The National Rifle Association’s political arm rebounded in May, surpassing its rivals on the other side of the gun issue.
The NRA’s Political Victory Fund (PVF) raised just under $650,000 last month, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records released this week. It also increased its haul by more than $200,000 from April. The political arms of leading gun-control groups Everytown, Giffords, and Brady raised just over $570,000 combined.
For the first time this year, this puts the gun-rights group ahead of its opponents in the 2024 fundraising race.
The rebound is a rare bit of positive news for the embattled gun-rights behemoth, which has been dealing with an internal corruption scandal for half a decade. The fundraising uptick coincides, at least partially, with reformers winning most of the NRA’s top leadership positions. The increased fundraising could indicate NRA members, who are the only ones able to donate to the PVF, are more inclined to open their checkbooks now than in previous months.
The NRA did not respond to a request for comment on the fundraising numbers. But, in exclusive comments to The Reload shortly after his mid-May victory, NRA CEO Doug Hamlin promised increased “transparency” and a recommitment to the group’s core mission. He promised a different direction for the NRA shortly after former CEO Wayne LaPierre was found liable by a jury for diverting millions of dollars in the charity’s money toward lavish personal expenses.
“We want to welcome all of our members to the new NRA,” Hamlin said. “We want to welcome those that we’ve lost in the past five years to come back to us. And we want them to bring friends and family with them.”
The change in leadership and direction may have helped spark the uptick in donations to the NRA’s political arm. However, Hamlin said the group doesn’t plan to change course in its advocacy.
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