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Is the NRA an educational organization? A lobby group? A nonprofit? A media outlet? Yes

  • Written by Samuel Brunson, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
NRA volunteer shooting instructors Vern Marion and Brian Beck, firing at targets in 2002. AP Photo/Debra Reid

The National Rifle Association has hit more turbulence since 17 people died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, than the nation’s biggest gun advocacy group is accustomed to after such...

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