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Good Riddance to Wayne LaPierre—and Hopefully Soon the Entire NRA: For the first time, the NRA can’t buy their way out of this problem.
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Good Riddance to Wayne LaPierre—and Hopefully Soon the Entire NRA
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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 ...
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Analyzing the arguments as Supreme Court hears 2 cases centered on free ...
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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 ...
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NRA and ex-leader found liable after being sued over lavish spending
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.
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Jury begins deliberations in trial against NRA and former CEO Wayne LaPierre: Jurors began deliberating Friday in the New York civil corruption trial against the ...
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Jury begins deliberations in trial against NRA and former CEO Wayne ...
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The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?: Speaking with veteran firearms journalist Stephen Gutowski about the plight of the NRA ...
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The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?
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Letter: There are ways to counter disgraced NRA leader’s pervasive effect on America
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Letter: There are ways to counter disgraced NRA leader’s pervasive effect ...
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'We did nothing': Trump is a coward. At NRA gun show, he admitted as much.: Former President Donald Trump told a group of NRA supporters he was happy his ...
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'We did nothing': Trump is a coward. At NRA gun show, he admitted as much.
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Trump vow to NRA if reelected: ‘No one will lay a finger on your firearms’: Former President Trump made a new vow to National Rifle Association (NRA) members ...
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Trump vow to NRA if reelected: ‘No one will lay a finger on your firearms’
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New Analysis Blows Hole in 'Good Guy With a Gun' Myth: "In untangling the myth of defensive gun use, one thing is abundantly clear: If safety is the goal ...
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New Analysis Blows Hole in 'Good Guy With a Gun' Myth
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Georgetown colleagues set for rare Supreme Court faceoff in NRA case: For the first time in Georgetown Law’s history, two of its law professors will go ...
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Georgetown colleagues set for rare Supreme Court faceoff in NRA case
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Women's Day: Despotism cannot inspire inclusion: Limiting women’s choice to only supporting the status quo is nothing but benevolent sexism
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Women's Day: Despotism cannot inspire inclusion
Quick Glance: International Women's Day: History and Significance
  • International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March for over a century.

  • Originated from demands for better working conditions and voting rights in the labor movement.

  • Clara Zetkin and the UN played key roles in global recognition of the day.

  • Global celebrations and themes, emphasizing inclusion and gender equality importance.
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Trump vows to undo Biden gun restrictions if re-elected: HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the ...
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Trump vows to undo Biden gun restrictions if re-elected
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Wayne LaPierre wraps up corruption trial testimony on last day as longtime NRA chief - UPI.com
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Wayne LaPierre wraps up corruption trial testimony on last day as longtime ...
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Former NRA President Oliver North says he was ousted after he raised concerns about corruption within the organization
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Former NRA President Oliver North says he was ousted after he raised ...
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Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre testifies about extensive spending and jet charters at New York civil trial
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Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre testifies about extensive spending and ...
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NRA distances itself from longtime leader Wayne LaPierre in opening remarks at civil trial
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NRA distances itself from longtime leader Wayne LaPierre in opening ...
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#BangkokPost : A New York state jury found that former National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre mismanaged the gun rights group and cost it $5.4 million ... Show more
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NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Stepping Down From Gun Rights Group: The 74-year-old reportedly cited health reasons as the motivation behind his departure.
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NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Stepping Down From Gun Rights Group
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.
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NRA, Wayne LaPierre accused in civil case of diverting millions to fund private jets, expensive meals and other lavish spending
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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.
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NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's brain is shrinking: doctors: LaPierre has "cognitive decline" and "significant cerebral volume loss" a doctor wrote ...
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NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's brain is shrinking: doctors
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NRA fights fading influence as longtime leader resigns: A one-time lobbying powerhouse lost its longtime leader — and is losing its luster.
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NRA fights fading influence as longtime leader resigns
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre steps down amid corruption charges: Andrew Arulanandam, previously the organization’s head of general operations, will take over for ...
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre steps down amid corruption charges
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Former NRA chief of staff admits wrongdoing before corruption trial : Joshua Powell, one of five defendants in lawsuit including former CEO Wayne LaPierre ...
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Former NRA chief of staff admits wrongdoing before corruption trial
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Wayne LaPierre spends first day of NRA retirement on trial: LaPierre spent Thursday at his corruption trial in New York. Gun-control advocates, meanwhile ...
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Wayne LaPierre spends first day of NRA retirement on trial
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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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Families are using re-created voices of gun violence victims to call ...
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NRA Bid to End Corruption Probe Fails in New York: New York Attorney General Letitia James has provided "ample evidence of malfeasance" at the gun rights ...
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NRA Bid to End Corruption Probe Fails in New York
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Ahmir Jolliff, 11, was killed by three bullets in the Perry High School shooting on Thursday.
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There’s a troubling link between gun ownership and suicide, Mike Spies of The Trace writes. The firearms industry won’t address it ... Show more
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Florida lawmakers want to end 3-day waiting periods for rifles, shotguns: A state senator wants to eliminate a statewide 3-day waiting period to buy a rifle or a ...
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Florida lawmakers want to end 3-day waiting periods for rifles, shotguns
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Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon wanted to highlight 'lax' gun laws: report
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Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon wanted to highlight 'lax' gun ...
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Mass Shootings and Gun Industry Greed Are Ravaging America: Mass shootings like the one in Lewiston, Maine, in October are the product of the gun industry ...
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Mass Shootings and Gun Industry Greed Are Ravaging America
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The NRA is Slowly Dying: Membership is declining at the gun right's group as it also faces financial difficulties. Critics say the future looks bleak.
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The NRA is Slowly Dying
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The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech case before the Supreme Court: the ACLU
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The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech case before the ...
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Timeline: Louisville Old National Bank shooting was planned quickly and quietly: Louisville police's investigation into the Old National Bank shooting shows the ...
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Timeline: Louisville Old National Bank shooting was planned quickly and ...
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Jeffery M. Leving: Guilty plea of Highland Park shooting suspect’s father should be a wake-up call for parents
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Jeffery M. Leving: Guilty plea of Highland Park shooting suspect’s father ...
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Louisville police close investigation into mass shooting at bank, release records
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Louisville police close investigation into mass shooting at bank ...
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How Magical Thinking Gave Guns Their Power: 'To kill fantastical creatures, you need fantastical weapons. That’s where the gun industry comes in ...
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How Magical Thinking Gave Guns Their Power
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Will SCOTUS side with gun owners over domestic violence victims?: Laws barring domestic violence abusers from owning guns in California and most other states are ...
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Will SCOTUS side with gun owners over domestic violence victims?
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DA blames 'gun-crazy' politicians after killing of Philadelphia cop: Politicians who "serve the NRA's bloody agenda" have made it harder to track down ...
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DA blames 'gun-crazy' politicians after killing of Philadelphia cop
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For the second time, a federal judge overturns California’s assault weapon ban: For the second time, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued a decision ...
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For the second time, a federal judge overturns California’s assault weapon ...
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Two reporters from Al Jazeera go undercover in the National Rifle Association (NRA) to reveal how they manipulate public opinion after deadly massacres.
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School shootings hit all-time high for second year in a row: There were 188 shootings with casualties at public and private elementary schools during the 2021-22 ...
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School shootings hit all-time high for second year in a row
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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
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The AR-15 is a symbol of liberty or loss, depending on whom you ask
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With Newport IW and District Rifle Club's fullbore calendar coming to a close, members turned up at Jersey Camp in Newtown for the NRA Championship Cup ... Show more
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Parents of Parkland massacre victim protest guns, NRA with empty buses: Manuel and Patricia Oliver are the parents of Joaquin Oliver, one of 17 killed at Marjory ...
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Parents of Parkland massacre victim protest guns, NRA with empty buses
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What we know about the Provo man killed by FBI agents, suspected of threatening President Biden
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Quick Glance: Armed man threatening Joe Biden shot dead by FBI
  • An armed Utah man who made violent threats against President Joe Biden was killed by FBI agents.

  • The incident occurred hours before the president's arrival in Utah on Wednesday.

  • The man had made months of graphic threats against several public figures in online posts.

  • Authorities became aware of the man after he posted a threat against the president and other high-ranking officials.
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What we know about the Provo man killed by FBI agents, suspected of threatening President Biden
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What we know about the Provo man killed by FBI agents, suspected of ...
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#BangkokPost : It's hard to think of a greater perversion of this country's national interest or a more morally grotesque public policy than the murderous chain of ... Show more
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"His unhinged contempt for the right to self-defense has no bounds," the NRA tweeted.
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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 ...
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's Office Rips NRA Plan to ‘Round Up Mentally Ill ...
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NRA sues Maryland governor after he signs gun safety legislation: The National Rifle Association sued Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he signed the Gun Safety Act ...
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NRA sues Maryland governor after he signs gun safety legislation
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Ky officials work to stop overdose deaths. Why don’t they work on gun violence too? | Opinion
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Ky officials work to stop overdose deaths. Why don’t they work on gun ...
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Recent Shootings Strike at Long-Held Pro-Gun Myths: A series of shootings that saw several young people injured and one killed by gun owners who thought they ...
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Recent Shootings Strike at Long-Held Pro-Gun Myths
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How AR-15-style rifles write the tragic history of America's mass shootings: The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, is one all too ...
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How AR-15-style rifles write the tragic history of America's mass ...
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Gov. Newsom proposes amending U.S. Constitution to roll back gun rights: Newsom said proposed amendment would enshrine “widely supported gun safety freedoms” but ...
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Gov. Newsom proposes amending U.S. Constitution to roll back gun rights
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Washington State Closes Capitol as Gov. Jay Inslee Signs AR-15 Ban: “These weapons of war, assault weapons, have no reason other than mass murder,” Gov ...
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Washington State Closes Capitol as Gov. Jay Inslee Signs AR-15 Ban
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Here's why hundreds in orange marched across Golden Gate Bridge: Marchers in bright orange garb marched across the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday to call for ...
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Here's why hundreds in orange marched across Golden Gate Bridge
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Using NRA logic after the massacre in Cleveland, Texas: NRA thinking tells us the victims would be alive had they been armed. But wouldn't the situation have ...
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 Using NRA logic after the massacre in Cleveland, Texas
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How the AR-15 Rifle Became America’s Most Dangerous Weapon: Everything you need to know about AR-15 rifles—from what "AR" means, to why the weapon is so commonly ...
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How the AR-15 Rifle Became America’s Most Dangerous Weapon
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Mass shootings are a problem America can't fix: The public supports many sensible gun measures, but flaws in our democracy make us unable to adopt them.
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Mass shootings are a problem America can't fix
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At today's NRA summit, Pence called for quick execution of mass shooters, and Trump got a standing ovation. Their dueling speeches ... Show more
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How the AR-15 Ruined America: As an NRA-approved icon and the mass shooter’s weapon of choice, the AR-15 has done untold harm.
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How the AR-15 Ruined America
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How the AR-15 Ruined America: As an NRA-approved icon and the mass shooter’s weapon of choice, the AR-15 has done untold harm.
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How the AR-15 Ruined America
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In Texas, you need a license to crab, but not to buy a gun (Opinion): Republicans seem to ban everything to keep us safe from ourselves — except guns ...
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In Texas, you need a license to crab, but not to buy a gun (Opinion)
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GOP leaders have no business being at mass shooting vigil (Opinion): But Republican politicians are so under the thumb of their NRA benefactors that they don’t ...
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GOP leaders have no business being at mass shooting vigil (Opinion)
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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 ...
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NRA Scores Two Big Gun Rights Wins Within 24 Hours of Nashville Shooting
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What we know about Tennessee's gun laws after Nashville shooting: Tennessee has been a permitless carry state for handguns since 2021.
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What we know about Tennessee's gun laws after Nashville shooting
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Two reporters from Al Jazeera go undercover in the National Rifle Association (NRA) to reveal how they manipulate public opinion after deadly massacres.

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Switzerland gun laws: Why the country has fewer gun deaths than the US: Here's what the US can learn from Switzerland, which has nearly eliminated mass shootings ...
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Switzerland gun laws: Why the country has fewer gun deaths than the US
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Court upholds California’s AR-15 ban: California can still prohibit the sale and possession of AR-15 rifles, the court said, even under the tightened standards ...
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Court upholds California’s AR-15 ban
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‘It’s a weapon to hunt people!’ Why so many Americans hate – and love – the AR-15
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‘It’s a weapon to hunt people!’ Why so many Americans hate – and love – ...
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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 ...
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How the AR-15 became a powerful political, cultural symbol in America
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Florida Senate President Passidomo opposes lowering rifle-buying age to 18: A bill in the House is backed by Speaker Paul Renner.
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Florida Senate President Passidomo opposes lowering rifle-buying age to 18
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We Need to Learn to Live With Guns: A passive Congress and hostile judiciary leave Americans with little choice but to change the culture of firearms.
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We Need to Learn to Live With Guns