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~75% of it's income comes from membership dues and individual contributions, see e.g. https://www.quora.com/Where-does-funding-for-the-National-Rifle-Associatio

by hga 10y ago

~75% of it's income comes from membership dues and individual contributions, see e.g. https://www.quora.com/Where-does-funding-for-the-National-Rifle-Association-NRA-come-from https://www.quora.com/Where-does-funding-for-the-National-Ri... which has links to the 990 forms with the hard numbers. Here's the link to the latest available 2014 one, which evidently was filed/made public after that analysis: http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/530/530116130/530116130_201412_990O.pdf http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/530/5301161... In addition to this, many NRA members join just so that they can join gun clubs - not necessarily because they agree with the NRA. What do you base this claim on? Some do, but membership numbers too closely match the current intensity of the war on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms (RKBA) for it to be very many.

germinalphrase 10y ago
The NRA is the traditional certifier of shooting events. That's maybe less true as new shooting sports have grown in popularity, such as IPSC - but if you want to engage in most local or national shooting competitions you must be a member of the NRA. In recent history, many shooting ranges/clubs have started requiring a membership in the NRA as a condition of eligibility to join.
crdoconnor 10y ago
>~75% of it's income comes from membership dues and individual contributions ...and the largest individual contributions come from individuals like Larry Potterfield, founder and CEO of retailer of guess what? >What do you base this claim on? The number of gun clubs run by the NRA that demand membership as a prerequisite for joining and the fact that 75% of gun owners support mandatory gun checks but the group ostensibly representing them does not.