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Joel Achenbach
How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
May 24 2022
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2022 NRA Annual Meeting (the week of the Robb school shootings)
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993 Brady Bill)
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008, weakened USG’s ability to regulate guns)
Gun Politics in the United States
How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
Letters from an American (2019 Substack)
Massacres Are the Price of Freedom (rabid bullshit)
Printz v. United States (1997, invalidated parts of Brady Bill)
Revolt at Cincinnati (1977, flipped the NRA)
Robb Elementary School Shooting (21 dead, 18 in grades 2, 3, 4)
Sen. Chris Murphy on Texas School Shooting: "What are we doing? What are we doing?
Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Texas school shooting: "When are we going to do something?"
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Even though 90% of Americans—including nearly 74% of NRA members—support background checks, Republicans have killed such legislation by filibustering it.
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