The National Rifle Association’s membership revenue dropped last year to levels not seen since at least the 2000s.
NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks to guests at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on April 13, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana.Revenue for the hugely influential far right National Rifle Association has plummeted in recent years, falling precipitously from highs hit in the 2010s, a new analysis finds.shows that, adjusted for inflation, the group’s fundraising totals in 2022 were 52 percent lower than in 2016, with a 59 percent decrease in membership dues.
Not only did last year see the lowest overall revenue for the group in over a decade, it also saw the lowest membership revenue since at least 2004, CREW found in its analysis. The group raised $83 million in revenue from membership dues in 2022, while membership revenue hasn’t fallen below $100 million in any year since the early 2000s — even throughout the Great Recession.
CREW also noted that the group is going through a mountain of legal troubles that are having an impact on its finances. Legal expenses for the group rose from 1 percent of its spending in 2017 to roughly 20 percent in 2021 and 2022, the audit shows. And more lawsuits are pending,among Republican politicians in particular. But the analysis shows that the group that bears perhaps the largest responsibility for the vast proliferation of private gun ownership across the U.S.
On the other hand, the NRA’s decline in revenue in recent years may be evidence of shifting attitudes toward gun ownership — or at least declining approval ofPolling in recent years has found that public opinion is increasingly shifting in favor of legislation curbing gun ownership. In May, anfound that vast majorities of voters favor gun control measures like background checks and requiring a 30-day waiting period for gun purchases.
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