With contributions lagging, the N.R.A. is also facing an increasingly well-financed gun control movement, motivated by a string of mass shootings. - The media has been reporting for a while the NRA is hurting financially - it's no surprise they are turning on each other.
Hahahahahaha, it's a gunrunner fest. Good to see. Except the fact that Oliver North is still a respected member of society. That was an afterthought which led to this
The political message behind Oliver North’s new appointment as NRA president
By Heather TimmonsMay 8, 2018
The NRA appointed Oliver North as its new president yesterday, May 7, in a reminder to the rest of the United States: Presidential scandals can be totally overcome—and so can criminal convictions.
Ways And Means Committee Member Calls on IRS to Investigate National Rifle Association's Exempt Status, grills Treasury IG on Lack of IRS Enforcement at Hearing Yesterday
"NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Says He Is Being Extorted, Pressured to Resign Group’s longtime leader says Oliver North, president of the NRA, wants him out"
--- As a Member of the Ways and Means Committee, I take very seriously my role and responsibility in conducting oversight of our nation's federal tax laws and ensuring the federal tax code is working as intended. It is with this duty in mind that I am writing to strong encourage you to investigate recent reports of possible wrongdoing by the National Rifle Association (NRA), which enjoys status as a tax-exempt organization under 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The allegations against the NRA reported in The New Yorker on April 17, 2019 .. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrecy-self-dealing-and-greed-at-the-nra , including instances of egregious self-dealing, deceptive billing practices, and preferences in contracting are most troubling.
. . .
As you well know, Section 501 of the IRC lays out the types of organizations that qualify for tax-exempt status, as well the rules and regulations such organizations must follow. It is a basic assumption that active oversight and enforcement will improve compliance. However, in 2018, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a report .. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2019reports/201910006fr.pdf .. that found the further processing of multiple legitimate referrals alleging improper political activity by tax-exempt organizations were not pursued. This report finding raises questions about the IRS's enforcement of our federal tax laws.
I am concerned about the potential long-term harm that diminished enforcement will have on the many nonprofit organization that do follow the rules and take their charitable and social welfare purpose seriously. The alleged NRA operating practices also raise the question of whether current rules and procedures are adequate to guard against abuse. ----
For a video of Rep. Schneider questioning the IG on the lack of IRS enforcement of tax laws regulating exempt organizations, with specific references to alleged abuses by the NRA see this:
You can also read a partial transcript of Rep. Schneider's question and answer session yesterday with the Inspector General below the fold.
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