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What to Know About the NRA's Latest Troubles
By Currie Engel
The NRA and Its Public Relations Firm Are Suing Each Other Over an Alleged Failed 'Coup'
By David Voreacos and Neil Weinberg / Bloomberg
Trump Un-Signs Gun Treaty
By Brian Bennett
What Gun Control Advocates Should Learn from the NRA
By Joey Lautrup
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High School Shooting Teams Are Getting Wildly Popular — And the NRA Is Helping
Pop. Pop. Pop. At the Minnesota high school trap-shooting championship, more than 8,000 students from some 300 schools gathered in June to blast flying orange discs out of the sky. Over nine days, the sound...
By Sean Gregory
March 7, 2019
School Shootings Are Becoming the New Normal
It has become a waking national nightmare, a recurring horror that we can't explain or defend but that we are condemned to repeat. We know it will happen again. We seem helpless to stop it....
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
May 22, 2018
What Happens When You Reimagine the Difficult Conversation About Guns
We spend a lot of time talking about guns. We have arguments, protests, declarations, and slogans about what kind of weapons can be sold and to whom. But the one thing we rarely have when...
By Diane Tsai , Francesca Trianni and Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 4, 2018
The Young and the Relentless
Adults have failed to stop school shootings. Now it's the kids' turn to try
By Charlotte Alter / Parkland, Fla.
March 22, 2018
Inside the Republican Party's New Direction on Gun Restrictions
Nothing gooses sales like the threat of new gun-control measures
By Philip Elliott and W.J. Hennigan
March 1, 2018
When Staying Silent Is No Longer an Option
Delta Air Lines' decision to end discounts for NRA members has gotten it into hot water with its home-state legislature. Georgia's lieutenant governor said he would block any tax legislation benefiting the company unless it...
By Alan Murray
March 1, 2018
NRA Corporate Partners Are Feeling the Heat
A call to boycott the National Rifle Association became the top trend on Twitter as users of the global social platform demanded that a variety of companies sever their ties with the gun enthusiast group....
By Bloomberg
February 24, 2018
How Much the NRA Has Given to Florida Lawmakers
The NRA donated over $800,000 to Florida lawmakers in the 2016 election
By Alana Abramson
February 15, 2018
At the NRA’s TV Network, Guns Are a Weapon in the Culture Wars
Eight concerned Americans sit around a coffee table and talk about entertainment. One says he stopped paying for cable when everything started "turning left." Another is upset that his young daughter watches reality shows about...
By Charlotte Alter
November 16, 2017
Vegas Shooting Doesn't Sway NRA Grassroots
If anything, they said they feel more strongly preserving their gun rights
By Alana Abramson
October 6, 2017
The NRA Is Finally Backing a Gun Restriction. Here's Why It's a Ploy
Breaking with years of intransigence, the nation’s largest gun-rights group on Thursday announced a rare but limited concession to those who would put in place new limits on firearms. On its own, the face-saving move...
By Philip Elliott
October 6, 2017
The Fight Over Gun Control Isn’t Really About Guns
Will the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history change the debate over gun rights?
By Charlotte Alter / Las Vegas , Haley Sweetland Edwards / Las Vegas and Philip Elliott
October 5, 2017
The 'Shocking' Law That Protects Gunmakers After Mass Shootings Like Las Vegas
The makers of the weapons used in the Las Vegas shooting are off limits. The reason is a web of lawsuits, legislation and lobbying.
By Sean Gregory
October 3, 2017
Gun Control Advocates Are Speaking Up About a Bill Making it Easier to Buy a Silencer
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, advocates of stricter gun control are criticizing a Republican bill to make it easier to buy silencers. As news still trickled in about the...
By Nash Jenkins
October 2, 2017
Why the Women's March Is Taking on the NRA
They claim to for the Second Amendment rights of all Americans, but they don’t care about black and brown communities
By Tamika Mallory
July 14, 2017
My Husband Shot Me
'No woman should have to fear for her life, or the lives of her children, when an abusive person legally owns a gun’
By Lisette Johnson
July 14, 2017
A Lot of Gun Owners Really Dislike This NRA Ad
'Pure, unpatriotic trash'
By Kate Samuelson
June 30, 2017
Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Annual NRA Convention
He's the first sitting president to do so since Reagan
By Tessa Berenson
April 28, 2017
31 Numbers That Explain the 2016 Election
304: Number of Electoral College Votes won by Republican President-elect Donald Trump 2.8 million: Number of votes by which Democrat Hillary Clinton beat Trump in the national popular vote $2.17 billion: Estimated amount spent by...
By Center for Public Integrity / Michael Beckel and Dave Levinthal
December 27, 2016
A Hillary Clinton Loss Would Hobble Gun Reform, Says Connecticut Senator
'If Donald Trump wins, it will be a pretty dramatic setback'
By Philip Elliott / Stamford, Conn.
August 18, 2016
NRA Ad Attacks Hillary Clinton Without Mentioning Guns
Turning out the vote with Benghazi
By Will Drabold
June 29, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Are Less Popular Than the NRA and Planned Parenthood
Trump is viewed the most unfavorably
By Carrie Dann / NBC News
June 27, 2016
Democrats Staged a Sit-In to Push Gun Control Bills. Those Bills Wouldn't Do Much
The legislation would only affect a small percentage of gun purchases in the U.S.
By Josh Sanburn
June 23, 2016
NRA Slaps Down Donald Trump Over Arming People in Bars
In response to questions about arming club-goers in the wake of the Orlando nightclub tragedy
By Maya Rhodan
June 20, 2016
Trump Says He'll Back 'No Fly List' Gun Control Bill
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss “not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or no fly list, to buy guns.” If the presumptive Republican nominee...
By Will Drabold
June 15, 2016
New Anti-Gun Control Ads Seek to Rally Women, LGBT Voters
A group supported by the NRA is hoping to win over women and LGBT Californians to defeat a proposal backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to require background checks for the sale of ammunition with...
By Zeke J Miller
June 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton Hits Bernie Sanders Hard on Guns
Clinton said Sanders had voted with the NRA
By Maya Rhodan
January 17, 2016
Connecticut Won't Let People on No-Fly List Buy Guns
The state would be the first to do so
By Josh Sanburn
December 10, 2015
The Original Reason the NRA Was Founded
The National Rifle Association was chartered on Nov. 17, 1871
By Lily Rothman
November 17, 2015
Gun Control Advocates Try Taking Gun Dealers to Court
A rare legal victory raises hopes for future cases
By Josh Sanburn
October 14, 2015
Republican Candidates Didn't Just Talk Guns at NRA Event
Most of the candidates talked about Iran, ISIS and religious freedom
By Tessa Berenson
April 10, 2015
Police Advocacy Group Leaves Few Fingerprints
Wedged between a nail salon and a pizza shop in a strip mall about 25 miles south of Washington, D.C., is a postal supply store where a small brass mailbox sits stuffed with unopened envelopes....
By Center for Public Integrity / Rachel Baye / Lake Ridge, Va.
March 25, 2015
Gun Control Groups See Future in State Ballot Initiatives
A victory in Washington state could be a template for other states in 2016
By Kate Pickert
November 5, 2014
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Felons Can Sell Their Guns
Case will determine how much "ownership" felons have over their guns
By Charlotte Alter
October 20, 2014
Gun Culture Back Under Fire
The perennial argument over gun control in the U.S. incited heated discussions following Friday night's violent rampage in California that claimed seven lives, including the suspected shooter
By David Stout
May 26, 2014
Bloomberg Takes Aim at NRA With $50M Campaign
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to challenge the National Rifle Association in a $50 million effort, involving political influence, grass-roots organization and a hard-line stance, to galvanize voters in favor of stricter gun control laws
By Sam Frizell
April 16, 2014
Supreme Court Won't Hear Gun Law Challenges
The high court chose not to hear appeals to three court rulings that affirm federal and state restrictions on gun purchases, representing a blow to gun rights advocates such as the National Rifle Association
By Sam Frizell
February 24, 2014
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