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Analyzing the arguments as Supreme Court hears 2 cases centered on free speech: The First Amendment was at the center of two key Supreme Court arguments on ...
pbs.org/newshour/show/supreme-court-hears-2-cases-centered-on-free-speech
NRA and ex-leader found liable after being sued over lavish spending: A New York jury on Friday found the National Rifle Association and former CEO Wayne ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/23/nra-verdict-wayne-lapierre-trial/
Quick Glance: Jury finds NRA and Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption trial
- Wayne LaPierre diverted millions of dollars from the National Rifle Association to live luxuriously, while the gun rights group failed to properly manage its finances.
- The jury ruled that the National Rifle Association failed to properly run its nonprofit and its assets between March 20, 2014, and May 2, 2022.
- Jurors found that LaPierre and other executives violated their statutory obligations, causing monetary harm to the NRA.
- State Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen will make decisions on monetary damages and potential oversight of the NRA's finances.
Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With NRA in First Amendment Case: The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment ...
nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/supreme-court-nra-free-speech.html
Wayne LaPierre wraps up corruption trial testimony on last day as longtime NRA chief - UPI.com
upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/30/LaPierra-NRA-testimony-ends/1431706661570/
Did you miss Donald Trump’s Outdoor Show speech? Watch our video here: Donald Trump was in Harrisburg on Friday to give a speech during the National Rifle ...
pennlive.com/elections/2024/02/did-you-miss-donald-trumps-outdoor-show-speech-watch-our-video-here.html
Recording Shows NRA Plot to Conceal LaPierre’s Extravagant Expenses: Audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals, in real time, the gun lobbying group ...
propublica.org/article/nra-wayne-lapierre-recording-private-jet-limousine-expenses
How to make sense of things that do not appear to make sense in Uganda: A generation of young activists has emerged and is finding increasingly clever ways to ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/columnists/daniel-kalinaki/how-to-make-sense-of-things-that-do-not-appear-to-make-sense-in-uganda-4539990
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Kyle Rittenhouse Gets Into Spat With Republican: The acquitted killer was not happy with proposals to change gun laws in Texas and let everybody know his ...
newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-republican-gun-control-ar15-1866056
NRA distances itself from longtime leader Wayne LaPierre in opening remarks at civil trial
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nra-distances-longtime-leader-wayne-lapierre-opening-remarks-civil-tri-rcna133076
Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre testifies about extensive spending and jet charters at New York civil trial
cnn.com/2024/01/26/us/wayne-lapierre-testifies-nra-corruption-trial/
NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Stepping Down From Gun Rights Group: The 74-year-old reportedly cited health reasons as the motivation behind his departure.
huffpost.com/entry/nra-ceo-wayne-lapierre-resignation_n_659851cee4b075f4cfd24b09
Quick Glance: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Resigns
- Wayne LaPierre, 74, to step down on 31 January after over three decades leading the NRA.
- Resignation precedes New York civil trial over alleged NRA fund misuse by senior leaders.
- Health reasons cited for resignation, confirmed by NRA statement.
- NRA to uphold defence in lawsuit despite LaPierre's resignation.
NRA, Wayne LaPierre accused in civil case of diverting millions to fund private jets, expensive meals and other lavish spending
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nras-corruption-trial-begins-longtime-leaders-sudden-exit-rcna132925
Quick Glance: NRA Leader Allegedly Misuses Millions for Personal Luxuries
- Wayne LaPierre diverted millions of dollars from the NRA to purchase personal luxuries while the organization flouted nonprofit laws.
- LaPierre is accused of buying private jets, expensive meals, travel consultants, and trips to the Bahamas for himself and his family.
- The lawsuit alleges that LaPierre spent over $500,000 on flights to the Bahamas and received over $1.2 million in expense reimbursements.
- The NRA and its leaders are accused of violating nonprofit laws and internal policies, leading to a loss of over $64 million in three years.
Families are using re-created voices of gun violence victims to call lawmakers: The families of Oliver and five others killed with guns are using AI to create ...
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'The View's Joy Behar Blasts "Hypocritical" Lindsey Graham For Telling Mark Zuckerberg He Has "Blood" On His Hands: "This Man Has Taken Tens Of Thousands From ...
decider.com/2024/02/01/the-view-joy-behar-blasts-hypocritical-lindsey-graham/
NRA’s ex-CFO testified he charged group for his Texas to Virginia commute for 3 years
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nras-ex-cfo-testified-charged-group-texas-virginia-commute-3-years-rcna133689
ACLU to Represent NRA in Supreme Court Free-Speech Case: The civil liberties group says it opposes the N.R.A. and its mission but has agreed to represent it in ...
nytimes.com/2023/12/09/us/aclu-nra-scotus-free-speech.html
Nuns Who Own Shares of Smith & Wesson Sue Over AR-15 Deaths: A coalition of Catholic nuns claim that the gun maker is putting itself at risk by selling the ...
nytimes.com/2023/12/07/us/nuns-activists-ar-15-lawsuit.html
How Bushmaster Made the AR-15 into the U.S.’ Best-Selling Rifle: Neither a gun enthusiast nor a right-wing ideologue, Richard Dyke used political connections and ...
propublica.org/article/how-bushmaster-made-ar-15-into-best-selling-rifle-us
NRA OK’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Restart; Approval by Local Governments Still Needed (Update 1)
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20231227-158153/
Timeline: Louisville Old National Bank shooting was planned quickly and quietly: Louisville police's investigation into the Old National Bank shooting shows the ...
courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/28/old-national-bank-shooting-louisville-timeline/71677529007/
Louisville police close investigation into mass shooting at bank, release records
kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article282178703.html
The Supreme Court said it would decide whether a state official in New York violated the First Amendment by encouraging companies to stop doing business with ... Show more
The AR-15 is a symbol of liberty or loss, depending on whom you ask: A new book, “American Gun”, explores the fraught history of a firearm
economist.com/culture/2023/10/05/the-ar-15-is-a-symbol-of-liberty-or-loss-depending-on-whom-you-ask
Why Canada Has So Many US-Made Guns: Big Take
bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-24/why-canada-has-so-many-us-made-guns-big-take
Ammo Brief: .30 Carbine: A brief look at the .30 Carbine cartridge, developed for the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1 during WWII.
gundigest.com/gear-ammo/ammunition/30-carbine
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's Office Rips NRA Plan to ‘Round Up Mentally Ill People’: A memo from Lee’s administration tore into the NRA for proposing the ...
thedailybeast.com/tennessee-gov-bill-lees-office-rips-nra-plan-to-round-up-mentally-ill-people
NRA Approves Facilities for Fukushima Treated Water Release: The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday issued to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc ...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230708-121265/
‘The future of restaurants belongs to the innovators’ say NRA Show keynote speakers Pinky Cole and Danny Meyer
nrn.com/operations/future-restaurants-belongs-innovators-say-nra-show-keynote-speakers-pinky-cole-and-danny
NRA Scores Two Big Gun Rights Wins Within 24 Hours of Nashville Shooting: The gun lobby celebrated the news that progress on a Colorado assault weapons ban had ...
newsweek.com/nra-two-gun-rights-wins-after-nashville-shooting-colorado-nebraska-1791114
New Gear I Found At The NRA Convention: The National Rifle Association Annual Meeting (NRAAM) is a must-attend event for gun owners and industry professionals ...
usacarry.com/new-gear-found-nra-convention/
Decades of marketing reinvented the AR-15 into a top-selling firearm: The Washington Post found that, through six decades, gunmakers and advertisers leveraged ...
washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/history-of-ar-15-marketing/
Paid articlePaid How the AR-15 became a powerful political, cultural symbol in America: The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a best-seller. It's the result of a dramatic shift in ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-america-gun-culture-politics/
Paid articlePaid How the gun industry’s ‘quick and fearful’ reaction to Columbine foreshadowed its turn to extremism
fastcompany.com/90886648/how-the-gun-industrys-quick-and-fearful-reaction-to-columbine-foreshadowed-its-turn-to-extremism
Sale of UCB betrayed reason for independence struggle: In this second and last edition of a two-part series, Kalundi Serumaga argues that one of the reasons for ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/sale-of-ucb-betrayed-reason-for-independence-struggle-4142036
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Another California gun law has been blocked in court: A federal judge found California violates Second Amendment rights by requiring new semiautomatic handguns ...
sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-gun-law-semiautomatic-handguns-17850633.php
Restaurant group uses workers’ cash to lobby against them, advocates say: A lawsuit alleges that the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe program ...
washingtonpost.com/food/2023/01/27/servsafe-lawsuit-restaurant-workers-nra/
NRA Approves TEPCO Plan to Monitor Water Release: TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday effectively approved a Tokyo Electric ...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/companies/20230223-92928/
A year after Mutebile’s passing, whose economy is it anyway?: Bartering maize for transformers might have been one way to side-step the acute lack of foreign ...
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/columnists/daniel-kalinaki/a-year-after-mutebile-s-passing-whose-economy-is-it-anyway--4108424
Paid articlePaid NRA Wishes 'All Guns, Ammo' For Peace On Earth Day; Critics Explode: "What is WRONG WITH YOU?" asks one stunned foe on Twitter.
huffpost.com/entry/nra-christmas-guns-ammo-greeting-critcism_n_63a8de01e4b0cbfd55dc7e8b
Restaurant Workers Are Paying to Keep Their Own Wages Low: According to a report in the New York Times, the National Restaurant Association uses funds from ...
grubstreet.com/2023/01/national-restaurant-association-funds-efforts-to-keep-industry-pay-low.html
Bloodbath Nation, Paul Auster, Faber & Faber. Review: Bloodbath Nation
heraldscotland.com/news/23230094.bloodbath-nation-paul-auster-faber-faber-review/
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EDITORIAL: Credible nuclear regulation needs independence, transparency
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14808235
Collectible Firearms for Serious Gun Collectors: If you've ever wondered how your favorite collectible gun looked when it left the factory ...
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TODAY IN HISTORY November 23,1989
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A total of 27 rebels of the remnant Holy Spirit Mobile Forces also known as the ... Show more #VisionUpdates
LIV Golf enlists NRA-tied firm as consultants: The Saudi-bankrolled tour is further extending its reach in the D.C. area.
politico.com/news/2022/10/11/liv-golf-nra-mckenna-associates-00061215
Where's that RRF money going? Revealing the latest updates on the RRF from the SBA, the NRA and the IRC ow.ly/P8nH104biWp
Change the Ref's empty school buses will continue their tour, warns new gun control PSA
adage.com/creativity/work/change-refs-new-gun-control-psa/2445451
Wayne LaPierre, NRA lose big in New York court ruling: NY AG Letitia James gets green light to seek financial monitoring for the NRA and to pursue ...
businessinsider.com/nra-wayne-lapierre-letitia-james-ny-gun-control-court-ruling-2022-9
NRN editors discuss Taco Bell’s latest stunt, the next merchandise craze and the NRA’s plea for loan relief. Plus hear from George Felix ... Show more ow.ly/uZS51044jEf
Attorney General Letitia James Takes on the World: New York State Attorney General Leticia James isn't afraid to go after powerful entities ...
marieclaire.com/politics/a34212192/letitia-james-new-york-attorney-general-interview/
Mile-Long Line Of Buses Drives To Ted Cruz's House With Message On Gun Violence: The buses' empty seats represented children who died from gun violence in the ...
huffpost.com/entry/mile-long-bus-line-ted-cruz-house_n_62d0c70be4b02d3ecf31a8f8
Inside a gunmaker’s publicity stunt over a rejected Super Bowl ad: Sales soared in the past decade at Daniel Defense, the maker of the gun used in the Uvalde ...
washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/07/25/daniel-defense-super-bowl-ad/
Shooting sprees in the US: The love of guns is part of the culture: It's not just lax laws and easy access to guns that are responsible for the regular massacres ...
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An endless arms race: How to fight the NRA's absurd solution to mass shootings: More armed guards everywhere, more guns everywhere. Do you want to live in that ...
salon.com/2022/07/05/an-endless-arms-race-how-to-fight-the-nras-absurd-solution-to-mass/
More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows: Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology ...
scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/
NRA opposes bipartisan Senate gun safety bill: The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that it will not support the Senate gun safety legislation ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3532049-nra-opposes-bipartisan-senate-gun-safety-bill/
Salaries: Is NRM brain dead or living on Mars?: The traditional civil service salary scales have become almost meaningless
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/columnists/allan-tacca/salaries-is-nrm-brain-dead-or-living-on-mars--3866888
The NRA bashed the bipartisan Senate gun bill right after its release: 14 Republican senators voted to advance the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act ...
businessinsider.com/nra-freedom-caucus-opposed-senate-gun-bill-less-than-hour-2022-6
NRA membership dues and spending continue to shrink, report shows: The National Rifle Association appears to be experiencing diminished membership revenue and ...
abcnews.go.com/US/nra-membership-dues-spending-continue-shrink-report-shows/story
Court upholds NY attorney general's case against NRA: The legal loss for the NRA means the New York attorney general can move forward with its case trying to ...
businessinsider.com/court-upholds-ny-attorney-general-case-nra-letitia-james-2022-6
Springfield Shows off 16+1 10mm, Hellcat Pro at NRAAM: Springfield Armory brought several new offerings to show off in Houston last weekend for the 151st NRA ...
guns.com/news/2022/06/02/springfield-shows-off-161-10mm-hellcat-pro-at-nraam
A Robb Elementary staffer has filed the first legal action against the company that made the gun used in the school massacre
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robb-elementary-staffer-filed-first-legal-action-company-made-gun-used-rcna31703
How Did Guns Get So Powerful?: Phil Klay writes about the history of guns and gun violence in the United States, how researchers have striven to make guns ...
newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/how-did-guns-get-so-powerful
Lee Greenwood, Gov. Abbott cancel NRA appearances after Uvalde shooting
theweek.com/gun-control/1013929/lee-greenwood-gunmaker-daniel-defense-gov-greg-abbott-cancel-nra-appearances
Analysis: Republicans heading to NRA convention expose hypocrisy of blaming Democrats for politicizing mass shootings
cnn.com/2022/05/27/politics/republican-hypocrisy-nra-convention-houston/
Dan Patrick latest Republican to cancel appearance at NRA convention over over Uvalde shooting
salon.com/2022/05/27/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-backs-out-of-nra-convention-as-defends-his-speech/
What to know about the NRA's annual meeting in Houston : The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday ...
cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/national-rifle-association-annual-meeting-what-to-know/
Quick Glance: Republicans' New Response to School Shootings: "Harden These Targets"
- Following the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, a number of Republicans have suggested that making it more difficult for gunmen to attack a school, rather than enacting stricter gun control laws, is the best way to prevent such tragedies from occurring.
- Salvador Ramos opened fire on the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday, killing 19 students and two adults.
- Former New York Police Department investigator Pat Brosnan, a regular Fox News commentator, stated that the school itself should be better suited to prevent criminals armed with guns from shooting children.
- "We need to install man traps," Brosnan explained to Sean Hannity.
Kids Ask 'Am I Next?' In Wrenching Protest Outside NRA Convention: Video shows children lined up across the street from the convention with pictures of Uvalde ...
huffpost.com/entry/nra-convention-protests-am-i-next_n_629113cbe4b0edd2d023ad14
Gun control opponents can’t adopt pets at this California shelter. ‘Do not come to us’
sacbee.com/news/california/article262480697.html
To NRA cassava, pastors preferred UPC’s goat: His ambition was to see a public holiday specifically associated with Pentecostals
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/columnists/allan-tacca/to-nra-cassava-pastors-preferred-upc-s-goat-3838572
NRA Boss Days After Uvalde Mass Shooting: We’re the Real Victims Here: NRA honcho Wayne LaPierre barely mentioned the slaughter in Uvalde in his Saturday speech ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/uvalde-nra-wayne-lapierre-victims-1360374/
Quick Glance: NRA members award leader Wayne LaPierre their vote of trust
- The National Rifle Association's CEO, Wayne LaPierre, talks during the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Annual Meeting.
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- Almost everyone in the room supported LaPierre in a show of hands.
Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A.: Mike Spies reports on internal memos from the N.R.A. detailing the organization’s relationship with the ...
newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrecy-self-dealing-and-greed-at-the-nra
Larry Gatlin Pulls Out of NRA Convention Concert in Texas: The concert is in danger of collapsing, as other artists like Larry Stewart, Danielle Peck drop off ...
rollingstone.com/music/music-country/larry-gatlin-nra-convention-uvalde-1359008/
Quick Glance: Don McLean and Other Performers Drop Out of NRA Convention Following Uvalde
- Don McLean and Larry Gatlin withdrew in honor of the dead, as teachers' unions joined planned rallies for gun reform in Houston.
- Several musical acts who were scheduled to perform at this week's National Rifle Association convention in Houston have canceled out of respect for the victims of the Uvalde massacre, which occurred 279 miles west of the usually boisterous annual gun-rights gathering.
- "Our deepest sympathies are with the families and victims involved in this horrific and evil crime," the N.R.A. stated on Twitter on Wednesday.
- Both unions have spoken out against arming teachers.
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