N.Y. AG vs NRA

[larcat]

This has not gone unnoticed among civil libertarian left leaning folks -- the ACLU aint what it used to be, not even a little. I left the org (as in cancelled my membership in both the national and state orgs -- I had also generally given a little extra each year, but not much -- Joined FIRE instead and still have a normal membership there) when they said they'd stop taking assembly cases when people are lawfully exercising rights protected in the next amendment in the list....

There was essentially an internal battle there between the Cali ACLU and the national org btw, that Cali effectively won. Libertarian types like Moynihan have talked about that in some depth.

Yeah. That has been a real shame. ACLU did it on the left. They became Democrats rather than Civil Liberties.

 

[KMaC]

That an organization like the NRA is still "registered" in an anti-gun state like NY amazes me. They should have left for a friendlier clime long ago.

I got an email from Wayne this morning. Surprisingly, it didn't ask for money, just presented the NRA's (Wayne's) side of the argument.
The following quote from Wayne really makes you wonder why the NRA didn't register as a corporation in a 2A friendly state like Indiana.

In fact, years ago, NRA board member Tom King was privately warned by then NYAG Eric Schneiderman that an attack was being engineered against the NRA. An “investigation” of our Association – from the highest levels of government – was on the horizon.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

INGO Legal Eagles!

Is this a viable course of action?

Could NRA Members Intervene To Stop NY Suit To Dissolve The NRA?

Ammoland article.

https://www.ammoland.com/2020/08/could-nra-members-intervene-to-stop-ny-suit-to-dissolve-the-nra/

 

[Punkinhead]

INGO Legal Eagles!

Is this a viable course of action?

Could NRA Members Intervene To Stop NY Suit To Dissolve The NRA?

Ammoland article.

https://www.ammoland.com/2020/08/could-nra-members-intervene-to-stop-ny-suit-to-dissolve-the-nra/

The problem is with item 2 in his list of things NRA members are supposed to assert. Clearly the NYAG does have the authority to go after an organization that violated NY statutes:

2. That the NYAG does not have the legal authority to assert her claims against the NRA based on the alleged wrongs of its individual leadership, and that those claims (even if true) can only be properly brought by the NRA members.

 

[defaultdotxbe]

The problem is with item 2 in his list of things NRA members are supposed to assert. Clearly the NYAG does have the authority to go after an organization that violated NY statutes:

2. That the NYAG does not have the legal authority to assert her claims against the NRA based on the alleged wrongs of its individual leadership, and that those claims (even if true) can only be properly brought by the NRA members.

Everything else looks valid though. It even seems like item 3 is premised on item 2 failing

 

[MRockwell]

Judge Rules New York Attorney General Can't Dissolve the NRA - The Truth About Guns

&#9664Previous Post Next Post▶ After serial revelations of alleged corruption that pervaded (pervades?) the highest levels of the National Rifle Association, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to have the association dissolved after a long investigation into Wayne LaPierre and the...

www.thetruthaboutguns.com

From the article: "While the NRA as a whole may no longer be in jeopardy, other targets of the AG’s investigation and lawsuit such as LaPierre and a host of current and former officers and directors still have much to be concerned about."

 

[Magyars]

 

[Ingomike]

Judge Rules New York Attorney General Can't Dissolve the NRA - The Truth About Guns

&#9664Previous Post Next Post▶ After serial revelations of alleged corruption that pervaded (pervades?) the highest levels of the National Rifle Association, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to have the association dissolved after a long investigation into Wayne LaPierre and the...

www.thetruthaboutguns.com

From the article: "While the NRA as a whole may no longer be in jeopardy, other targets of the AG’s investigation and lawsuit such as LaPierre and a host of current and former officers and directors still have much to be concerned about."

If they have the goods on WPL, and this is not just a witch hunt or retribution for supporting Trump then get off the pot, charge him, convict him and lets get on down the road. But no, this limbo serves the lefts interests. Keep WPL in but under a cloud so they have effectively neutered the organization…