AMERICA IS EXCEPTIONALLY DUMB WHEN TO COMES TO GUNS
While Americans typically laud our national "Exceptionalism" -- a sense that the trajectory of history has bestowed greatness upon the United States -- there are a few of our distinctive characteristics that don't deserve celebration. On the subject of firearms, for example, the United States is"¦ Ref. Source 6
Someone would have said it in this thread: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people". While there should be restrictions on owning a bazooka or surface to air missile having a basic hand gun is a right.
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Exclusive: NRA gathers documents amid scrutiny over ties to Kremlin-linked banker. The National Rifle Association is setting aside years of documents related to its interactions with a Kremlin-linked banker, as the gun-rights group appears to be bracing for a possible investigation, according to sources familiar with the situation.
The NRA has faced fresh scrutiny from congressional investigators about its finances and ties to Alexander Torshin, one of the 17 prominent Russian government officials the US Treasury Department recently slapped with sanctions. The gun-rights group has said it is reexamining its relationship with Torshin, who is a lifetime NRA member, in the wake of the sanctions.
The renewed attention has highlighted the close-knit if sometimes uneasy alliance between top NRA officials and Torshin -- a relationship that ensnared members of Trump's team during the presidential campaign, inviting further congressional scrutiny. Ref. CNN.
NRA president Oliver North announces he will not serve a second term amid feud with NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre. North stepping down is the latest twist in a bitter fight with LaPierre, the chief executive and longtime public face of the gun rights organization. LaPierre, in a letter sent to the organization’s board, accused North of trying to drive him out of the gun-rights organization by threatening to release “damaging” information about him. Source 9q.