1/ The NRA has recently been under fire amid student gun protests, but we've been covering the group's operations for years. Here’s what we’ve dug up: First, the NRA's top lawyer for decades once was arrested for murder, then freed over bad police work.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/robert-dowlut-nra-murder-mystery/ …
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6/ After Sandy Hook, the NRA made big promises about a new school safety program. It hasn't done much.http://bit.ly/2BW8frk
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7/ And the NRA’s plan to “harden schools” is simply terrifying.http://bit.ly/2FyliPA
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8/ Here’s the data the NRA doesn’t want you to see: The average cost to taxpayers for a single gun homicide in America is about $400,000. And we pay for 32 of them every single day. http://bit.ly/2EXuXya pic.twitter.com/hSAMe0tfkd
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9/ Take a look at their history of advertising, and you’ll see the NRA’s shift to a group closely allied with the gun industry and the conservative establishment whose only solution to gun violence is even more guns.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/national-rifle-association-ads-history/ …
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10/ In 2016, the NRA’s political arm set a fundraising record, taking in a staggering $366 million—and spent tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/nra-donald-trump-guns-fundraising/ …
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11/ Now, after calling NRA leaders "great Americans" Trump is trying to raise money off of Parkland victims. Really.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/trump-campaign-fundraise-parkland-shooting-florida/ …
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12/ But, after Parkland, public opinion, which has long favored gun control, is growing stronger and stronger in favor of substantive change:https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/a-new-poll-shows-a-dramatic-change-in-how-americans-view-gun-control/ …
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13/13 Promisingly, we’re already starting to see the change the country needs. Here's an example:https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/a-white-man-shot-and-killed-her-only-son-now-lucy-mcbath-is-running-so-it-doesnt-happen-to-anyone-else/ …
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