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The Residents Committee for the Proper to Preserve and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is demanding that the IRS examine a bombshell declare involving the Brady gun management group and former NRA President Marion Hammer.
Based on a federal lawsuit, an legal professional linked to the Brady Middle allegedly provided Hammer $5 million in 2018 to retire and cease advocating for the Second Modification. Hammer reportedly rejected the supply and instantly knowledgeable then-NRA Government VP Wayne LaPierre.
“This isn’t the type of supply a tax-exempt group must be making beneath any circumstances,” mentioned CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “No one’s First Modification rights ought to ever be on the market.”
Gottlieb says the alleged $5 million supply has nothing to do with Marion Hammer’s present authorized dispute with the NRA. As an alternative, CCRKBA’s concern is a few tax-exempt lobbying group allegedly trying to sideline some of the revered pro-gun voices in America with a multi-million-dollar payoff.
“The character of this allegation nearly seems as if the gun management group was providing Mrs. Hammer a bribe to stroll away,” Gottlieb mentioned.
If true, this might increase critical questions on how anti-gun teams function—and what they’re doing with their donor cash.
Whereas the Brady Middle hasn’t commented publicly, the lawsuit notes that the alleged supply was by no means accepted, and no cash exchanged fingers.
Nonetheless, CCRKBA says that’s not sufficient.
“I’m positive that when the Brady Middle utilized for tax-exempt standing, this isn’t an exercise they listed on their software,” Gottlieb mentioned. “A declare like this, particularly in a federal lawsuit, completely deserves investigation.”
If confirmed, the allegation may threaten the Brady Middle’s tax-exempt standing and lift broader moral considerations throughout the gun management motion.
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