The National Rifle Association on Friday announced that it was declaring bankruptcy.
The NRA is incorporated in New York, and the state's attorney general, Letitia James is seeking to dissolve the group. In response, the NRA is trying to restructure the organization as part of a move to Texas, where the apparently believe they will receive less scrutiny of potential lawbreaking.
Here's some of what people where saying about the situation:
The @NRA's claimed financial status has finally met its moral status: bankrupt.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) January 15, 2021
While we review its bankruptcy filing, we will not allow the @NRA to use this or any other tactic to evade accountability and my office’s oversight.
We already knew the NRA was bankrupt
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) January 15, 2021
Could not have happened to more deserving people.
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) January 15, 2021
The NRA is a mouthpiece for gun manufacturers that lines the pockets of lawmakers to block common sense gun safety reform.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) January 15, 2021
They’re a corrupted and failed organization, and many Texans don’t want them. https://t.co/SAyePfax6y
It's as if Trump was the CEO of the NRAhttps://t.co/o1al6V4X3a
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) January 15, 2021
The NRA has gone from moral bankruptcy to actual bankruptcy.
— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) January 15, 2021
Now you know why you don't piss off investigative journalists, @NRA https://t.co/pKLUgK2zLD
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) January 15, 2021
can we all just take a moment to acknowledge the abject badassery of @shannonrwatts and @MomsDemand, who looked at the supposedly untouchable NRA and said “lol watch this” https://t.co/7V80icmeEa
— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 15, 2021
Who had "NRA Files For Bankruptcy" on their January 2021 bingo card?https://t.co/2kYe2rWzr7
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 15, 2021
Wild how the NRA just won’t pull itself up by the bootstraps.
— Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) January 15, 2021
Reminder that the NRA was using conspiracy theory and propaganda to radicalize disaffected white people long before Trump came along. None of this started with Trump and it won't end with him. https://t.co/6KDaBy2EBF
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 15, 2021
NRA going bankrupt is good, Trump going bankrupt will be better
— Jennifer 'It's time to grow up' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 15, 2021
With the NRA declaring bankruptcy, now seems like a good time to look back at one of their more expensive and pointless endeavors: NRATV.https://t.co/DGnZjb1bKz
— Last Week Tonight (@LastWeekTonight) January 15, 2021
