Law Enforcement Alliance Of America, NRA Front-Group, Spends Millions To Elect Pro-Gun Judges
Posted in: Today's ChiliWASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association has spent more than $2 million to fund a group that helps elect conservative pro-gun judges and state attorneys general, people likely to rule in court and try cases that will be favorable to the gun lobbying interests.
The group is called the Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA), and details of the NRA’s funding are laid out in a new report issued Thursday by the nonprofit Center for American Progress (CAP), a left-leaning think tank.
The LEAA does not disclose its donors, but CAP researchers analyzed NRA tax returns and public records to determine that the group was founded in 1991 with money from the NRA, and has received a steady stream of payments from the nation’s largest gun lobbying group ever since. The report found that the LEAA also has received money from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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