Inside the NRA's scandals and financial troubles
August 21, 2019 at 15:23 PM EDT
The NRA is in crisis mode. With about 5 million members as of August 2019, the NRA is one of the most powerful special interest groups in the U.S. But claims of financial wrongdoing have led to multiple investigations in Congress and in New York state that are threatening the group's survival. And the gun group is facing additional pressure on a national level. Sixty percent of U.S. adults say gun laws should be more strict as of 2018, 12% more than 2008.
