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Wayne LaPierre

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Dear Glenn Beck: Leave MLK out of the NRA

Blair L.M. Kelley
OPINION - The NRA, which has been in the spotlight since the brutal murders in Newtown, Connecticut, seems to be redoubling efforts to resist any legislation regulating the use or sale of firearms...
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Wayne LaPierre

NRA chief goes apocalyptic and racial on guns

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre unleashed an incendiary manifesto on Thursday, describing America -- and Brooklyn, New York in particular -- as a virtual hellscape...
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A demonstrator from CodePink holds up a banner as National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivers remarks during a news conference at the Willard Hotel December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is the first public appearance that leaders of the gun rights group have made since a 20-year-old man used a popular assault-style rifle to slaughter 20 school children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, one week ago. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NRA's new background checks stance

Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The country's most powerful gun rights lobbying group has reversed its decade-old stance on requiring instant background checks for people buying guns at gun shows...
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Left: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Right: Fox host Chris Wallace

Fox News host calls NRA's Obama kids ad 'ridiculous'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association, joined host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday to discuss the NRA's controversial ad which features President Barack Obama's daughters...
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Chicago teen a topic in guns hearing

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VIDEO - Police say Hadiya Pendleton died after she was shot in the back while hanging out with a group of teens in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park about 2:30 p.m...
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Common (Now with Alex Wagner)

Common on guns and black families

Marquise Francis
VIDEO - Rapper Common joined a panel discussion Tuesday on the show Now with Alex Wagner in order to discuss poverty and gun violence in America...
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Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee Chairman Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) presides over a hering on 'Superstorm Sandy: The Devastating Impact on the Nation's Largest Transportation Systems.' December 6, 2012 in Washington, DC. Lhota, Shumer and others testified before the subcommittee about the need for more federal dollars for Superstorm Sandy recovery. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lautenberg, Booker spar over NRA

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theGRIO REPORT - Lautenberg, one of the Senate's most outspoken gun control advocates, expressed his outrage via Twitter when LaPierre recommended that all schools should have armed guards in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown...
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A demonstrator from CodePink holds up a banner as National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivers remarks during a news conference at the Willard Hotel December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is the first public appearance that leaders of the gun rights group have made since a 20-year-old man used a popular assault-style rifle to slaughter 20 school children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, one week ago. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school

Philip Elliott, Associated Press
The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead.
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NRA official: Media sensationalizing Martin case

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A top National Rifle Association official levied sharp criticism against the national media on Saturday, accusing it of sensationalizing the Trayvon Martin case and ignoring other crimes that happen across the country every day...
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