Cowardice Is No Longer an Excuse
Mother Jones illustration; Michael Conroy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As gun violence ravages communities and the country reels from a string of horrific mass shootings, Americans have been left with an all-too-familiar question: Will our lawmakers finally do something to…
Judge Says NRA Isn’t Bankrupt and Can’t Move Out of New York to Avoid Lawsuit
Michael Conroy/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The National Rifle Association is not bankrupt, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The decision is a major blow to the nation’s oldest gun rights organization who, on January…
NRA Chief LaPierre Hunted Elephants in Botswana, Video Shows
NRA head Wayne LaPierre at CPAC 2021Paul Hennessy/SOPA/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In 2013, National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre and his wife traveled to Botswana’s Okavango Delta to hunt the now-endangered African bush elephant,…
New Data Shows That the NRA’s Trump Bump Has Evaporated
Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association’s 2016 convention.Scott Olson/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The National Rifle Association has been going through a rough patch lately. New York’s attorney general has called for the…
Gun Sales Surged in 2020. So Did Gun Violence.
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.Michael Conroy/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.To say that 2020 was a year of unprecedented turmoil would be an understatement. More than 350,000 people have died in the United States…
Congressional Dems Call On the IRS to Investigate the NRA
Michael Conroy/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, charging the nation’s oldest gun rights group with decades of illegal financial dealings and misconduct and seeking to dissolve…
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