The jury’s verdict followed years of allegations that the gun group’s top official and other leaders were spending money meant to benefit its members on their own luxuries.
Wayne LaPierre led the NRA for more than three decades.
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Under his watch, congressional action toward gun control ground to a near halt that lasted for many years.
Former NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre arrives for his civil trial at New York State Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2024, in New York City.
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A legal scholar argues that assigning a designated contrarian and rotating this role over time will help nonprofit boards resist the dangerous pull toward passivity and deference.
‘Sociology of Guns’ students during a gun range field trip.
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America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the civility and structure of America.
The gun group might be less sturdy than it appears.
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The National Rifle Association is spending heavily on legal fees and slashing programs for its members.
Ade Osadolor-Hernandez of Students Demand Action speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in May 2022.
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Congress tends to be most likely to act after an assassination or assassination attempt of historic proportions or mass shootings. But sometimes lawmakers do nothing beyond debate new measures.
The group, founded in 1871, didn’t try to smother virtually all gun control efforts until the mid-1970s.
A Kenosha, Wisconsin, jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of murder on Nov. 19, 2021. His trial sparked a national debate over gun rights and self-defense.
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