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1/ The NRA has recently been under fire amid student gun protests, but we've been covering the group's operations for years. Here’s what we’ve dug up:

First, the NRA's top lawyer for decades once was arrested for murder, then freed over bad police work.
motherjones.com/politics/2014/…
2/ The NRA has historically lobbied for laws that fail black gun owners. motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
3/ And their membership numbers are nowhere what they claim. motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
4/ After each mass shooting, the organization’s Twitter account goes silent, followed by a prompt defense of the Second Amendment. But, here’s the thing: motherjones.com/politics/2014/…
5/ Here are some key lessons we’ve learned from years of covering mass shootings and the NRA (via Mother Jones CEO @MonikaBauerlein): motherjones.com/media/2017/10/…
6/ After Sandy Hook, the NRA made big promises about a new school safety program. It hasn't done much. bit.ly/2BW8frk
7/ And the NRA’s plan to “harden schools” is simply terrifying. bit.ly/2FyliPA
8/ Here’s the data the NRA doesn’t want you to see: The average cost to taxpayers for a single gun homicide in America is about $400,000. And we pay for 32 of them every single day. bit.ly/2EXuXya
9/ Take a look at their history of advertising, and you’ll see the NRA’s shift to a group closely allied with the gun industry and the conservative establishment whose only solution to gun violence is even more guns. motherjones.com/politics/2013/…
10/ In 2016, the NRA’s political arm set a fundraising record, taking in a staggering $366 million—and spent tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected.
motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
11/ Now, after calling NRA leaders "great Americans" Trump is trying to raise money off of Parkland victims. Really. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
12/ But, after Parkland, public opinion, which has long favored gun control, is growing stronger and stronger in favor of substantive change: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
13/13 Promisingly, we’re already starting to see the change the country needs. Here's an example: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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Even worse, the nation’s flagship loan forgiveness program is failing—and the Trump administration isn’t helping. Our investigation: bit.ly/2PaDYbY
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1/ If Trump did not directly collude in the Russian attack on the Democrats, he has definitely colluded in the cover-up of the attack.

We have been reporting on this for over a year. bit.ly/2uyRBKf
2/ This is how Trump’s obsession with Putin began: bit.ly/2urMoUe
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1/ America just hit a grim milestone. Today’s Santa Fe High School shooting was at least the 100th mass shooting in the US since 1982.

We know that because we’ve been counting. See for yourself: bit.ly/2LbfJsY
2/ Gun violence has become so common that Santa Fe student Paige Curry said about today’s shooting: “It’s been happening everywhere. I’ve always kind of felt like eventually, it was going to happen here too.” bit.ly/2wSrSjl
3/ The parents who lost children in Parkland are now the parents we called for reactions to the latest mass school shooting. That massacre happened just over three months ago. bit.ly/2LerO0f
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FBI briefed lawmakers on failures leading up to Florida shooting

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1/ With so many bringing new activism to oppose the NRA, I thought I'd hit a few of the highlights on @MotherJones last six years of reporting on them. First up, their membership numbers are nowhere what they claim: motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
2/ In 2012 @AdamWeinstein wrote about how NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer pushed the fist Stand-Your-Ground law through the Florida legislature. That law allowed George Zimmerman to walk free: motherjones.com/politics/2012/…
3/ The NRA's top lawyer for decades once was arrested for murder, set free due to shoddy police work. An NRA president was also charged with murder, btw. motherjones.com/politics/2014/…
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