The NRA’s big, bad financial mismanagement crisis, explained

The NRA is low on cash and embroiled in complex lawsuits.

The National Rifle Association, the country’s largest and most powerful gun rights organization with an estimated 5 million members and considerable political clout, is facing a real and genuine crisis that could put its future at risk.

Following the NRA’s annual conference held this past weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana, the NRA is currently down a president, in the midst of a complex and embarrassing legal battle against its own advertising firm, and facing an investigation into its finances by...