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National Rifle Association
A new ad campaign featuring the mother of Trayvon Martin targets both the underwriter and broker of a controversial insurance product offered by the National Rifle Association. The product, called Carry Guard, is marketed to gun owners worried about the…
Mass Shooting
The National Rifle Association’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre, and its top lobbyist, Chris Cox, went on Fox News last night to deliver their first on-camera responses to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Each pressed a number of points — a central…
Their remarks were measured and their tones somber. Chris Cox, the head of the National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm, noted that Las Vegas victims included NRA members. But in a pair of Fox News interviews last night, Cox and the…
The National Rifle Association said Thursday afternoon that bump stocks and similar devices designed to increase semiautomatic rifles’ rate of fire should be subject to “additional regulations.” In a joint statement, the group’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre, and its top…
The NRA and Me
Khalil Spencer on why he supports his local shooting club — and his area's gun violence prevention group.
Ralph Myers believes gun control failed to save his child.
Last year, the National Rifle Association spent more money fighting a push for a universal background check for gun purchases in Nevada than it did on any Senate or House race. There’s no indication that Question 1, which passed…
Analysis
Why the National Rifle Association broke so prominently with its practice of not meddling in Republican primaries is the $1,112,316 (give or take) question following Luther Strange’s thumping in the Alabama runoff on Tuesday.
In the first two quarters of 2017, the National Rifle Association has already spent more on lobbying than it did in all of last year. The gun group has spent $3.2 million from January 1 to June 30 trying…
The gun group's top lobbyist described Ryan Zinke’s appointment to the agency as “the end of a hostile era towards hunters and sportsmen.”
Gun Policy
The heavy metal is known to cause a host of health problems, including organ failure.
One researcher says she has not yet seen a case in which stories about violence produce support for gun rights.
They worry that the hard-core regimen for self-defense shooters leaves them behind — and could put members at risk.
"I have 30 emails from Wayne LaPierre that I never asked for."
Concealed Carry
The finding comes as the NRA is endorsing state bills to make licensing and instruction optional for concealed carriers.