it of diverting funds to the National Rifle Association to help pay for executives' lavish spending. The lawsuit sought a court-appointed monitor and a trust to recover money allegedly diverted from the foundation. The action was reported alongside a separate lawsuit by the New York attorney general seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association.
Source excerpt
Simultaneously, Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine sued the NRA Foundation, a charitable arm of the organization designed to provide programs for firearm safety, marksmanship and hunting safety, accusing it of diverting funds to the NRA to help pay for lavish spending by its top executives.
His lawsuit sought not to have the NRA destroyed, but to have a court-appointed monitor supervise financial transactions and a trust created to recover money diverted from the foundation.
The lawsuit made only civil claims, but James said the investigation was ongoing and any criminal activity discovered would be referred to prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.
2019
Ackerman McQueen financial and governance dispute
The NRA alleged that its advertising agency withheld financial information and questioned spending and programming connected with NRATV and executive relationships.