National Rifle Association

Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns

Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he himself had hailed as an achievement on gun control six years ago.

Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA

NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says

NRA names new leadership to replace former CEO found liable for wrongly spending millions

Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights

Trump talks classified documents probes at NRA event

Donald Trump took swings at President Joe Biden for mishandling classified documents in the wake of a special counsel’s report that found that Biden willfully held onto and shared with a ghostwriter highly-classified information. (Feb 9) (AP production by Javier Arciga)

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NRA chief Wayne LaPierre says he’s resigning, days before the start of his civil trial

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NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre

The National Rifle Association is kicking off its annual meeting in downtown Dallas, gathering for the first time in decades without Wayne LaPierre at the helm as board members prepare to elect his replacement.

Supreme Court appears receptive to NRA free-speech lawsuit against a former New York state official

Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Ex-NRA chief Wayne LaPierre misspent gun rights group’s money and owes over $4M, jury finds

The jury ordered LaPierre, 74, to repay almost $4.4 million to the powerful gun rights group that he led for three decades.

Trial over lavish NRA spending nears jury, Wayne LaPierre’s lawyer calls it a political witch hunt

A New York state lawyer said in closing arguments at a civil trial claiming a former National Rifle Association executive wildly misspent millions of dollars on private flights and other lavish perks that the group and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar.”

They died from gun violence. Now NRA-supporting lawmakers are getting phone calls from their voices

The family of a teen murdered at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is launching a campaign where re-created voices of gun violence victims will call federal lawmakers.

Trump tells NRA members ‘no one will lay a finger on your firearms’ if he returns to the White House

Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms” if he returns to the White House, and bragged that during his time as president he “did nothing” to curb guns.

At trial, NRA leader LaPierre acknowledges he wrongly expensed private flights, gifts

The National Rifle Association’s outgoing CEO acknowledged at a civil trial in New York that he wrongly expensed gifts, travel, and other benefits to his organization.

NRA chief Wayne LaPierre takes the stand in his civil trial, defends luxury vacations

Outgoing National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has testified in the New York civil trial over allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by enriching himself and close associates.

Oliver North says NRA reacted to misconduct allegations like a ‘circular firing squad’

Oliver North says he was pushed out of the National Rifle Association after raising allegations of financial misconduct against the group’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre.

NRA lawyer says gun rights group is defendant and victim at civil trial over leader’s big spending

A National Rifle Association lawyer has acknowledged in court that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self-dealing.

‘King of the NRA': Civil trial scrutinizes lavish spending by gun rights group’s longtime leader

A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says the longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA.”

NRA chief, one of the most powerful figures in US gun policy, says he’s resigning days before trial

Wayne LaPierre, the longtime head of the National Rifle Association, is stepping down just days before the start of a New York civil trial that’s poised to scrutinize his leadership of the influential gun rights organization.

The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech case before the Supreme Court

The National Rifle Association will be represented by the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will hear an NRA appeal in a dispute with a former New York state official

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association over comments from a former New York state official who urged banks and insurance companies to discontinue their association with gun promoting groups after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ‘round up mentally ill people’

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the National Rifle Association of wanting to use involuntary commitment laws “to round up mentally ill people and deprive them of other liberties.”

NRA shows gun rights power but pushback grows from shootings

The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights.

NRA convention draws top GOP 2024 hopefuls after shootings

Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race are vowing at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to defend the Second Amendment at all costs.

NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons

A new federal lawsuit contends that Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment.The powerful National Rifle Association on Tuesday filed the lawsuit in U.S.

Feds finalize tighter regulations on gun stabilizing braces

The Justice Department is finalizing tighter regulations on guns with accessories known as stabilizing braces, a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the devices were used in mass shootings.

2nd Circuit rejects NRA claims against ex-NY state official

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel on Thursday rejected the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment claims against a former New York state official who urged banks and insurance companies to discontinue their association with gun promoting groups after the deadly school shooting in Parklan

NRA slams Trump’s Wisconsin candidate over false endorsement

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Rifle Association on Monday issued a stinging rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s pick for Wisconsin governor, accusing him of misleading its members after his campaign falsely claimed the gun advocacy group had endorsed him.

Florida NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer retiring after 44 years

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The National Rifle Association’s longtime Florida lobbyist and first female president, Marion Hammer, will retire but remain an adviser to the organization, the NRA announced Thursday.

New York’s lawsuit against NRA can move forward, judge rules

A New York judge says the state attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt.”

Hochul defends Bills stadium deal, gun positions in debate

NEW YORK (AP) — The two Democrats challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bid to keep her job criticized her Tuesday for her past backing from the National Rifle Association and the deal she reached to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills.

As US mourns shootings, NRA in turmoil but influence remains

Nearly 10 years ago, the mass shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School looked like it might lead to a breakthrough in the political stalemate on guns in the United States.

AP FACT CHECK: NRA speakers distort gun and crime statistics

An AP Fact Check is examining rhetoric from the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. The AP finds that speakers assailed a Chicago gun ban that doesn’t exist, ignored security upgrades at the Texas school where children were slaughtered and misrepresented national gun and crime statistics as

NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school massacre

One by one, speakers took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state.

Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.

NRA stages big gun show in Texas days after school massacre

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde

Arizona Democratic congressman Gallego rips Ted Cruz, NRA

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego lashed out at the National Rifle Association and Texas Republican Sen.