Compensation for top officials at the National Rifle Association surged by 41 percent last year, according to a new tax filing, as the nation’s largest pro-gun organization sharply reduced spending on programs central to its mission. The jump from 2017 to 2018 for the NRA’s officers, directors and highly paid …
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National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre, who pushed past scattered calls for his resignation earlier this year amid allegations of misspending, received a 57 percent pay raise in 2018 that boosted his overall compensation to $2.15 million, according to the nonprofit group’s latest tax filings. LaPierre received a base salary of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people. The justices rejected an appeal from Remington Arms that argued it should be shielded …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. grocer Kroger Co (KR.N) has begun asking customers to stop openly carrying firearms in stores, a change in policy, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Kroger previously had followed local and state laws on the matter, she said. “Kroger is respectfully asking that customers no longer …
Previously undisclosed documents reveal a sweeping effort by top officials and lawyers to oust the longtime head of the N.R.A. Not only has he remained, but he continues to influence the president. Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, has confronted threats from all sides this year. …
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Source: Mollusk Mitch
After two horrific mass shootings, we come together as a nation to confront an urgent question: How are we going to keep Wayne LaPierre safe? The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, it turns out, is worried sick about his personal safety in this gun culture. After the Sandy …
Prosecutors in Springfield, Mo., have filed formal charges of making a terrorist threat in the second degree against a 20-year-old man arrested for wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle — and more than 100 rounds of ammunition — at a Walmart store Thursday. Officers had rushed to the Walmart Neighborhood …
Here’s a true story about a silly meme about a serious problem, or, how three women beat a herd of feral hogs—without a rapid-fire assault rifle. I grew up in Brazil, and used to spend a great number of school breaks and vacations at my grandmother’s farm, about 40 minutes …