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.
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.
Quick Glance: Thousands Protest Gun Violence Outside Houston NRA Conference Following Uvalde Tragedy
- More than a thousand people, some carrying child-size coffins, gathered across the street from the National Rifle Association's annual conference in Houston on Friday to protest gun violence, according to reports, just three days after an 18-year-old opened fire in an elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
- According to Houston First, the government entity in charge of the George R. Brown meeting Center, 55,000 members were expected to attend the NRA meeting.
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Quick Glance: Donald Trump will send more weapons to schools in the aftermath of the Texas massacre.
- The NRA (National Rifle Association) annual meeting was held in Houston only three days after the massacre, which occurred on Tuesday around 450 kilometers away at a primary school in Uvalde.
- "Der Grund, warum es nicht schlimmer war, ist, dass die Strafverfolgungsbehörden taten, was sie taten" he said.
- You were unaware that the police were already on the scene, said the eldest.
- Similarly to Trump, Abbott cited psychiatric disorders as a major cause of such behavior.
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.
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Quick Glance: Ted Cruz confronted following NRA conference: "19 children died!"
- "That's on your hands!" Benjamin Hernandez yells at Cruz, who waves as Hernandez is hauled away by security.
- The video shows the beginning of the exchange, when Cruz posed for a photo with Hernandez before the latter began questioning Cruz about his refusal to support tighter gun control regulations, such as background checks.Cruz said to Hernandez at various points in the video, "Alright, you don't want to listen to me," and "You don't know what you're talking about."
- ""The time has come," Hernandez stated.
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