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I realize it's the title of the article, but "Everytown" is not a charity.

There are two legal entities:

1. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, Inc; a 501(c)3

2. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc; a 501(c)4

The NRA is structured similarly with the NRA being the traditional non-profit and the NRA-ILA being the political lobbying entity.

It's disingenuous to cast one group as a charity and not the other.

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Ok, we replaced "charity" with "group" and "gun safety" with "anti-gun" (per the URL) in the title above.

I don't think the distinction really matters to the story -but yeah, the author wasn't subtle in trying to present one party as the victim here.

But even if the roles were reversed (threatening anti-gun violence ads on an NRA piece), what that sales rep did would have been nasty to both his client and to his colleagues. But hey, I'm sure the PR department can use the extra work.

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