The NRA is Slowly Dying
In 2013, Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association, boasted that the advocacy group was experiencing unprecedented growth and was on track to have 10 million members.
Ten years on, that's not how things have worked out. In fact, the NRA's membership has shrunk to less than half that, according to some reports, and with declining membership have come declining revenues. That's a cause for celebration among anti-gun groups, who have told Newsweek it is proof that Americans are increasingly outraged by gun violence.
The truth is not quite so simple—but it is clear that the NRA is fading fast from what was once a central position in U.S. politics.
