They claim to be Missouri’s fiercest defenders of the Second Amendment. But a close look at the Missouri Firearms Coalition (MFC) reveals something darker: a professionalized fundraising machine built not on protecting rights, but on perpetuating outrage, concealing where the money goes, and manipulating well-meaning gun owners into financing a movement that delivers nothing but emails and donation appeals.
After examining MFC’s IRS filings, state ethics records, and social media presence, and comparing them with investigative reporting from other states, a disturbing pattern emerges — one that echoes a national grift model operated by a family already well known in gun-rights circles for turning fear into fortune.
Follow the Money: MFC’s Vanishing Donations
Between 2021 and 2023, MFC raised more than $656,000 from donors — most of them everyday Missourians concerned about their constitutional rights. But more than $263,000 of that — nearly half of all expenses — was reported as “management fees,” with no vendor, no LLC, no contractor, and no individual disclosed as the recipient.
- MFC reported no paid officers or employees, despite having a Political Director (Aaron Dorr) listed as working 20 hours/week.
- No lobbying activity was disclosed to the Missouri Ethics Commission, even though Dorr ...
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