In recent months, the COVID pandemic fueled layoffs and salary cuts, and the organization now finds itself ducking for cover. That effort failed in May, however, after a federal judge dismissed the group's effort. Mak pointed to the NRA's hardline pro-gun stance after the Sandy Hook shooting as key to the organization's decline in power.
It was very, very successful. But that becomes their undoing in the years after that," Mak said, pointing to the growth of gun control groups which in recent years have outraised and outspent gun-rights groups. Mak also reported on the NRA's relationship with its marketing firm, whicheplayed a crucial role in covering up the expensive dinners and spending from members and others in the NRA, as well as the power struggle that formed between LaPierre and former president Oliver North.
To flesh out his reporting over the four-year-long investigation, Mak said that he was able to acquire secret court depositions that illustrated what it was like to be in the room for some of the NRA's most crucial meetings and moments, but not without some drama.
You know, public transit is closed, can't get an Uber, can't get a cab. I don't have a bike, so I end up renting a moped and driving for what seems like hours and hours to the middle of nowhere to this parking lot," Mak said. So, I reach in taking care, of course, not to breathe into that car, reach in, grab the documents, put them in my backpack and I moped away.
Mak said being provided with those documents was critical to his book because "they're like the gold standard of evidence" because in depositions "there are legal consequences to not telling the truth when you're under oath.
The book: " This is a book about basic accountability and transparency It's a book about how folks who are members of the NRA who are sending in five, 10, 15 bucks a month to this organization that ostensibly is supposed to, you know, favor their policy goals, a lot of that money's going for millions of dollars in private jets, lavish meals for executives, trips to the Bahamas, six figures in suits for Wayne LaPierre, the head of the organization I have spoken to a ton of NRA members while reporting out this book.
You know, we had plus interviews with people inside the NRA universe all of whom agree with those sorts of people in terms of the Second Amendment and the right role of firearms in our society. They still spoke to me and I'm telling many of their stories, you know, as you know, as an investigative reporter, one of the basics is gaining people's trust and convincing them, 'Hey, I'm going to be able to convey your stories with fairness and accuracy. NRA's current predicament: " I think it's really facing the greatest crisis it's ever faced in more than years of existence You can listen to S-Town right here on our site, and via many podcast apps.
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