The NRA Mess Explained

Aguila Blanca said:
I believe this is actually a civil lawsuit, not a criminal charge, so prison for the [alleged] malfactors isn't on the radar in any event. And sending LaPierre & Co. to prison would not make it any easier for the rank-and-file members to elect new leadership. Getting the court to rescind the by-laws changes (if the court has that power -- I don't know about that) would be a good first step.
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Yes, this is a civil suit against the organization overall. I believe the only reason the New York AG isn't going after prison terms is that she lacks jurisdiction over the individuals involved. IIRC, a criminal case with possible prison terms would have to come from Virginia, which has not shown any interest. At least not yet.
 
What is the total number of NRA members? Of that number, how many are life members? Putting aside the life member numbers, will represent the year-to-year income generated by non-life membership. Now, of the life members, how is their dues spent? Is it invested for future income?

This is an extremely simplistic post, made to show that the NRA can win this battle, but lose the war, by ending up as an empty shell, imploding under the weight of ordinary and extraordinary costs, with not enough revenue streams to exist.
 
And a very few years ago LaPierre and Co. railroaded through a revision to the by-laws that makes it effectively impossible for a repeat performance of the members' revolt.
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Just like our congressional leaders did with term limits
 
Don P said:
And a very few years ago LaPierre and Co. railroaded through a revision to the by-laws that makes it effectively impossible for a repeat performance of the members' revolt.
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Just like our congressional leaders did with term limits
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When did the Congress amend the Constitution to make the imposition of term limits nigh unto impossible?
 
Don P said:
imposition of term limits nigh unto impossible?
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Do you really think they would vote to change things to place term limits on themselves. Highly improbable
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Of course they won't. But that's not a parallel situation at all.

The U.S. Constitution never had any provision for term limits for members of Congress, so it's not comparable to the NRA situation. LaPierre & Co. engineered a revision of the NRA's by-laws (the organization's constitution) in 2017 which made it orders of magnitude more difficult for the rank-and-file membership to have any say whatsoever in how their organization is run.
 
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