National Rifle Association News

Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M

The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New …

Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Complaint by NRA Against New York Regulator

The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance companies and …

NRA Pays $2.5M After NY Probe into ‘Dangerous’ Insurance

ALBANY, N.Y. — The National Rifle Association is banned from marketing insurance in New York for five years and will pay $2.5 million to settle an investigation into “dangerous” policies promoted to gun owners as a way to cover costs …

NRA Must Face ‘Murder Insurance’ Regulatory Hearing, Judge Says

The National Rifle Association will have to appear for a regulatory hearing over allegations it violated New York law by marketing an insurance policy for shootings that critics have dubbed “murder insurance.” A federal judge in Albany, New York, on …

Gunmaker Rejected as Supreme Court Lets Sandy Hook Families Sue

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the gun industry, refusing to block a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. by family members of nine people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The lawsuit blames the gunmaker’s …

Gun Industry Dealt Blow as Conn. High Court Allows Suit by Sandy Hook Victims

The gun industry suffered a stinging setback as Connecticut’s top court said families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre could sue Remington Arms Co. over its marketing of military-style Bushmaster weapons. The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected …

NRA’s Annual Convention Coincides With 3 Days of Fewer Gun Injuries

Like clockwork, the National Rifle Association reduces gun injuries in the US for three days every year – when it holds its annual convention. Authors of a Harvard Medical School report published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined …

New York Regulators Investigating NRA Insurance for Gun Owners

An insurance policy offered by the National Rifle Association is under scrutiny by insurance regulators after gun-control groups raised questions about how it’s being marketed. Carry Guard insurance was launched earlier this year by the nation’s most powerful gun lobbying …

NRA Refuses to Pay Death Benefit to Minnesota Widow

A Minnesota widow is taking the National Rifle Association to court over its denial of her husband’s death benefit. John Balk bought a life insurance policy from the NRA 10 months before he died in a tractor rollover accident on …