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The National Rifle Association has played a key role in defending the rights of Americans who own firearms.
In a society that values freedom of expression, this is appropriate. Itâs no good telling people they can think whatever they want if theyâre not allowed to promote their beliefs.
Over the years, the NRA has earned the scorn of many critics â and some of this is deserved. Despite this, the group should be permitted to carry on its work and advocate the interests of its members.
However, the NRA needs to follow the law like everyone else. The bankruptcy process in which it is involved has revealed some shortcuts the organization is trying to take to avoid accountability.
New York Attorney General Attorney Letitia James argued that a U.S. bankruptcy judge should file Chapter 11 of the National Rifle Association to “prevent failure from becoming a refuge for criminals.”
The National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy file was part of a clever attempt to escape a legal oversight of the NRA’s native New York state and should be canceled, a state attorney said at the end of an argument in a trial on Monday.
What was presented in the NRA’s Chapter 11 in January is “a child of bankruptcy filed in bad faith,” and the court should rule out “failure to prevent it from becoming a refuge for criminals,” Gerrit Pronske, New York Attorney General Letitia James. , he argued.
The recommendation bolstered the arguments of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has fought the NRA’s attempts to relocate from New York to Texas.