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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Young America's Foundation's National Conservative Student Conference, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Mike Pence gets ready

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks during the Leadership Forum at the NRA-ILA Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Wayne LaPierre overwhelmingly wins reelection to lead NRA

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The National Rifle Association annual meeting over the holiday weekend drew a smaller than expected crowd, according to attendees and exhibitors, adding to the sense that the preeminent gun lobby was on the ropes. Some speculated that the horrific school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, just days before the convention and the ensuing cascade of cancelations by scheduled speakers and entertainers helped deter the crowds. (Kerry Picket/The Washington Times)

Uvalde slaughter casts a pall over NRA’s Houston convention as entertainers, members skip the event

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday, Aug. 6, by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA, which is a nonprofit group originally chartered in New York.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER and LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2019, file photo, National Rifle Association President Col. Oliver North speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. New York's attorney general's office is questioning North on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, as it probes whether the NRA broke laws governing its nonprofit status. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

NRA wants a role when Oliver North meets state investigators

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this Saturday, April 27, 2019, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA Annual Meeting of Members in Indianapolis. Former NRA President Oliver North says in court filings that he was thwarted at every step as he tried to raise alarm bells about alleged misspending at the gun lobbying group. He denied that he had tried to stage a coup to oust LaPierre. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Karl Racine, D.C. attorney general, opens inquiry into NRA’s financial affairs

By Ashraf Khalil and Lisa Marie Pane - Associated Press

Nation Rifle Association President Col. Oliver North speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Carolyn Meadows to replace Oliver North as new NRA president

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The National Rifle Association has awarded over $600,000 in grants to support school security projects in 23 states, organized under the organization's School Shield program. (Image courtesy of NRA)

NRA ‘School Shield’ program awards $600,000 in grants for school security projects

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE- In this March 7, 2012 file photo, Illinois gun owners and supporters file out National Rifle Association applications while participating in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention before marching to the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. U.S. companies are taking a closer look at investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry and its public face, the National Rifle Association, after the latest school massacre. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) **FILE**

Blame cultural failures, not NRA or firearm for school shootings

By Rebecca Hagelin — Special to The Washington Times

FILE- In this March 7, 2012 file photo, Illinois gun owners and supporters file out National Rifle Association applications while participating in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention before marching to the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The troubled teen authorities say killed several people at a Florida high school on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Shooting suspect was on school rifle team that got NRA grant

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 7, 2012 file photo, Illinois gun owners and supporters file out National Rifle Association applications while participating in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention before marching to the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The troubled teen authorities say killed several people at a Florida high school on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Suspect was a ‘good shot’ on NRA-backed school rifle team

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press