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National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch appears on CNN's town hall debate on guns, Feb. 21, 2018. (Image: CNN screenshot)

Dana Loesch, NRA spokeswoman, says her organization supports strengthening background checks

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. LaPierre said at the conference that those advocating for stricter gun control are exploiting the Florida shooting which killed over a dozen people, mostly high-school students. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

More companies end ties with NRA as pressure mounts

By DAMIAN TROISE and ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

The Latest: Hertz ends rental car discount program with NRA

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President Donald Trump, looks to Julia Cordover, the student body president at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., as she speaks during the listening session with high school students, teachers, and others in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says raise age for buying assault rifles, defying NRA

By JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt testifies before the House Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Laxalt is opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the Nov. 2017 ballot. Nevada state Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt is no longer getting top billing as a speaker at a major National Rifle Association political event. Laxalt's campaign spokesman, Andy Matthews, and NRA official Catherine Mortensen did not immediately respond Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, to questions about whether Laxalt will attend the May 4 NRA Annual Leadership Forum in Dallas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Latest: Aide: Nevada AG never committed to NRA event

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First National Bank to halt production of NRA credit card

By GRANT SCHULTE - Associated Press

Kansas lawmakers cancel debate on NRA-backed gun safety bill

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt testifies before the House Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Laxalt is opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the Nov. 2017 ballot. Nevada state Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt is no longer getting top billing as a speaker at a major National Rifle Association political event. Laxalt's campaign spokesman, Andy Matthews, and NRA official Catherine Mortensen did not immediately respond Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, to questions about whether Laxalt will attend the May 4 NRA Annual Leadership Forum in Dallas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Aide: Nevada AG never confirmed for NRA political event

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Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, standing, asks a question of Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin during a luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Madison, Wis. Vukmir is one of two Republicans running in the primary for a chance to take on Baldwin in the fall. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Baldwin urges Trump to take action on gun control

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Ideology tops facts in Texas history curriculum, experts say

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Wayne LaPierre, NRA CEO, at CPAC calls for more armed security in schools

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School walk through the halls of the state capitol to challenge lawmakers on gun control reform, in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. The students split into several groups to talk with lawmakers and other state leaders about gun control, the legislative process, and mental health issues. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Latest: NRA protests minimum age hike for rifles

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Stephen King in tweet slams congressman as “NRA sweetheart”

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Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway on Monday urged the National Rifle Association to move its upcoming annual convention elsewhere in light of last week's mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida. (WFAA)

Dwaine Caraway, Dallas mayor pro tem, asks NRA convention to relocate

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Magaly Newcomb, right comforts her daughter Haley Newcomb, 14, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at a makeshift memorial outside the school, in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old who had been expelled from the school, is being held without bail in the Broward County Jail, accused of 17 counts of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Latest: Suspect legally purchased at least 7 long guns

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Republican Senate candidates sniping over NRA mailer

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Heather Gooze, Las Vegas shooting witness, cries as she testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, entitled: &quot;Firearm Accessory Regulation and Enforcing Federal and State Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: GOP-led House passes NRA-backed gun bill

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Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Dora, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore campaign manager: NRA is ‘on board with us now’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE-- This undated file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a grizzly bear walking along a ridge in Montana. The National Rifle Association and Safari Club International, a sport hunting group, are asking a judge to make sure their members can hunt grizzly bears in the three-state Yellowstone region. The animals have lost federal protections but conservation groups have sued to restore them. (National Park Service via AP, File)

NRA, hunting group say grizzly bear hunts needed for safety

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Illustration on bump stocks by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

NRA backs regulations on ‘bump stock’

By David Keene - The Washington Times