The NRA in New York copied the British Royal NRA’s name, the distances to its targets on Wimbledon range, and even their solid iron designs weighing up to 400 pounds each – shipped by steamer across the Atlantic.
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is hardly the only elected official to benefit from the gun lobby. But his story reveals how they hide in the swamp,
The Defense Department denies offering instruction in abusive interrogation techniques. But U.S. Army Special Forces advisers say they trained select Salvadoran soldiers in what they call “negative-incentive” methods.
After the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change. Yet six months later nothing had changed.
Anydoubt about where the gun lobby may be headed after the Sandy Hook school shooting ended fast, after NRA leaders endorsed the CEO of the firm that made the gun used to kill children.
Many Americans expected a real change in the nation’s gun laws after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown. But three months later, the outcome looks unclear.
At the same time that the gun lobby is helping to fuel threatening language on the Internet, it is trying to keep secret its financial backing for key witnesses testifying about gun violence before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
