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Armand Hessels:

The government
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public apology for

misgovernment

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NRA shows gun rights power but pushback grows from shootings

By L. WHITEHURST and ALANNA D. RICHER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The roster of Republican presiden-
tial hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Associa-
tion’s annual convention reflects the political potency of
gun rights, despite the group’s eroding revenues and an
opposition movement that’s growing increasingly vocal
as the drumbeat of mass shootings marches on.
Even amid internal turmoil and legal woes, the gun own-
ership culture and movement that the NRA helped build
remains formidable. And the landmark Supreme Court
ruling on the Second Amendment last summer has given
new strength to gun-rights activists seeking to invalidate
firearm restrictions across the country. “On the one hand,
the gun-rights movement has never been stronger,” said
Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles who wrote “Gunfight: The Battle over the
Right to Bear Arms in America.” But “one of the interest-
ing things about this moment is the NRA, in some ways,
has never faced more organizational incoherence and An array of pistols are shown in the Dan Wesson display as guests browse firearms at the National
disarray.” Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis, April 16, 2023.
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