John,

Yesterday, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and four of its top executives. In addition to charging the executives with diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain of close associates and family, and appearing to dole out lucrative no-show contracts to former employees in order to buy their silence and continued loyalty, the complaint seeks to dissolve the National Rifle Association entirely for abusing its status as a non-profit entity.

Free Speech For People applauds the New York Attorney General for taking this important action. The corrupt dealings of the NRA and its leaders, as reported by the New Yorker in April 2019, violate the privileges bestowed upon the organization by its New York corporate charter as a domestic not-for-profit corporation. Even an organization as powerful as the NRA must be held accountable when it breaks the law.  Will you join us in standing with the New York Attorney General?

Sign if you agree: The NRA must be dissolved for its financial mismanagement and self-dealing.

The act of dissolving a corporate charter is used sparingly, but it is hardly unusual; the previous Attorney General successfully resolved dissolution proceedings against The Donald J. Trump Foundation for transacting business illegally for years, including the extensive misuse of charitable assets and self-dealing. Other, lesser-known non-profit corporations have repeatedly been dissolved under this provision over the past few decades.

The National Rifle Association is not above the law. Sign our petition if you support Attorney General James’ lawsuit to dissolve the NRA.

In solidarity,

Ron Fein

Legal Director, Free Speech For People