John, now might be a good time to look back at the 2019 U.S.
Senate Committee on Finance minority staff report called The NRA and
Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset^1.

The report, initiated at the request of Senate Finance Committee Ranking
Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), was the culmination of an 18-month investigation
into the NRA's relationship with Russia.

Since then, the NRA has attempted a failed bankruptcy and been embroiled
in legal fights with its former public relations firm and with the state
of New York. We've learned about Wayne LaPierre's botched elephant hunt^2
and how he had fled to a yacht in the Bahamas after high profile gun
violence tragedies^3.

After all that, elected leaders continue to rubber stamp the NRA's agenda.
Their allies in Congress continue to block even the most basic
common-sense gun safety laws, defying widespread public support. And state
lawmakers and governors continue to pass dangerous gun laws that were
literally written by NRA lobbyists.

As they double down on their extreme agenda, other gun lobby organizations
are gaining strength, and right-wing extremist groups are more emboldened
than ever.

Our mission is to end gun violence in America, and that includes changing
the reckless laws that the NRA has wrought on our country and the
pervasive culture of gun violence that we live with everyday. We're taking
them on in statehouses, courthouses, city halls, and the halls of
Congress.

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Everytown for Gun Safety

1. [ [link removed] ]"The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign
Asset" (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, September 2019)
2. [ [link removed] ]"The Secret Footage of the N.R.A. Chief’s Botched Elephant Hunt"
(The New Yorker, April 27, 2021)
3. [ [link removed] ]"After school shootings, NRA exec sought refuge on 108-foot yacht:
'Thank God I’m safe'" (The Washington Post, April 6, 2021)


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