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Find news and articles on the NRA (National Rifle Association) of America. It is a nonprofit organization in the US which supports gun rights. Get news from RT on the founding and development of the NRA. It was founded in 1871 by American journalist and soldier William Conant Church and American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice George Wood Wingate. Many experts say the NRA is one of the most influential lobbying groups in Washington DC, with 6 million members, according to the organization. Read RT for news on the controversies surrounding the NRA. The organization has been criticized by gun control and gun rights advocacy groups, politicians, and famous people. The NRA was widely attacked by many opponents of gun ownership after numerous shooting incidents across the US – for example, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, and the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida. Follow RT on the topics of mass shootings in the US, protests against the NRA, gun ownership, and the shooters.
- San Francisco backs off blacklisting NRA as ‘national terrorist organization’ after gun group takes city to court
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has scored a big win over San Francisco, forcing the city to “clarify” a recent resolution dubbing the group a homegrown “terrorist organization” and urging businesses to cut ties.Oct 3, 2019 04:11USA News - NRA was a ‘foreign asset’ of Russia in 2016 election, claims report by Senate DemocratsInjecting new life into the ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theory, Senate Democrats produced a report claiming that the largest US gun rights organization acted like a ‘foreign asset’ for the Kremlin and should lose tax-exempt status.Sep 28, 2019 00:08USA News
- NRA sues San Francisco after city brands it a ‘domestic terrorist organization’The National Rifle Association (NRA) is taking the city of San Francisco to court over a recent resolution calling it a domestic terrorist entity and discouraging businesses from dealing with it.Sep 10, 2019 03:33USA News
- Shots fired: San Francisco declares NRA ‘domestic terrorists’The San Francisco, California supervisors declaring the National Rifle Association a “domestic terrorist organization” seems like virtue-signaling, but it may well be a major escalation in the culture war already shaking the US.Sep 5, 2019 22:15USA News
- Biden slammed on Twitter for saying the NRA is not the enemy at Democratic debateJoe Biden’s insistence that the National Rifle Association ‘is not the enemy’ in the Democratic Party’s push for gun control has not gone down well, with liberals tweeting their anger at his remarks.Jun 28, 2019 09:46USA News
- Trump says NRA ‘under siege’ as New York AG launches probe into the gun rights groupUS President Donald Trump has tweeted his support for the National Rifle Association (NRA), branding the ongoing probe into it a “siege” and urging the embattled non-profit to end infighting and get back to “greatness.”Apr 29, 2019 15:07USA News
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