The Latest Breaking News from NRA

Ted: Russian sanctions are "gun control"

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert backed the GOP effort to pressure the White House to go easy on Putin

Salon · May 27, 2022

Greg Abbott will address NRA — by video

"We're in the stage when Republican politicians hide and hope this blows over. Don't let it," advocates warn

Salon · May 27, 2022

Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

WEKU · May 27, 2022

Editorial: If gun control won't work, at least take away gun makers' liability protection

With more than 300 million firearms in Americans’ hands — enough for every man, woman and child to have one — it does no good anymore to rant and rave about gun control. The National Rifle Association owns enough members of Congress to block meaningful measures and is no doubt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2022

NRA opens gun convention in Texas days after deadly school shooting

Former US President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans will be among speakers at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual convention, which begins in Texas on Friday.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

How lawmakers in thrall to the NRA stifle gun safety laws

Powerful lobbying groups spent nearly $5m last year to expand gun rights while limiting curbs on who can have a firearm and how they can carry it

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

NRA opens gun convention in Texas 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…

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas governor Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention and visit Uvalde instead amid pressure over pro-guns stance

National Rifle Association’s spokesperson says governor will pre-record message

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

The meetings go on for the NRA, and guns are allowed, but not during Trump’s appearance

WASHINGTON — After at least 21 people, 19 of them children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said its deepest sympathies were with the families and victims “involved in this horrific and evil crime.”

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022