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Inside Texas gun meet where excited boy picks out assault rifle for 17th birthday

Austin Whitehead, 17, attends the National Rifle Association conference to select an AK21 assault rifle that he will be given for his next birthday present - meanwhile, in a town 300 miles away, 19 children and two teachers lie dead

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2022

Ted Cruz confronted at restaurant following NRA speech

Fresh off speaking at the National Rifle Association convention held three days after 21 people were gunned down in a Texas grade school, Sen. Ted Cruz was confronted by a frustrated citizen in a Houston-area restaurant Friday.

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

Texas Governor claims he was ‘misled’ about response to school shooting

Meanwhile, protesters rallied at the annual National Rifle Association convention

Wales Online · May 28, 2022

NRA goes to Texas to celebrate gun power

Donald Trump and Wayne LaPierre are ready to party and enjoy the fruits of their labor

Salon · May 27, 2022

Daniel Defense: Company that made Uvalde AR-15 used toddlers in gun advert

Daniel Defense guns were also used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern US history

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Editorial: If gun control won't work, at least take away gun makers' liability protection

With more than 300 million firearms in Americans’ hands — enough for every man, woman and child to have one — it does no good anymore to rant and rave about gun control. The National Rifle Association owns enough members of Congress to block meaningful measures and is no doubt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2022

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas governor Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention and visit Uvalde instead amid pressure over pro-guns stance

National Rifle Association’s spokesperson says governor will pre-record message

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

The meetings go on for the NRA, and guns are allowed, but not during Trump’s appearance

WASHINGTON — After at least 21 people, 19 of them children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said its deepest sympathies were with the families and victims “involved in this horrific and evil crime.”

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022